Bangladesh, Nov. 25 -- The International Cricket Council (ICC) has elected Greg Barclay of New Zealand as its new chairman.

Greg Barclay, the head of New Zealand Cricket, secured an all-crucial 11th vote from Cricket South Africa in a second round of voting to beat Imran Khwaja, who had been the interim chairman after Shashank Manohar stepped down from the post in July this year, according to espncricinfo report on Wednesday.

Barclay had 10 votes to Khwaja's six in the first round of voting last week, but ICC stipulations meant he needed 11 - a two-thirds majority of the 16-person ICC Board.

That important vote came in the form of Cricket South Africa (CSA) this time and Barclay now becomes, after Manohar, the second independent chairm...