Full membership not guaranteed under proposed ICC changes

Full membership of the ICC will no longer be a permanent right but instead a privilege up for review every five years, under proposed sweeping changes to the constitution of cricket's governing body, according to ESPNcricinfo. 
In a plan that will open up the game to emergent nations such as Ireland and Afghanistan, while also placing pressure on struggling nations such as Zimbabwe and even West Indies, the ICC's executive board resolved at its February round of meetings in Dubai to push ahead with a fundamental redrawing of the level of accountability faced by Full Members.

In an email circulated among ICC members and obtained by ESPNcricinfo, the proposal from the ICC's governance working group demonstrates how the concept of Full Membership is to be opened up. And now that there will only be two types of membership - Affiliate membership is to be removed - Associate nations will also need to adhere to stricter membership criteria. They will have their status reviewed every two years, but with far greater incentives for doing so - there is now a clear pathway to Full Membership and its attendant advantages.
"Full Member status is not enshrined forever," the email states. "A Full Member may be re-classified as an Associate Member upon the recommendation of the Membership Committee where it fails to meet the Retention Criteria."

Full membership not guaranteed under proposed ICC changes

Full membership of the ICC will no longer be a permanent right but instead a privilege up for review every five years, under proposed sweeping changes to the constitution of crickets governing body, according to ESPNcricinfo. In a plan that will open up the game to emergent nations such as Ireland and Afghanistan, while also placing pressure on struggling nations such as Zimbabwe and even West Indies, the ICCs executive board resolved at its February round of meetings in Dubai to push ahead with afundamental redrawing of the level of accountability faced by Full Members. In an email circulated among ICC members and obtained by ESPNcricinfo, the proposal from the ICCs governance working group demonstrates how the concept of Full Membership is to be opened up. And now that there will only be two types of membership - Affiliate membership is to be removed - Associate nations will also need to adhere to stricter membership criteria. They will have their status reviewed every two years, but with far greater incentives for doing so - there is now a clear pathway to Full Membership and its attendant advantages. Full Member status is not enshrined forever, the email states. A Full Member may be re-classified as an Associate Member upon the recommendation of the Membership Committee where it fails to meet the Retention Criteria.