 Speed removed as CEO after standoff with Mali
25th Apr 2008 23:00 IST
Agencies
The high-profile ICC Chief Executive Officer Malcolm Speed was today removed from the post following a "fundamental breakdown" in his relations with Board members of the game's world governing body.
The surprise announcement from the ICC said that the Australian, who has been CEO since 2001, would be on paid leave till July 4 when his contract comes to an end.
"The ICC President Ray Mali and Chief Executive Officer Malcolm Speed have agreed that Malcolm Speed will be on paid leave from April 30, 2008 until the end of his contract term on July 4, 2008," the ICC said in a brief statement in Dubai.
"This change of plan is the result of a fundamental breakdown in the relationship between the CEO and a number of Board Members, including the President, over a variety of issues that include Zimbabwe," it said.
ICC General Manager David Richardson will serve as the interim CEO until Speed's replacement Haroon Lorgat of South Africa assumes the role at ICC's Annual General Council at the beginning of July.
Speed, who also shared a strained relationship with some of the top BCCI officials, had often been quite critical on some of the issues involving India.
He had recently criticised the track prepared for the third and final cricket Test between India and South Africa at the Green Park stadium in Kanpur and had sought an explanation from the BCCI.
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