The ICC's constitution prohibits government interference in national cricket boards, but the enforcement mechanism is broken. Instead of acting on observable violations, the ICC waits for the affected board to formally complain. This creates an impossible situation: boards that have been dissolved or taken over by government appointees are in no position to report their own political capture. It's governance that protects itself from ever having to be enforced.

Bangladesh and Sri Lanka offer clear examples. Governments have dissolved their cricket boards and installed interim committees in plain sight, with widespread reporting and public acknowledgment. Yet the ICC board of directors, those with a fiduciary duty to world cricket, has remained completely silent. No statements, no acknowledgment, no action.

Selective governance isn't just bad policy. It sends a message to every government that interference carries no real consequences. Cricket boards in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and elsewhere deserve the independence the ICC claims to protect. If the rules only apply when victims can self-report, they protect no one. The signal being sent is dangerous, and cricket is heading in the wrong direction.

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