Press Trust of India

London, Jun 30: England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) Chairman David Morgan was on Friday officially named to take over as the next ICC President in 2008 while Indian Board Chief Sharad Pawar will succeed him in 2010.

The International Cricket Council's Executive Board also announced that Pawar will become the vice-President to Morgan.

"Morgan will serve as ICC President from 2008 to 2010 and Pawar will serve from 2010 to 2012. In the meantime, Morgan will become the ICC President-elect and Pawar becomes the Vice-President," the ICC Board said at a press conference at the Oval following its two-day meeting.

"The two candidates originally nominated to take over as President in 2008, David Morgan of England and Sharad Pawar of India, will follow each other in the role once the current President Ray Mali steps down in June 2008," it said.

Morgan will succeed acting ICC President Ray Mali after a compromise deal struck with Pawar, who was his only rival for the top post of the world governing body, that the two would hold the hot seat when England and India host major cricketing events.

England will host Twenty20 World Championships in 2009 while India will co-host the 2011 World Cup along with Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

In February, the nominations of both Pawar and Morgan were not forwarded by an ICC Committee as neither of them had requisite two-third of the majority as a result of which Percy Sonn's tenure was extended till 2009.

But when Mali was appointed following Sonn's death in May, the search for a compromise was stepped up with a view to a permanent replacement taking over next year.