ISLAMABAD – In response to a question regarding the permission given by ICCto the Indian cricket team to wear military caps during a recent matchagainst Australia, ICC Chief Richardson said the global cricket governingbody has a “robust regulatory framework by which we grant consent to thesetypes of things”.
“In this case, it was a one-off consent; it was granted subject to themessaging around the wearing of the caps simply being sympathy with thepeople who had lost their lives in the [Pulwama] attack and in particular,to help them raise funds for the families of the people who had lost theirlives,” he explained.
He added that the permission was granted subject to the Indian team “makingno political statement around what was happening”.
Discussing cricketing ties between Pakistan and India, he said it was up totheir respective cricket boards to arrange bilateral series.
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But when asked what role the ICC would play if India decided to not playagainst Pakistan at the upcoming World Cup in England and Wales, the ICCchief said all teams were bound to play against all teams as per the rules.
“For ICC events, all teams have signed a members’ participation agreementwhich requires them to participate in all the matches of the tournament and[in case of] any unjustified non-compliance with that provision in theagreement, the playing conditions will kick in and the points will beawarded accordingly [to the other team],” he concluded.
