The process for the election of the next International Cricket Council (ICC) chairperson has been set in motion at its annual conference in Birmingham, which ended on Tuesday. Incumbent Greg Barclay has already decided not to continue once his two-year term ends this year.

The ICC board approved the process and the election will take place in November 2022. A simple majority in its executive board, as against a two-thirds majority earlier, will elect the chairperson. The term of the elected chair will run for a two-year period from December 1, 2022, to November 30, 2024.

However, there was no discussion about excessive cricket or abolishing bilateral ODI series during the executive board meeting in Birmingham on Monday and Tuesday. There has been a lot of talk about the burden of excessive cricket on the players over the past few days since Ben Stokes’s sudden decision to retire from ODIs.

The ICC’s Future Tours Programme (FTP), which was approved during the annual conference week, has several such bilateral series listed in ODIs and T20Is among its members. The ICC board has approved Bangladesh, India, England and Sri Lanka as the four host countries for the ICC women’s white-ball events from 2024-2027. The ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 will be hosted by Bangladesh with the 2026 edition going to England for the first time since 2009.

The next ICC Women’s ODI World Cup in 2025 will be staged by India while Sri Lanka will host the ICC Women’s T20 Champions Trophy 2027 if they qualify for the event. The hosts were selected via a bidding process overseen by a sub-committee chaired by Martin Snedden along with Clare Connor, Sourav Ganguly and Ricky Skerritt.