ICL serves notice on cricket bodies 20/11/2009 |
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The Indian Cricket League (ICL) has served notice on the ICC and the English and Indian cricket boards over what it claims was the unlawful ban on players associated with the unofficial league.
Cricinfo reports that the notice, served by London-based legal firm Ingram Winter Green, says the barring of ICL players from international cricket broke England’s restraint of trade laws.
“We want just justice, that’s all,” an ICL spokesman told the cricket website. “There are a lot of issues involved including the restraint of trade and threatening of players who were part of the ICL.”
The ICL was formed in 2007 – a year before the official IPL Twenty20 tournament was launched – but was never recognised. The league went ahead for two years but suspended operations earlier this year after its players decided to take up a worldwide amnesty offered by the various official national boards.
“The boycott of the ICL has had a serious effect on the players,” claims the notice. “It prevents the players carrying on their trade as professional cricketers in the UK if they also enter into contracts to play in the ICL. The ECB is committing an unlawful restraint of trade by implementing the boycott of the ICL in the UK.”
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