WORLD cricket is to discuss major issues in Dubai today, most notably the impact of Twenty20 on the game's landscape.

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The ICC cricket committee's two-day meeting will be looking at greater use of technology for umpires, the volume of cricket and the problem of bad light, but the Twenty20 format, highlighted by events in India, will require the most urgent examination. The expert panel, including chairman Sunil Gavaskar, Michael Holding, Mark Taylor, Ranjan Madugalle and Simon Taufel, have to suggest how best to protect and promote Test cricket in the light of the massive amounts of money invested.

The ICC released the following agenda:

The committee is representative of all stakeholders in the modern game, including players, umpires and the media.

Cricket landscape – impact of Twenty20 format and domestic leagues

Following the changing cricket landscape after the explosion of Twenty20 cricket, the committee will discuss international cricket as the pinnacle of the game, the protection and promotion of Test cricket, the impact of Twenty20 cricket on other formats of the game and the impact of domestic leagues on the international game.

Television technology in umpire decision-making – trial

The committee will finalize the playing conditions to be adopted for the proposed trial of an umpire decision review system. Broadly speaking, in the trial, players will be permitted to request the on-field umpire to review his own decision in consultation with the television umpire.

Playing conditions

The committee will consider the specific playing conditions for the ICC Champions Trophy 2008 and ICC World Twenty20 2009. As part of that discussion, it will consider the idea of allowing the batting team to choose when to take one of the three Powerplays.

Research results

The committee will consider progress that has been made in research relating to volume of cricket and bad light.

ICC Cricket Committee

Chairman – Sunil Gavaskar (former India captain)

Past players (two) – Majid Khan (the former Pakistan captain is standing in for Ian Bishop, the former West Indies fast bowler, who is not available) and Mark Taylor (ex-Australia captain)

Representatives of current players (two) – Kumar Sangakkara (to send written comments due to his playing commitments) and Tim May (ex-Australia off-spinner, ICC Cricket World Cup winner in 1987 and now chief executive officer of the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations)

Full Member team coach representative (one) – Mickey Arthur (South Africa coach)

Member Board representative (one) – Duleep Mendis (former Sri Lanka captain and now SLC Chief Executive)

Associate representative (one) – Steve Tikolo (Kenya captain)

Media representative (one) – Michael Holding (former West Indies fast bowler and now commentator for British TV station Sky Sports)

Umpires’ representative (one) – Simon Taufel (member of the Emirates Elite Panel and named Umpire of the Year four times in a row at the ICC Awards)

Referees’ representative (one) – Ranjan Madugalle (ICC chief match referee and former Sri Lanka captain)

Marylebone Cricket Club representative (one) – Keith Bradshaw (MCC secretary and chief executive; former first-class cricketer for Tasmania in Australia. MCC is the custodian of the Laws of Cricket)

Statistician (one) – David Kendix (a statistician/scorer and the man responsible for the creation and development of the Reliance Mobile ICC Rankings)