The International Cricket Council (ICC) suspended
Zimbabwe on Thursday after the country’s cricket board, Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC),
was not able to hold out government's interference with the board's
administration.
This is for the first time that a Full team has
been suspended from participating in any form of cricket.
“We do not take the decision
to suspend a Member lightly, however, we must maintain our game unfastened from
political interference,” said ICC chairman Shashank Manohar. “What has befallen
in Zimbabwe is a severe breach of the ICC Constitution and we cannot allow it
to keep unchecked. The ICC wishes cricket to continue in Zimbabwe according to
the ICC Constitution.”
After the International Cricket Council's (ICC) decision, cricketer Sikandar Raza said that it was now not how he wanted to say
good-bye to cricket.
Raza posted on Twitter: "How one decision
has made a team, strangers, How one decision has made so many people unemployed,
How one decision affects so many families, How one decision has ended so many
careers, Certainly not how I wanted to say goodbye to international cricket.
@ICC"
ICC has suspended various Associate Members in
the past, Sri Lanka was on the verge of suspension in 2015 due to government
interference and Nepal is still under suspension. However, Nepal's countrywide
teams have been allowed to continue taking part in ICC events at some point of
suspension, similarly even America in the course of their latest suspension and
expulsion duration from June 2015 thru January 2019 took part in ICC occasions.
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