Alastair Cook, Ricky Skerritt Join MCC’s World Cricket Committee

On Tuesday, the former England skipper Alastair Cook and the former team manager of the West Indies Ricky Skerritt were appointed to the MCC’s World Cricket Committee. The duo accepted the invitation of the club to join the committee, which works for the betterment of the game.

The committee is an independent panel of former and current players and umpires that can propose changes to the cricket laws. Cook, who is England’s leading scorer in the Tests with 12,472 runs in 161 games, retired from the international game in 2018. He had scored a fine century in his last Test against India in the Kennington Oval.

Cook has since continued his domestic career and helped his County Essex team win a second league title in three years.

Alastair Cook will replace Shakib Al Hasan in MCC World Cricket Committee:

On the other hand, Skerritt became President of Cricket West Indies (CWI) in March 2019, succeeding Dave Cameron, who held the position for six years.

Skerritt is a former Minister of Tourism, International Transport, International Trade, Industry, Trade and Sports in his hometown of St. Kitts and Nevis and held various functions in the country’s ministry between 2004 and 2014.

Ricky Skerritt joins MCC World Committee:

“I am delighted that Sir Alastair and Ricky accepted our invitation to the MCC World Cricket Committee. Alastair has had a wonderful career with England for several years and, with his undisputed international experience, can provide insights into the current player perspective,” said Mike Gatting, chairman of the MCC World Cricket Committee as per PTI.

The next MCC World Cricket Committee meeting is expected to take place in Sri Lanka in March, coinciding with the two English games of the ICC World Test Championship and the MCC County Championship Match, which will take place in Sri Lanka from March 24-27 Lanka takes place at Galle International Stadium.

The pair will replace former West Indies fast bowler Ian Bishop and Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan. The duo stood down from the committee. Recently, ICC handed Shakiba one-year ban from cricket last October after breaching the ICC’s anti-corruption code.

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