Cricket South Africa President Ray Mali was today appointed as the Acting
President of the International Cricket Council following the death of Percy Sonn last month.
Mali will assume the role of Acting President with immediate effect and in so
doing he steps down as president of CSA, also with immediate effect.
"Mali will be the Acting President for approximately 13
months until the ICC's annual conference of 2008," an ICC statement said
here.
Cricket South Africa nominated Mali after the ICC Board
had asked it to make a nomination in line with a recommendation made by the
ICC's Governance Review Committee (GRC) in Cape Town on June 1.
Mali will exercise all the powers and duties of the President
while in office and his taking the role does not prejudice his chances of being
appointed ICC President in the future.
ICC Chief Executive Malcolm Speed said: "I was
delighted when the ICC Board approved the GRC's recommendation that Cricket
South Africa should nominate the Acting President.
"I am equally delighted that Ray Mali has been not only
nominated but has accepted that nomination and I congratulate him unreservedly
on his appointment.
"Ray is an experienced and skilled administrator, a man
of calm assurance and someone who combines a deep love of the game with an understanding
of how best to secure its well-being."
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