Tim May ... slams the 'cancer' of stand-over tactics involving the ICC. Source: AAP
Players representative Tim May was reported Wednesday as condemning the "cancer" at the ICC after the former Test offspinner lost his place on an International Cricket Council committee in controversial circumstances.
The Federation of International Cricketers' Associations, of which May is chief executive, on Tuesday called on the ICC to investigate allegations of vote "fixing" after Indian candidate Laxman Sivaramakrishnan was elected to an ICC committee amid accusations that voters were pressured into choosing him because of the influence of the Indian cricket board.
"We want the ICC to take notice and police their own processes, and not just turn their back on stuff that they are fully aware of," May was quoted as saying by Fairfax.
"It's time someone stood up to this cancer of stand-over tactics that defines the ICC these days," he added, using an Australian term that refers to bullying or extortion.
FICA has described the election that saw Sivaramakrishnan beat May as flawed because some of the 10 Test captains who voted were allegedly pressured to change their initial selections and back former Indian Test batsman Sivaramakrishnan, the preferred candidate of the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
The vote was seen by some as another example of India's dominance of cricket's leadership and decision-making bodies - as well as other international cricket boards - because of its commercial might.
The ICC has not yet commented either on the initial concerns expressed by FICA over the vote last week or on Tuesday's statement calling for an ethics committee investigation.
"The only thing that I can say and reinforce is that this issue isn't about whether Siva or I got elected or not, but it's about was the process compromised?" May said.
"Did boards interfere and make threats to captains to change their votes - which leads to the crux of the matter - that we (FICA) on behalf of all players need to ensure that the players representative is actually the representative chosen freely by players, not one forced upon the players by boards."
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