Former players' boss Tim May finds it incomprehensible that directors of the International Cricket Council could endorse Indian heavyweight Narayanaswami Srinivasan to head the sport while he is exiled from his own board and embroiled in a corruption investigation.
That is precisely what is likely to happen when the world's cricket administrators descend on the MCG next week for important ICC meetings.
May no longer works in cricket, having quit as head of the Federation of International Cricketers Associations earlier than intended last year in disillusionment with global cricket politics.
But the former Australian off-spinner has spoken out ahead of the ICC annual conference in Melbourne at which members will sign off on controversial reforms that hand the boards of India, England and Australia more power and a bigger share of profits.
May believes all members of the ICC, not just England and Australia, are responsible.
The Indian businessman is suspended as president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India by that country's Supreme Court while allegations of corruption against his IPL franchise, the Chennai Super Kings, and his son-in-law, Gurunath Meiyappan, are investigated.
The court suggested Srinivasan had turned a blind eye, and ruled that he must step down in the interests of a fair investigation.
“I don’t understand how the other directors, if they are fulfilling their responsibilities to the ICC, and their obligations under the code of ethics, could possibly endorse Mr Srinivasan for the chairmanship at this time,†May told Fairfax Media from his home in Austin, Texas.
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