Worldwide Cricket Council chair Jay Shah has joined the Marylebone Cricket Membership’s new world advisory board, which can change its world cricket committee.
The board was spawned out of the World Cricket Connects discussion board hosted by the MCC at Lord’s in 2024 when 120 of the main voices within the sport gathered to debate the sport.
The MCC stated it needs the board, which can meet nearly, to be a “main symposium” within the sport “to make sure cricket’s future success”.
Indian Shah, 36, grew to become the youngest ever chairman of the ICC when he succeeded New Zealander Greg Barclay in December 2024.
He’s the previous secretary of the Board of Management for Cricket in India and probably the most highly effective figures on the earth recreation.
The advisory board can be chaired by former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara, who served as MCC president from October 2019 to September 2021 and was the primary non-British individual to carry the position.
Former worldwide captains Sir Andrew Strauss and Graeme Smith in addition to present England girls’s captain Heather Knight have additionally accepted provides to affix the advisory board.
MCC president Mark Nicholas stated: “We’ve got assembled a formidable group of the most effective minds in cricket throughout a number of completely different areas related to our sport.
“I’m delighted to be working with this skilled group and enthusiastic about what we will collectively obtain for the advantage of the worldwide recreation.”
Primarily based at Lord’s, which it owns, the MCC acts as custodian and arbiter of the legal guidelines and spirit of cricket.
