More than three months after chairman Shashank Manohar decided not to seek a third term after two two-year tenures as chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC), the world governing body on Monday set October 18 as the deadline for filing nominations.

The potential candidate will then need to be seconded by one current board director to be eligible to contest the election. The process is “expected to be concluded by early December,” the ICC said in a statement.

The ICC said that the election “is being overseen by the independent chairman of the ICC audit committee”, Yuvraj Narayan, but has not mentioned how its chairman will be chosen.

The ICC board deliberated the ballot process during at least two board meetings — on May 28 and June 10 — to bring on board its next chairman but failed to arrive at a consensus. Deputy vice-chairman Imran Khawaja has been acting as interim chairman since Manohar’s exit.

The ICC has remained divided over whether a two-thirds or simple majority of the board will elect the chairman.

The Telegraph learns that during a recent board meeting, via teleconference, the election process was discussed but nothing concrete came out of it again.

Questions have been raised on who decided on the October 18 deadline. “Yes there was a meeting but no deadline for filing nominations was decided upon. It would be nice if the ICC cleared all doubts on this matter,” a source said.

The ICC didn’t respond to mails from The Telegraph on this issue. “Certain people with vested interests are working behind the scenes in the ICC. What about the election process? The ICC has to come clean on that. Until then this stalemate will continue,” the source maintained.

The BCCI, it was learnt, has been voicing for a simple majority in deciding the chairman along with Cricket Australia and England and Wales Cricket Board, while the Pakistan Cricket Board wants two-thirds consent of the members with support from the three associate nations.

The ICC constitution states that any present or former director who has attended at least one board meeting is eligible to contest for the chairman’s post. ICC directors can nominate one candidate and nominees with the support of two or more directors are eligible to contest an election.