Malcolm Gray hits out at British Government

Malcolm Gray, the outgoing president of the International Cricket Council (ICC), has accused the British government of refusing to be drawn into the boycott of England's World Cup match against Zimbabwe.

According to the Melbourne Age, Gray said it should have been up to the government - and not the cricket authorities - to decide whether England should travel to Zimbabwe for their World Cup match. He also suggested that it was unfair of the government to put moral pressure on the England team, while other businesses, such as British Airways, continued to operate in Zimbabwe.

"For every time in any sport when politics are involved, not politics of the sport but national politics, it's up to the governments to be decisive about it," said Gray. "I then believe that sporting bodies would then fall in line with government. But politicians are clever and hide behind the sports administrators and that's what the British government did."