Michael Atherton, writing in The Times, has pointed out that in recent weeks, among the most hectic in the game’s history, there has been a deafening silence from the ICC.

Can you imagine any other governing body being so quiet and so ineffective while the structure and ethos of the game changes day by day? Cricket is reorganising itself along football lines, with clubs becoming as important as countries and player loyalty a thing of the past, and the ICC stands idly by.

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