Three years after they were kicked out, the USA have had their member status restored and a new governing body has big ideas for the progression of the game for both men and women
Was that a whiff of fatted calf we could smell this week? The USA finally returned to the cricketing fold, three years after being kicked out of the ICC for behaviour unbecoming an associate member, and the whole affair had a slight feel of the prodigal son about it.
“The International Cricket Council today welcomed USA Cricket as its 105th Member, in what is a historical milestone for the governing body established in 2017,” beamed the official press release, as champagne corks popped across the Atlantic. The use of the word historical seemed a bit rich – after all, it’s also the only milestone this one-year-old organisation has achieved. But maybe the person who wrote it was feeling nostalgic. After all, 54 years ago, in 1965, the USA had been the very first non-Commonwealth country admitted to the ICC. And the decades since haven’t exactly wreathed it in glory.
Written by Emma John
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jan/15/cricket-american-dream-usa-icc-status under the title “The Spin | Cricket’s American dream remains as USA welcomed back into ICC fold | Emma John”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
