The ignoble game

It's not just the cricket press ... the lead editorial in the Daily Telegraph in London also takes a shot at the ICC.

The ICC must intervene, but not just to ensure players are paid. It should tell Zimbabwe's tyrant that until he stops abusing human rights and democracy, his country will be barred from all international cricket. Like the United Nations, the ICC is dominated by Third World countries. These have been reluctant to take a stand against a regime that is by any objective standards as brutal as South Africa's was during its ostracism under apartheid. The ICC seems unable to see how its craven and amoral behaviour is staining cricket's name. It should grow that spine without further delay.