ICC does not recognize CAN

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday said it does not recognize any of the two factions of cricket governing bodies of Nepal and has urged both Cricket Association(s) of Nepal to cooperate and work together for the development of the game in the country. Organizing a press conference in the capital on Sunday, ICC Head of Global Development Tim Anderson said that there wasn't any functioning cricket governing body in Nepal. "We have a situation of conflict in terms of governance and administration in cricket in Nepal. These two competing groups are contesting in the Nepalese core system. There is no functioning governing body of cricket in Nepal for the ICC," said Anderson. Currently, there is the existence of two cricket governing bodies in the country - one elected through a controversial midnight election without consent of the outgoing president and the other is an ad hoc committee formed by the National Sports Council, the apex sports body of the country. However, the Patan Appellate Court issued an interim order in response to a writ filed by the elected body and directed both bodies - elected and ad hoc -- not to undertake any assignment until the final verdict. Responding to the directives of the court, the ICC however did not come up with clear stance about if it will agree or not with the court decision. "Court has a very important role to play in this process. Its decision won't solve all the challenges faced by cricket," shared Anderson, who did not make clear if the ICC would recognized the CAN to be legitimize by the court. "I am not going to speculate on what we (ICC) will do about the circumstances that we don't know yet. However, greater cooperation, mutual understanding with the support of the government will assist in getting cricket back on track," he said. ICC to discuss about Nepal in board meeting Anderson also said that he held meetings with both CANs on Sunday and that he would report about Nepal in the ICC board meeting to be held next week in Dubai. "We had talks with the ad hoc committee and elected committee of cricket in Nepal. We discussed about issues they are facing, positions, circumstances and the differences they have," Anderson said. "We stressed on the importance of cooperation and suggested that there was effectively no governing body. ICC cannot sustain such situation for longer period of time. I will be reporting about the mutual talks we have and the concept of cooperation of both parties and we like ICC to play a greater role in trying to achieve cooperation." "Nepali cricket needs to come together. Administration and management need to be significantly better and these are the issues we discussed with both groups." No further WCL matches in such atmosphere Anderson also hinted that Nepal may not get the rights to host further ICC World Cricket League matches in the country if the same situation remains in CAN. "I doubt there will be further ICC matches here if these circumstances last longer though we want games to be played here," he said. He also refuted that the ICC interfered in matters of Nepali cricket by assigning ICC's Raju Venkatpathy as one of the selectors of Team Nepal against Namibia match. "There is not any functioning body in the country and it is not interference by the ICC. We are very close to both parties (CAN) and the National Sports Council. They asked us to come for matches. ICC is not in a position to come and take over cricket in Nepal. Our intention is to conduct two matches here which are part of the ICC events. We have couple of options: we could have conducted match in India or not played game at all and provide walkover." Source: Republica