ICC Suspends Usa Cricket’s Membership: There is an atmosphere of Asia Cup 2025 tournament in the cricket world at this time. Meanwhile, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has suspended the membership of a Cricket Board. This is the same team that defeated Pakistan in a group stage of T20 World Cup 2024 and dropped it out of the tournament. Here we are talking about the US cricket team, whose cricket board membership has been suspended by the ICC.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has suspended its membership by taking strict steps against USA Cricket. For a long time, complaints were being received about the governance of US cricket, after which the ICC board took this important decision on Tuesday.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) said in its official statement that the action has been taken by the US Cricket Board repeatedly due to violation of the Constitution and non-implementation of transparent governance structure. In addition, the board is also alleged to have not taken any concrete steps towards recognizing the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (UsopC). Due to all this, the image of cricket in America has been damaged.
The US Cricket (USA Cricket) was warned at the annual conference in Sri Lanka last year, and this year he was also given an additional three months to improve. But despite this, the mess continued. In the selection of candidates in the board elections, there were cases like rigging and manipulation in procedures for personal interests. Board Chairman Venu Pisike also refused to accept the advice of ICC and USOPC.
The situation worsened when USA cricket ended its agreement with Major League Cricket (MLC) parent company American Cricket Enterprises (ACE).
The ICC has made it clear that the ICC itself will handle the responsibility of administration and management of US national teams. The aim of this step is to cooperate continuously to the players and to maintain the progress of cricket, especially towards joining the Olympics.
For this, the ICC will set up a Normalization Committee. This committee will monitor the process of improving the USAC until the board brings concrete changes in the system of governance, operations and its structure. Once this change is seen, the board’s suspension will be removed. This decision is considered an important step for the reorganization of American cricket.
