FICA was planning a boycott of next year's Champions Trophy in protest against the sport's administrators 'voting politically' while making key decisions.
LONDON: The international cricketers association (FICA) was planning a boycott of next year's Champions Trophy in protest against the sport's administrators "voting politically" while making key decisions, a report said here on Monday.
"Strike would be too strong a word. We are more or less satisfied with arrangements for the first Twenty20 World Cup in September, but unless we see signs of a will to change, players could withhold their support for the next Champions Trophy. It's the tournament the players are least happy about," FICA Chief Executive Richard Bevan was quoted as saying in 'Times'.
The 2008 edition of the biennial event is to be held in Pakistan.
Bevan said that the players are concerned with the decision-making process of the ICC, the game's world body.
"Our frustration is that we have 10 Test-playing countries voting politically on some issues such as who will succeed Sonn," Bevan said.
"They take cricketing and commercial decisions that are often not linked with one another. A more independent administration is needed," Bevan said.
The FICA representatives - Bevan, Tim May of Australia and Tony Irish from South Africa - would meet with the ICC executives in Dubai later this week to find if there were efforts from the latter to reform its decision-making process.
The ICC is currently without a head following the death of Percy Sonn on Sunday.
The former South African board president died in Cape Town after developing complications from a colon operation.
His tenure, originally up to 2008, was extended to 2009 after the ICC Executive Board failed to find a consensus on naming his successor.
Indian Cricket Board President Sharad Pawar and his England counterpart David Morgan were the two contenders for the post.
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