ICC call off meeting after reverse swing
Percy Sonn’s first few weeks at the helm of the ICC has hardly seen him at his best, and now according to Mihir Bose in The Daily Telegraph , he is to blame for events surrounding the aborted executive board meeting of the ICC.
Martin Williamson
25-Feb-2013
Percy Sonn’s first few weeks at the helm of the ICC has hardly seen him at his best, and now according to Mihir Bose in The Daily Telegraph, he is to blame for events surrounding the aborted executive board meeting of the ICC.
“Sonn has only himself to blame for this latest fiasco. He had called the meeting on Friday because, as he put it, he wanted ‘to seek legal advice concerning the executive board's powers.’
“But this set in motion a tide of intense speculation on whether the executive board have the authority to overturn a properly laid charge by the umpires. That speculation would only be sure to intensify ahead of the weekend, so cancelling the meeting will allow everyone to focus on the cricket instead.”
Martin Williamson is executive editor of ESPNcricinfo and managing editor of ESPN Digital Media in Europe, the Middle East and Africa