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JUNE 29, 2014

ICC annual conference 2014

Delink Srinivasan from India's global takeover

While ICC chairman N Srinivasan certainly has a lot to answer for, much of the recent media coverage conflated his personality, or perceptions about his personality, with the new order in the ICC, writes Ashok Malik in the Asian Age. He says that it is important to delink Srinivasan from the larger opportunism behind the BCCI's decisions, and points to football and the Olympics as examples of economics trumping egalitarianism in the enterprise of modern sport.

Even if Mr Srinivasan is in the eye of the storm, he has not forced these decisions on Indian and international cricket. There is a larger institutional buy-in. Even when Lalit Modi, now Mr Srinivasan's foe, was riding high in the BCCI establishment five years ago, he was openly suggesting that cricket's hierarchy needed to be reorganised and that the ICC Future Tours Programme required a re-visit. It was becoming inevitable over the past few years that the BCCI's commercial clout in cricket needed to be formalised. Any BCCI leadership would have urged it.

JUNE 27, 2014

ICC annual conference 2014

Cricket makes 'a fool of itself'

The doubts over N Srinivasan's status in the BCCI and the investigations against his IPL franchise and son-in-law for allegations of corruption did not hinder his appointment as the ICC's first chairman after a restructure of the world governing body. Chloe Saltau, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald, says the support Srinivasan has received from other ICC members does not help improve the game's image when it comes to fighting corruption.

Even if, as Srinivasan says, he is proven to have done nothing wrong, the fact that other members of the ICC endorsed him for the chairmanship hardly inspires confidence in their collective desire to stamp out corruption from the sport.

JANUARY 16, 2014

The USA and Canada: the have-nots of Associate cricket

Samarth Shah: They are huge countries with vast talent pools, which means their meagre resources are stretched that much more

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

'National boards are competitors when they should be siblings'

Interview by Subash Jayaraman: Mike Jakeman, the author of Saving The Test, a book about the future of the five-day game, talks about how cricket administrators can unite to make the game more viable

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

'The US doesn't need the ICC to be successful'

Interview by Subash Jayaraman: Jamie Harrison, the American Cricket Federation's new chief, talks about the problems in United States cricket, and what his organisation is out to achieve

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

World Cup qualification could give ODIs context

Samir Chopra: Bilaterals tacked on to the end of a Test series, or hastily arranged triangulars, could gather meaning if teams had something bigger to fight for. But will cricket's major teams ever agree to such a proposition?

JULY 01, 2013

Pakistan Cricket

PCB fail to make a stand

The schedule of all ICC events until 2023 was determined at the governing body's annual conference in London this June and Pakistan will not be hosting any during that period. Former ICC president Ehsan Mani, in the Express Tribune, criticises the PCB and its acceptance of this proposal, while urging the board to take the necessary steps to bring international cricket back to Pakistan

This development reflects the sad state of affairs within the PCB. The body has been dysfunctional and there has been no strategic planning or a roadmap to bring back international cricket to Pakistan. The bottomline is that no progress has been made since the tragic attack on the Sri Lankan team. They have basically adopted a hit-and-miss approach in asking various cricket boards to pity them and visit. This unprofessional attitude has put them in no-man's land.

JUNE 26, 2013

Arthur's fall, and a yearning for bloodlust

Andrew Hughes: Why Henry VIII would have applauded the ruthlessness and efficiency of Mickey Arthur's axing

MAY 17, 2013

Who cares for the spectator?

Dave Hawksworth: As the game's powerbrokers manoeuvre themselves towards greater influence, they move ever further away from the ordinary supporter

MARCH 02, 2013

Give Ireland the chance they deserve

Alex Braae: The ICC and Full Member nations need to encourage Associate teams like Ireland if the game has to thrive globally

JANUARY 15, 2013

ICC Champions Trophy 2013

ICC latch on to Volunteering-fever

The volunteers at London 2012 were lauded as the special factor that made the Olympics as memorable as they were. Thousands of Britons gladly worked in very meaningless roles just to be part of history.

The ICC obviously caught wind of this phenomenon as they are trying to "recreate the fantastic atmosphere and customer service" at the Champions Trophy this June. 600 recruits are being sought to cover the games at The Oval, Edgbaston and Cardiff.

Volunteers will again be clad in team uniform and will be helping deliver entertainment at the grounds, produce and distribute accreditation passes and help dish out tickets, along with the obligatory standing with a where-to-go foam hand. You may even get the chance to play music from your iphone through a loudspeaker to entertain the queuing masses.

Whether the lure of the ICC's No. 3 tournament is enough to rally the kind, generous folk of Great Britain once more remains to be seen but if you're over 18, available for at least four shifts in June and are comfortable with a background security check, click here to help make the Champions Trophy run as seamlessly as London 2012.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Why the difference between the men's and women's game?

Jarrod Kimber: The opening game of this tournament was held where only one group would be playing, miles from any other side, and against a team that doesn't draw a crowd

JUNE 29, 2012

Why would the BCCI act like Mandela?

Girish Menon: For any ICC decision to be applicable it needs a 70% vote and India, with support from other boards, has been able to thwart some of the recommendations of the erstwhile veto-wielding nations

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