The International Cricket Council, ICC, has scrapped the mandatory use of the Decision Review System, DRS. After two day board meeting in Dubai, the ICC in its statement said that the system will now only be used if competing sides agree to it ahead of bilateral engagements. The ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat said that the decision has been made to revert back to the participating nations determining whether they want to use it or not. He added that there are quite a number of countries that favoured it and some who had concerns over its reliability. Another key decision taken at the meeting was to retain the existing system of appointing Presidents of the ICC. There had been a move earlier this year to scrap rotational appointments to the top post, whereby two countries together put forward one nomination.