FICA expresses concern over Srinivasan

Former BCCI chief under scrutiny for ICC position

KARACHI: The Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA) has expressed its concerns regarding N Srinivasan, saying that he should not be considered as the front-runner for the position of chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

Paul Marsh, head of the cricketers’ global representative FICA, believes that former Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) chief Srinivasan cannot be given the responsibility to govern ICC if he’s barred from holding the office of the BCCI president.

“The cricket world has been told time and again by the ICC that corruption is the game's biggest issue and that the game has a zero-tolerance approach to it,” said Marsh, according to ESPNcricinfo.

“Under the current circumstances, the prospect of Mr Srinivasan taking the highest posting in world cricket, while these matters are unresolved, is an impossible one."

Cricket Australia chairman Wally Edwards and England and Wales Cricket Board head Giles Clarke have refused to comment on this predicament, as the world awaits the official position of the ICC on the issue of the controversial Srinivasan.

However, Marsh is more forthcoming on the issue.

“We are pleased that Mr Srinivasan, at the behest of the Supreme Court, has agreed to step down from his duties as BCCI President,” added Marsh. “We are of the firm belief that he should not be exercising any functions on behalf of the ICC either, while any investigations concerning his conduct or that of his company are pending or unresolved.”

Edwards and Clarke will meet Srinivasan on April 9 and 10 in the ICC’s next executive board meeting, in which the former BCCI chief will most probably represent India.