May 24,2009

Cricinfo's Martin Williamson has written a scathing attack on ICC's decision to throw the USACA a lifeline to participate in the Associate members' qualifiers in Dubai later this year with a chance for a spot in the 2010 World Twenty/20 Cup. Criticizing the decision as one motivated more by commercial rather than cricketing interests, Williamson sees it as a faux pas by the ICC. But it is possible for one to make the right decision for all the wrong reasons. And that may well be the case in this instance.