Obstinate N. Srinivasan is still at the helm of ICC chairman while Giles Clarke, the president of the England & Wales Cricket Board is facing the prospect of being summoned to give evidence to parliament over the governance of international cricket.
Before the start the fifth Ashes Test at the Oval, three minutes of silence was observed for “Death of a Gentle Man.”
Clarke is facing mounting pressure over his role in the restructuring of the International Cricket last year that saw England, India and Australia gain sweeping powers and the vast majority of income.
The Telegraph reported just after the three minutes of silence observed at The Oval, organised by Sam Collins and Jarrod Kimber, the documentary filmmakers of “Death of a Gentleman”.
Damien Collins, the conservative MP for Folkestone and Hythe and a member of the culture, media and sport select committee, attended the protest at the Oval this morning as part of the #changecricket campaign calling for more transparency in the governance of cricket.
People are protesting before the start of the match in front of the Oval.
Before the match start around 100 protesters turned up including Collins and Jaimie Fuller, the sportswear businessman who lead the campaign to force change in cycling, to hold a three minutes silence, one for each minute of the three nations.
Damien Collins said he would ask sports select committee to summon Giles Clarke to explain his role in ICC revamp.
“This is very detrimental to the game. I will ask the sports select committee to summon Giles Clarke to explain his role,” said Collins. “I will be asking the committee if they are interested in taking this further. They have a role to play in asking the questions people want to avoid answering.”
The #changecricket campaigner has carried out full page advert in Clarke’s local newspaper, the North Somerset Times, parodying the original Ashes obituary of Sunday Times in 1882 lamenting the death of English cricket.
The advert spells Clarke’s name incorrectly but accuses him and Wally Edwards, the chairman of Cricket Australia, of “years of neglect.”
However, Clarke refused to give any statement.
It said: “This once great game, and world’s biggest sport became the only shrinking global game. With 20/20 vision, the leadership prevented cricket from becoming an Olympic sport and cut the nations eligible to play in the cricket World Cup from 14 to just 10, its sad demise was inevitable.”