The International Cricket Council will soon appoint an acting president in place
of Percy Sonn, who died of complications from a colon operation.
Sir John Anderson of New Zealand and Malaysian Prince Tunku Imran
are said to be in the running for the post vacated after the demise of the 57-year-old
South African.
The acting chairman would chair the ICC's annual meeting in
London in the third week of June.
Sonn was critically ill for the past few days and was admitted
to the Durbanville clinic in Cape Town last Monday after developing complications
from a colon surgery.
A former president of the South African cricket board, Sonn
took over as ICC president from Ehsan Mani of Pakistan in June
2006.
His tenure, which was original to end in 2008, was extended till 2009 after
the Executive Board had a split vote between Indian Cricket Board President
Sharad Pawar and ECB Chief David Morgan last year.
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