FICA threatens legal action against MCL

FICA has claimed that the Masters Champions League, a private T20 tournament for retired cricketers held in Dubai and Sharjah earlier this year, has not paid "a significant number of players" according to their contractual agreements

A late agreement has allowed the South African players involved in the MCL to participate in the semi-finals and eased concerns about the future of the competition

Andrew Symonds is considering coming out of retirement to play a limited amount of T20 cricket after enjoying his time in the Masters Champions League

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Shivnarine Chanderpaul was forced to announce his international retirement to play in the Masters League, but he insists his loyalties to Guyana remain as strong as ever

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has granted NOCs to Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Tino Best, Fidel Edwards, and Krishmar Santokie to play in the Masters Champions League, after the four players had written to the board about their international retirements

Richard Levi, Rory Kleinveldt and Robin Peterson will attempt to play in the MCL without signed NOCs from Cricket South Africa, while Alviro Petersen, who was also denied a clearance, has withdrawn from the tournament

At least three Full Member boards have written to the ICC expressing concern over current players asking for no objection certificates to participate in the Masters Champions League