India, July 10 -- France's Gurumurthy Palani, Mubashshir Usmani of the United Arab Emirates and Namibia's Rudie van Vuuren have been elected as Associate Member Directors on the International Cricket Council (ICC) board for a two-year period.

The election was held during the ICC Annual Conference here on Wednesday.

The three elected Directors will represent the Associate Members on the ICC Board.

Palani and Van Vuuren will join the ICC Board for the first time, while Usmani has been re-elected after serving as an Associate Director over the past two years.

The election was contested by five candidates, with the incumbent Directors Usmani, Imran Khwaja and Mahinda Vallipuram joined by Palani and Van Vuuren.

A total of 43 Associate Mem...