This is the best way to quieten things. The best way to keep any remaining time-bombs from exploding. The only way to keep kids from shouting that the emperors are all actually wearing no clothes. And Dalmiya is a master at manoeuvring things. It is useful to recall how he came to be head of this organisation in 1997.
Full members have two votes against one for the associate members.
The West Indies and New Zealand backed this move. A similar battle was expected at the ICC meeting in June 1997. But Dalmiya managed to engineer a compromise. An Australian would serve as vice-president from June 1999 and Australia was elected to follow India at the head of the ICC for the next three years. The horse-trading took place in Kuala Lumpur where the ICC tournament was played in 1997.