"I don't know but perhaps Pakistan might have missed out on a lot of achievements and concessions they could have got out of this issue. These changes are not surprising to me as I had earlier said that these were coming. Our cricket board should have looked after its own interests," Rameez said.
He said the face of cricket had changed and with India, Australia and England providing the main sponsorship and finances for the ICC events and bilateral series, it was expected they would push for more power.
"Only time will tell whether we took the right decision by abstaining from voting but overall I think our stance was a principled one and I think these changes when implemented will have negative effects on world cricket," Latif said.