Romit Mehta


ICC's Project USA scrapped

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From Cricinfo:

Project USA terminated with immediate effect

In light of the inability of the United States of America Cricket Association to address the fundamental governance issues of the game in the USA, the Executive Board decided to immediately terminate its initiative to stage international cricket in the USA to generate funds to develop the game in this country.

The president of the ICC, Ehsan Mani, said that the Board was left with little choice but to make this decision. “The decision to terminate Project USA is taken with some regret. Cricket is growing in America and Gary Hopkins who was appointed to run this project had done some excellent work in preparing the way for international cricket to be played there,” said Mr Mani. “Nevertheless, the success of this project relies on having an effective governing body for cricket in the United States.

“Our experience in dealing with the USACA and the current controversy over the governance of the game in this country has convinced the Board that it cannot support investing ICC members funds in this project and it has been terminated.”