USA Board suspended by ICC with immediate effect but will not impact USA’s participation in the T20 World Cup.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) have suspended the USA Board of cricket with immediate effect.
Following a virtual meeting on Tuesday, the ICC Board made the decision. The suspension of USAC will not affect the national team’s ability to compete in the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles or the T20 World Cup, which begins in February in India and Sri Lanka.
Just over two months have passed since the ICC gave USAC three months to organise “free and fair elections” and implement “comprehensive” governance reforms during its annual general meeting in July. The ICC reaffirmed at the time that USAC would stay “on notice,” as it has done since July 2024. Additionally, the ICC Board cautioned USAC that it retained the authority to take any action it thought appropriate in light of the reforms’ advancement.
“The decision, taken by the ICC Board during its meeting earlier, was based on USA Cricket’s repeated and continued breaches of its obligations as an ICC Member under the ICC’s Constitution,” an ICC press release said. “These include, but are not limited to, the failure to implement a functional governance structure, lack of progress toward achieving National Governing Body status with the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC), and significant actions that have caused reputational damage to cricket in the United States and around the world.”
USAC only managed its three-month reprieve by making “commitments” to the ICC Board to meet the requirements for membership, as the organisation was being considered for suspension at the ICC’s AGM in July.
“When USAC was notified of the AGM’s decision,” the ICC press release said, “it was specifically advised in writing that, along with fulfilling the commitments it made to the Board and taking immediate steps in that respect, it must (i) not do/omit to do anything that might jeopardise cricket’s inclusion in the Olympics, and (ii) not do anything (by act or omission) that brings cricket or the ICC into disrepute or is contrary to the best interests of cricket or the ICC.”