Overview
- The ICC board resolved on Monday to suspend Cricket Canada’s membership for what it called “serious breaches” of its obligations, effective immediately.
- The council has allowed national teams to keep competing in ICC events and will provide money only through a controlled funding mechanism managed under ICC oversight to protect players and programmes.
- The suspension follows investigative reporting in April and a subsequent probe by the ICC Anti‑Corruption Unit into alleged match manipulation and selection interference, including attention to Canada’s T20 World Cup match and the team captain.
- Cricket Canada called the decision unexpected on Tuesday and submitted a Corrective & Preventative Action Plan while appointing an independent jurist‑led committee that must deliver interim recommendations within two weeks and a full report within 45 days.
- Reinstatement will require meeting a set of ICC conditions monitored by the Normalisation Committee, a high‑stakes process because Cricket Canada has relied on ICC funding for about two‑thirds of recent revenue and must rebuild governance and financial controls.