adminJOHANNESBURG. — Cricket’s international players’ union has criticised the ICC for what it calls poor governance and says changes handing greater power to India, England and Australia are about “self-interest and short-term deal making.” Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations executive chairman Paul Marsh said in a statement yesterday “it again highlights how poorly our game is governed.”
Eight of cricket’s 10 Test-playing nations voted for the reforms at a board meeting after initial opponents South Africa and Bangladesh were won over — possibly under pressure from the big three.
Only Pakistan and Sri Lanka abstained. Marsh said the passing of the reforms, which give the powerful India, England and Australia boards a larger proportion of money, was “a very sad day for our game” and “had an air of inevitability about it.” — AFP
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