Tim Wigmore Fri, 27 February 2026 at 7:00 am UTC·5 min read “ICC tournaments are built on sporting integrity, competitiveness, consistency and fairness.” So the International Cricket Council declared earlier this month. These are hardly lofty values. They should be the minimum for any sporting competition: treating each team the same way.Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Yet the ICC’s comments have an Orwellian quality: the words are completely out of kilter with the realities of this Twenty20 World Cup. Cricket is the world’s second most popular sport, yet it is a game in which the rules are adapted according to political expediency and flagrant commercial interests. The continued...
