Icc Consider Three New Member Applications From Africa

Three African countries will use to go Associate members of nan International Cricket Council later this year.

Burkina Faso, Mauritius and Burundi are each readying to taxable nan applicable paperwork pinch nan ICC's rank committee earlier December's deadline.

BBC Sport understands nan trio had hoped to beryllium considered by nan governing assemblage astatine this year's ICC Annual General Meeting.

However, nary of nan 3 countries were capable to advancement further pinch their applications owed to various administrative queries raised by nan ICC.

At past weekend's AGM successful Singapore nan ICC accrued their full number of members to 110 aft Zambia and Timor-Leste were some fixed Associate status.

Zambia were expelled by nan ICC successful 2021 for problems relating to their governance but person now been readmitted.

The ICC said aft their AGM that USA Cricket will "remain connected notice" amid ongoing rank compliance concerns.

USA Cricket was astatine superior consequence of being suspended by nan ICC, which would person resulted successful a trim to cardinal backing and nan United States' men's and women's sides barred from ICC events.

BBC Sport has seen grounds that USA Cricket has addressed 5 of nan 8 issues flagged by nan ICC relating to governance, finance and administration.

Rather than an outright suspension nan ICC person opted to springiness USA Cricket much clip to resoluteness remaining issues pinch nan caveat that nan world governing body's committee "reserve nan correct to return specified actions arsenic it deems appropriate".

One cardinal area Cricket USA are nether unit to reside is satisfying nan criteria laid retired by nan United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee for National Governing Body (NGB) status.

NGB position is required for a athletics to return spot astatine nan Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games were cricket is owed to return aft an absence of 128 years.

"USA Cricket is required to undertake broad governance reforms, including but not constricted to completing free and adjacent elections wrong a three-month period," said an ICC statement.

USA Cricket were primitively placed connected announcement astatine nan ICC's 2024 AGM successful Sri Lanka for "non-compliance pinch ICC rank criteria".

Cricket Chile were placed connected announcement astatine nan aforesaid clip but person addressed issues relating to its governance building to nan ICC's satisfaction.