Jay Shah, ICC chairman, joins Marylebone Cricket Club as a new member

Last year, during the inaugural World Cricket Connects forum hosted by MCC at Lord's, Shah was unfortunately absent. The forum saw the participation of more than 100 eminent voices who deliberated on the current state of the global game. However, Shah's absence did not deter him from contributing towards the growth of cricket worldwide as he recently became one of the 13 founding members of the new World Cricket Connects advisory board. This board will be spearheaded by Kumar Sangakkara, the former Sri Lanka skipper and MCC president.

The other founding members of new advisory board are former India captain Sourav Ganguly, former South Africa opener Greame Smith and former Director of England Cricket, Andrew Strauss along with England women's captain Heather Knight and JioStar's CEO , Sanjog Gupta.

MCC announced that the the second World Cricket Connects forum will take place later this year on June 7 and June 8, before the World Test Championship final at the Lord's which will be played between Australia and South Africa.

MCC chairman Mark Nicholas expressed his thoughts on organising the second World Cricket Connects forum which will take place later this year, in the month of June.

"We are looking forward to welcoming many of the game's most influential figures to debate the most important topics that dominate global cricket. An important step has been made in the forming of the World Cricket Connects Advisory Board," Mark Nicholas said as quoted by ESPNcricinfo.

"We have assembled an impressive group of the best minds in cricket across several different areas relevant to our sport. I am delighted to be working with this experienced group and excited about what we can collectively achieve for the benefit of the global game," Mark Nicholas.

The new advisory board replaced the World Cricket Committee, which was formed back in 2006. The committee held the final meeting last summer.

World Cricket Connects advisory board members: Kumar Sangakkara , Anurag Dahiya , Chris Dehring , Sourav Ganguly, Sanjog Gupta , Mel Jones, Heather Knight, Trudy Lindblade , Heath Mills , Imtiaz Patel , Jay Shah, Graeme Smith, Andrew Strauss.

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