ICC cowardice surprises nobody

Zimbabwe's millions ensured as India tightens grip on world cricket IT WAS too much to expect the ICC to act with decency during their meeting last week in Dubai. There was no chance India was going to abandon Zimbabwe and agree to their removal from full member status. They need the African vote to further extend their authority over world cricket so, after three days of horse-trading and underhand machinations that would have made Macbeth blush, Zimbabwe voluntarily offered to miss next year's Twenty20 World championship in England in return for retaining their full member status and the millions of dollars in funding that guarantees. None of that money will benefit Zimbabwean cricket. It is effectively a gift to the power brokers that run the Zimbabwe Cricket Union. Two separate audits of the ZCU finances have agreed that... [read full story]