Paul Marsh, the Executive Chairman of the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations (FICA) issued the following response today to the ICC media release in relation to the ICC Cricket Committee voting issue.
“The ICC’s media release is a disappointing attempt to deflect attention from the real issue here.
“The clear facts of this matter are that FICA has evidence that Boards pressured Captains into changing their votes in the process of electing the players’ representative to the ICC Cricket Committee. We believe this is a clear breach of the ICC’s own Code of Ethics.
We asked the ICC to follow their own processes and independently investigate this matter more than 6 weeks ago. They have refused to do this and instead have tried to get FICA to accept a compromised approach that would ensure this matter isn’t independently investigated by the Ethics Officer. We have refused this approach based on principle,” Marsh said.
“Given that the ICC won’t refer this matter to the Ethics Officer, FICA is now trying to do so directly. Whilst the ICC have expressed anger and disappointment at what they perceive to be a ‘confrontational’ approach from FICA, we are simply trying to do what the ICC is obligated to do themselves.”
“If the ICC is confident that its Directors have acted in a manner that is in accordance with their own Code of Ethics then they should have no concerns with allowing this investigation to run its course,” Marsh concluded.
