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The International Cricket Council are these days labelled a ‘toothless tiger’ with ‘no get up and go’, who are afraid to make the hard decisions. Not so in 1960.
That’s the year when the ICC met in London for one of the most important meetings since their foundation.
Representing Australia at this meeting was Sir Donald Bradman, and the then Chairman of the Australian Cricket Board, at the insistence of Richie Benaud, who suggested it would be a lot better if Bradman and Dowling represented Australia at this meeting, rather than a couple of ordinary administrators.
And the reason why this meeting was significant was the throwing/chucking/dragging issue that fast bowlers around the world – most notably Australia’s Ian Meckiff and the West Indies’ Charlie Griffith – came under fire for.
It was decided that the umpires would not only call players for a no-balls but also make a confidential report to the team management about that bowler’s action.
In addition, a number of other issues were mentioned at this meeting:
-Time wasting
-Players damaging pitches
-Batsmen using their pad instead of their bat, which brought in the LBW rule
Since then, the ICC has very rarely made a strong decision, the only time being in 1991 when the ICC allowed South Africa back into the cricket world.
When will the International Cricket Council be respected again by the cricket world, like they were in 1960?
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