Gurumurthy Palani (France), Mubashshir Usmani (UAE) and Rudie van Vuuren (Namibia) have been elected as Associate Members Directors of the ICC Board. This massive change in the board was made during the ICC Annual Conference held in Edinburgh. However, the long-serving member of the Associate Members’ director and current deputy chair, Imran Khwaja saw a defeat in the elections after finishing fourth in the voting. Gurumurthy Palani topped the poll with 35 votes, while Mubashshir Usmani and Rudie van Vuuren got 26 votes, and Khwaja finished a close fourth with 23 votes. While Palani and Rudie van Vuuren are first timers in ICC Board members, Usmani have retained his position. He has served as an Associate Member Director on the ICC Board for the past two years. It was a biennial election, and the three winners will serve a two-year term on a powerful ICC Board. Usmani, Khwaja and Vallipuram were the incumbent Associate Member Directors. As per ICC rules, 45 associate members are eligible to participate in the election. Only 43 were eligible to …