MCC World Cricket Committee

Established in April 2006, MCC’s World Cricket committee is an independent body comprised of current and former international cricketers and umpires from across the globe.

Steve Waugh speaks at the WCC meeting at Lord's in 2011 Meeting twice yearly to discuss the prevalent issues in the game, MCC’s World Cricket committee acts as a complimentary body to ICC and its constituent nations.

The latest meeting of the World Cricket committee was held in January 2012 and was the first with Mike Brearley as Chairman.

The WCC tackled issues including corruption in cricket, the Decision Review System and the future of Test cricket.

• Read a report into its discussions

The next meeting takes place at Lord's on August 13 and 14, 2012.

All Members have been invited to sit on the committee because of their involvement in playing, administering, writing or broadcasting on the game. The committee is chaired by Mike Brearley and includes:

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Committee Remit

The committee is empowered to conduct research, particularly into technological advances and bio-mechanical elements of the game and its players. MCC supports this work with its increasing investment into research and development.

The aims of MCC’s World Cricket committee are:

• to debate all matters in the interests of cricket and cricketers;
• to consider at all times the balance of the contest between bat and ball and to assist MCC's custodianship of the Laws of the Game;
• to protect the Spirit of Cricket; and
• to be sure that governing body decisions never put cash or country interests before the good of the game.