MUMBAI: The four-day meeting of the
International Cricket Council
(
ICC
) chief executives and the member boards has been indefinitely postponed because of the
coronavirus spread.
The decision was taken two days ago following the global spread of the disease as the number of people affected keeps growing in various countries.
The ICC has conveyed the same to the member boards and most are in agreement with the call taken.
No further date has been allotted for the meeting and sources in the know say "the ICC could now meet straight in June when the annual general meeting takes place".
Two weeks ago, the
Asian Cricket Council
(ACC) members too had decided to indefinitely postpone their meeting due to the coronavirus threat.
Meanwhile, those tracking developments told TOI that ICC chairman
Shashank Manohar
, who had recently said that he would not seek an extension to his term, may not return to the governing body any more.
"If at all he had come for the March meeting, and that's a big "if", it would have anyways been his last meeting, considering he himself doesn't want to continue. But now that the meeting is not happening, it should be a final goodbye from him," sources say.
With both ACC and ICC meetings being cancelled, the game's global administration -- already undergoing a crisis -- has been hit with further setbacks.