BCCI SGM on Aug 21 to fix criteria for selectors

Mumbai, Aug 2 (UNI) The Board of Control for Cricket in India has convened a Special General Body meeting of its affiliated members here on August 21 to fix a minimum qualification criteria for the members of its junior and senior selection committee.

The other agenda on the meeting will include amendment of some clauses in its constitution to enable it to include women's and Twenty20 cricket, besides introducing the concept of electing a president one year in advance, BCCI Secretary Niranjan Shah said.

There would also be an additional SGM on the same day to deal with ''unauthorized tournaments'', Shah said in an indirect reference to Essel Group boss Subhash Chandra-floated rebel India Cricket League which the BCCI has refused to recognise.

The two SGMs will be preceded by its working committee meeting on the same day, according to Shah.

''The selectors need to have played certain number of matches to qualify for senior and junior selection committees,'' Shah said.

''To qualify as a senior selector he should have played 5 Tests or 50 first class matches and as junior selector he should have played at least 25 first class ties,'' Shah explained.

Asked whether the selectors would be paid, Shah said the Working Committee was the right body to take such a decision if and when it wishes.

Another amendment on the anvil was the provision to choose the next president in advance (president-elect) as has been done by the International Cricket Council recently.

''The second SGM will discuss about unauthorised tournaments,'' Shah said without elaborating, though it was clearly aimed at the ICL which has roped in several former cricketers, including Kapil Dev, Brian Lara, Dean Jones and Tony Greig, in various capacities.

All these proposed amendments need 2/3rd majority to be passed at the SGM.

UNI