Open letter to ICC following decisions on West Indies and Nepal

Thu, Apr 28, '16

Dear ICC,

First things first, cricket fraternity stands in unison to applause all your Board members for finally taking out time for a meeting that had some of the most derisory decisions being arrived at, after the T20 World Cup that ended three weeks ago. It will be safe to say that the Council hit new lows with a few of its decisions, with the highlight being the cancellation of Nepal’s membership and your resentment against truth that was put forth by the brave Darren Sammy. The West Indies captain — and the first captain ever to win two ICC World T20 tournaments spoke nothing but truth — but your dissent proved that the game has a very tough time ahead. ALSO READ: Simmons, Badree’s sacrifice and hapless state of WICB

In case if you are not aware, cricket in Nepal is being taken by its fans even more passionately than in India. If passion was the parameter, a handful of Nepal cricket fans can easily thrash the thousands in India, and may be even those in Bangladesh. But a certain clause in your Articles of Association now carries the danger of hampering the growth of cricket in a country which has just started to pick up.

Coming back to West Indies, it looks like you were not completely aware of the battles those ‘15 match-winners’ fought everyday, ever since they got together for a special journey. You do not seem to be aware that West Indies cricketers had no contracts in place — no guarantee of income by their cricket board — before it all began. West Indies cricketers had no uniforms, they were ridiculed by their own cricket board, critics, and even fans. Anyone who needed to take out his frustration had West Indies as the sitting duck. You do not look like being aware of any of this.

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