The International Cricket Council is meeting in Singapore today to decide if former Australian prime minister John Howard will ultimately assume its presidency.
If successful, Howard will be vice-president for two years and then assume the ICC presidency.
Howard is the joint nomination of Australia and New Zealand for the vice-presidency but needs votes from seven of the 10 Test playing nations to be elected vice-president.
What is usually a formality appointment has become uncertain as Zimbabwe and South Africa have questioned his suitability for the role following his hardline stance against Robert's Mugabe regime in Zimbabwe.