LONDON: International Cricket Council (ICC) members will discuss on Thursday an Indian government ruling on television rights which the world governing body fears could bankrupt its poorer countries.
Representatives of all 10 full member countries will attend the meeting which was switched to Karachi from its Dubai headquarters after the death of ruler Sheikh Maktoum Al Maktoum.
The meeting was convened after the Indian government ruled that all major sporting events involving India had to be made available free to the state broadcaster Prasar Bharati.
ICC officials fear the move would substantially reduce the revenue now generated by selling rights to televise international cricket in the lucrative Indian market.
"I wouldn't like to speculate how much money it would cost but I know it would be substantial," ICC president Ehsan Mani told reporters last month."Cricket boards like the West Indies, Sri Lanka and others might not be able to survive without this revenue."
ICC hopes of a compromise settlement would have been raised on Tuesday when the Indian government told the Supreme Court it would waive the rule for the India-Pakistan series starting this week.
The Dubai-based Taj Television, the rights holders for cricket in Pakistan, had petitioned the court.
Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) chairman Peter Chingoka, who has retained his position as head of an interim board after the government dissolved ZC last week, will attend the meeting as his country's representative.
Last month the national team went on strike, citing pay and transport issues while demanding the removal of Chingoka and managing director Ozias Bvute. The team called off the strike on Saturday.
In a statement on Monday Mani called on the new committee to resolve the crisis, which has endangered Zimbabwe's international status, by addressing allegations of mismanagement and ensuring disputes between the players and the board are effectively addressed.
Zimbabwe are scheduled to tour West Indies in April and May for two tests and five one-day internationals but their former captain Tatenda Taibu has quit to take up a contract in Bangladesh and others players have gone to Australia and India.
Although the ICC's Future Tours Programme is not on the agenda, Indian officials will call for the scrapping of the biennial Champions Trophy one-day tournament.
Representatives of all 10 full member countries will attend the meeting which was switched to Karachi from its Dubai headquarters after the death of ruler Sheikh Maktoum Al Maktoum.
The meeting was convened after the Indian government ruled that all major sporting events involving India had to be made available free to the state broadcaster Prasar Bharati.
ICC officials fear the move would substantially reduce the revenue now generated by selling rights to televise international cricket in the lucrative Indian market.
"I wouldn't like to speculate how much money it would cost but I know it would be substantial," ICC president Ehsan Mani told reporters last month."Cricket boards like the West Indies, Sri Lanka and others might not be able to survive without this revenue."
ICC hopes of a compromise settlement would have been raised on Tuesday when the Indian government told the Supreme Court it would waive the rule for the India-Pakistan series starting this week.
The Dubai-based Taj Television, the rights holders for cricket in Pakistan, had petitioned the court.
Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) chairman Peter Chingoka, who has retained his position as head of an interim board after the government dissolved ZC last week, will attend the meeting as his country's representative.
Last month the national team went on strike, citing pay and transport issues while demanding the removal of Chingoka and managing director Ozias Bvute. The team called off the strike on Saturday.
In a statement on Monday Mani called on the new committee to resolve the crisis, which has endangered Zimbabwe's international status, by addressing allegations of mismanagement and ensuring disputes between the players and the board are effectively addressed.
Zimbabwe are scheduled to tour West Indies in April and May for two tests and five one-day internationals but their former captain Tatenda Taibu has quit to take up a contract in Bangladesh and others players have gone to Australia and India.
Although the ICC's Future Tours Programme is not on the agenda, Indian officials will call for the scrapping of the biennial Champions Trophy one-day tournament.
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