The
ICC Board also approved a change to the application of
ICC Code of Conduct offences relating to slow overrates in
ICC events so that captains do not carry any prior minor overrate offence 'strikes' or overrate suspensions from other series into an
ICC event.
Points will be awarded for each game, with the top four sides at the conclusion of the
ICC Women's Championship gaining automatic qualification to the
ICC Women's World Cup 2017, to be hosted by the England and Wales Cricket Board.
The
ICC, however, didn't mention whether the winner of Inter- Continental Cup would surely progress to play Test matches even if the 10th ranked Test team wins all or a majority of the four qualifying matches.
In total there are 11 individual awards, as well as the two
ICC Teams of the Year for Tests and ODIs.
The
ICC is first and foremost a court of last resort.
ICC Chief Executive Malcolm Speed said: "We have already established an excellent relationship with Emirates through its sponsorship of the Emirates Elite Panels of
ICC match referees and umpires, and the Emirates International Panel of
ICC umpires.
Once a country joins the
ICC (a United Nations subsidiary by the way), it can arrest and take anyone into custody who has violated any number of laws of the UN.
service personnel might be vulnerable, in case of political manipulation, to prosecution under
ICC war crimes charges.
Even though
ICC is a wholly owned subsidiary of International Truck & Engine Corp.
American negotiators promise to cooperate with the court if they get their way, but warn they will abandon the
ICC if they don't.
Once the inmates arrive at the
ICC, they participate in a 2-week admission and orientation (A & O) that familiarizes them with the mission, purpose, and scope of the facility, the benefits of the program, and the activities in which they will participate.
Critics of the
ICC point out that it does not recognize the Habeas Corpus guarantee -- the "great writ" of English common law protecting against arbitrary and indefinite imprisonment.
