ICC to rethink governments' involvement

Sun, Nov 25, '12 by TONY BECCA

The International Cricket Conference, the ICC, the governing body for cricket around the world, is rethinking its stance on governments' interference in cricket. Just about a year ago, the ICC said it would be following the well-established principle of other national federations which states that federations should be autonomous and free from governments' interference in the administration of their affairs.

It stated some of those interferences and it gave them one year in which to comply with the new rules.

The new rules, as stated then, include the following:

Members should be elected by free and fair election of the membership body, be appointed by the membership of the elected body, or be appointed from outside the membership by members of the executive body.

Government officials should not be involved in the selection of teams and coaches, etcetera, etcetera. They should not be involved in ratifications, recommendations, selections or appointments of individuals and the setting of things like the dates of matches and the outcome of disciplinary enquiries.