FICA survey indicates unnecessary influence of BCCI on ICC’s decision
The 2011 player survey conducted by the Federation of International Cricketer’s Associations (FICA) revealed that the majority, more than two-thirds, of the players have voted against Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI)’s unnecessary influence on the International
Cricket Council’s (ICC) decisions.
As revealed by the survey, 69% of the players supported the idea that BCCI had major influence on ICC’s decisions, while the remaining 31% said “don’t know”, so none of the voters said a clear cut “no”.
Apart from BCCI’s influence survey, 63% of the people said that they had belief in ICC’s ability to manage international cricket.
The results of the survey also revealed that a large number of people are in favour of the development of a review system in 50-over cricket games.
82% of the players said that the review system should be used to help umpires in making accurate decisions in the World Cup while 97% favoured the view that the review system should be made a compulsion in all Test-matches as well.
The overall findings showed some negatives views regarding world’s cricket governing body. Only 2 to 3 players believed that ICC was managing international cricket in line with the players’ wellbeing
On the other hand, 49% said that decisions were made in the best interest of representative countries, while rest of the players gave neutral views.
FICA chief executive, Tim May, revealed that the survey has been useful in raising some key issues, as 46% of the people have suggested a review regarding the structure and composition of the ICC executive board.
He addressed a major issue regarding cricket’s governance saying that its current structure needed some renovation as it was facing many conflicts and issues.
The FICA survey also showed some positive findings for ICC, as 94% of the players voted in favour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625.
"The ICC Cricket World Cup was a tremendous success and presents a wonderful platform for growth at a time of enormous opportunity for cricket around the world", Haroon Lorgat said.
The survey reflected 72% of the players supporting ICC’s decision of reducing the next mega-event to a ten-team competition, while 91% voted that associate nations should be given a chance through a qualifier.
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