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ICC rebuts racial' claim
LONDON. July 8 (Internet report): The International Cricket Council I ICC) has strongly refuted allegati-
ons made by Zee TV that the allocation of television rights for the next two cricket World Cups was based on "racial motives".
In response to claims made by Zee TV that cricket's world governing body was a racist organisation. the ICC said this was "ridiculous" and that the decision to award the rights to the World Sports Group and News Corp Combine was made solely on commercial grounds, the Press Trust of India reported on Friday.
1 do not want to comment on Zee TV's ridiculous remarks. 1 think what we need to say very' clearly is that the executive board took a decision on commercial grounds and commercial grounds only." ICC’s chief executive David Richards said in an interview on Star Sports' "Inside Cricket" programme.
"Their (Zee TV's) comments are demonstrably untrue. It (the ICC) is an organisation made up of people from all over the world of cricket from different
cultures and backgrounds'".
Zee TV. who lost out to the World Sports Group and News Corp Combine in the race to secure telecast rights for the World Cups in 2003 and 2007 recently accused the ICC of having a "very clear game plan and a mischievous design of keeping the developing world in a limited world of contractship".
There have even been suggestions that the Test-playing nations could break up into two sections, with a legitimate grouping on the one hand and a rival tour on the other involving the Asian bloc and backed by Zee TV. But Richards said such suggestions were totally groundless.
"There is no indication of anything like that coming through the boards that make up the ICC - India. Pakistan. Sri Lanka and now Bangladesh." Richards said.
"All are very responsible organisations and all are key members of the ICC so. if there were any suggestions of breakaway cricket teams or tours, that would not be done through the official boards."
Richards also ruled out recent comments made by South
African cricket supremo Ali Bacher that something of a rift might be developing within the ICC on an East-West basis.
1 haven’t heard the comment from Bacher, but I don't believe that's going to happen." Richards said. "I think cricket is going through a very difficult period at this stage and it's one where everyone needs to work together."
The Australian administrator said he was concerned that there had been so much public mud-slinging in recent weeks on the problem of match-fixing and that, since the recent appointment by the ICC of an anti-corruption global policeman. any such grievances should be channelled in that direction.
There is now someone to whom people can take their grievance if they want to do that and have it thoroughly investigated before it goes to the code of conduct commission." Richards said.
Sir Paul Condon, who recently retired as commissioner of London's Metropolitan Police. was voted into the position of anti-corruption director by the ICC’s executive board in Paris late last month.