Malcolm Speed has decided to step down....?

Question

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It was prompted by Speed's unhappiness at the ICC board's failure to take any significant action against Zimbabwe Cricket and his disgust over the terror regime of Mubabe.

Do you think this will bring about any significant changes in the current state of affairs? Do you think he did the right thing?

Answer 1

he fall down

Answer 2

I don't think it's the right decision. It won't make too much of a difference.

Answer 3

He didn't step down did he? I thought he was forced to quit. He is on paid leave till his contracts over in July, he got kicked out!

Well I don't know what will happen to Zimbabwe, hope they start playing cricket and more importantly that they get some sort of control over their economy.

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Answer 4

Good for cricket.

Answer 5

I think the ICC should be brought to book for failing to address the vexed situation of Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe should be thrown out of international cricket (the same way as South Africa - eventually - were) until there is an acceptable government in the country again. To say that politics and sport don't mix is nonsense: MUgabe uses Zimbabwe cricket for political propoganda, and always has done.

I don't think Malcolm Speed stepping down will bring about any significant changes. The ICC is more concerned with lining their pockets than dealing with corruption.

As for whether Speed has done the right thing: well, he has hardly been forthright with his condemnations of the Zimbabwean situation in the past, so I suspect that he may have been pushed. His unhappiness seems to be more about financial irregularities, rather than moral issues.

I think perhaps he has done the right thing, but for all the wrong reasons.

Answer 6

well arent zimbabwe having election soon? mugabe could finally be gone...but i guess he wanted to prove a point by stepping down early. they also say 'zimbabwe and a variety of issues'. so it could be internal politics or something else that influenced his decision. but this is not a good thing for world cricket. percy sonn's death was a shocker and now this...u wonder if cricket is going to survive these incidents...only time will tell

Answer 7

good uska aur india ka to chatish ka aakda hai

Answer 8

yeah i think it was time for him to step a side

Answer 9

He didn't step down, he's been put on paid leave until his contract ends in July.

I don't think that it will change anything as he was going to be replaced in a couple of months anyway. This is just to make sure he doesn't say anything that could undermine the ICC's authority (although they do a pretty good job of that by themselves).

Essentially this just goes to show how corrupt the ICC has become; I  mean honestly, why are Zimbabwe still on the board? The world of 'professional' international cricket certainly isn't living up to its name.

Answer 10

He was made to step down. And thats good for cricket.

Answer 11

What I understand that he has been asked to proceed on  paid leave until his contract runs out on July 4, 2008 after rumours had been circulating for the last month that he had had a serious falling-out with Ray Mali, the president, following the ICC executive's decision not to take any major action against Zimbabwe following an independent forensic audit carried out by KPMG.