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Ray Mali named acting ICC President

DUBAI: Cricket South Africa President Ray Mali was on Friday appointed as the acting President of the International Cricket Council following the death of Percy Sonn last month.

Mr. Mali will assume the role of acting President with immediate effect and in so doing, he will step down as President of CSA, also with immediate effect.

"Mali will be the Acting President for approximately 13 months until the ICC's annual conference of 2008," an ICC statement said here.

Cricket South Africa nominated Mr. Mali after the ICC Board had asked it to make a nomination in line with a recommendation made by the ICC's Governance Review Committee (GRC) in Cape Town on June 1.

Mr. Mali will exercise all the powers and duties of the President while in office and his taking the role does not prejudice his chances of being appointed ICC President in the future. ICC Chief Executive Malcolm Speed said: "I was delighted when the ICC Board approved the GRC's recommendation that Cricket South Africa should nominate the acting President."

"I am equally delighted that Ray Mali has been not only nominated but has accepted that nomination and I congratulate him unreservedly on his appointment."

"Ray is an experienced and skilled administrator, a man of calm assurance and someone who combines a deep love of the game with an understanding of how best to secure its well-being." — PTI

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