New Zealand’s Mike Hesson on Wednesday replaced Australian Darren Lehmann as the coach representative in the ICC Cricket Committee .
Lehmann had stepped down as Australia coach in the wake of the ball-tampering controversy in South Africa in March, making him ineligible to be a part of the committee.
Former Australia women’s captain and ICC Cricket Hall of Famer Belinda Clark and Scotland captain Kyle Coetzer have also been appointed to the committee, the ICC said in a statement.
All three have been appointed to the committee for an initial three-year term each and next week’s annual meeting in Mumbai will be their first meeting.
The Cricket Committee will be meeting in Mumbai on May 28 and 29 to discuss, among other issues, the relevance of toss.
Spirit of Cricket and player behaviour, World Test Championship playing conditions and the pace of play are some of the items on the agenda for the meeting.
The ICC Cricket Committee :
Chairman — Anil Kumble (former India captain)
Ex-Officio — Shashank Manohar (ICC Chairman) and David Richardson (ICC Chief Executive)
Past Player representatives — Andrew Strauss (former England captain); Mahela Jayawardena (former Sri Lanka captain)
Current Player representatives — Rahul Dravid (former India captain); Tim May (former Australia off-spinner and ex-CEO of FICA)
Full Member team coach representative — Mike Hesson (New Zealand team coach)
Associate Members representative — Kyle Coetzer (Scotland captain)
Women’s Cricket representative — Belinda Clark (Former Australia captain, ICC Cricket Hall of Famer and two-time World Cup winning captain)
Full Member representative — David White (NZC chief executive)
Media representative — Shaun Pollock (former South Africa captain and a respected commentator)
Umpires’ representative — Richard Kettleborough (member of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires)
Referees’ representative — Ranjan Madugalle (ICC chief match referee and former Sri Lanka captain)
MCC representative — John Stephenson (MCC’s Head of Cricket) .
