ICC rejects ICL again

[merksfi]

ICC Rejects ICC Again
Press Release: International Cricket Council
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The ICC Board considered an application for the ICL to be approved as unofficial cricket.

The Board went through the application carefully, including assessing it against the criteria within the ICC regulations for approving such events.

Those criteria are as follows:

? Where the event takes place in an ICC Member country, whether the home board has granted approval or not;
? Safety and suitability of the venue, including anti-corruption considerations and the safety of players and officials;
? Whether the event has any meaningful role in the development of the game or has a specific charitable or benevolent purpose; and
? Whether the event causes any conflict or perceived conflict with ICC events.

After due consideration, the Board resolved that the application should be rejected.

In relation to the possibility of players returning to official cricket from the ICL, the Board reiterated to Members the importance of protecting the fabric of the game. A clear message needed to be sent that players could not swap between official and unofficial cricket at will.

However, it was confirmed that the nature and scope of any sanction would ultimately be a matter for each individual Member to determine, based on its own local conditions.

ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat said: ?The Board gave the matter careful consideration but, looking at the criteria set out in the regulations, felt the application for approval could not be granted.?

 

[SaiSrini]

Time for the ICL to drag the ICC to court. Leaving the decision to the home board is stupid enough. How did the BCCI become the home board? I guess now the ICL should create a new board of cricket and should file an application with the ICC asking for recognition as the official cricket board of India (because the BCCI is useless).