smssia0112
Chairman of Selectors
- Joined
- Jul 15, 2005
As a moderator it is probably technically wrong of me to start such a volatile argument, but I feel very strongly on the issue all the same.
The BCCI has become too powerful for the ICC and someone needs to take a stand right now. If India had pulled out of the tour, ESPN would have come down on Cricket Australia, and a split of the nations could easily have occurred. Needless to say, cricket would have been damaged, perhaps irreparably.
My question is, will the ICC ever take a firm hand or will they continue to allow the BCCI to steamroll them without protest?
Have the BCCI overstepped the line here by blackmailing the ICC and Cricket Australia, who unsuccessfully tried to persuade the Australian players to drop the charges against Harbhajan because of the threat of an abandoned tour?
The BCCI has become too powerful for the ICC and someone needs to take a stand right now. If India had pulled out of the tour, ESPN would have come down on Cricket Australia, and a split of the nations could easily have occurred. Needless to say, cricket would have been damaged, perhaps irreparably.
My question is, will the ICC ever take a firm hand or will they continue to allow the BCCI to steamroll them without protest?
Have the BCCI overstepped the line here by blackmailing the ICC and Cricket Australia, who unsuccessfully tried to persuade the Australian players to drop the charges against Harbhajan because of the threat of an abandoned tour?