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ICC call truce in World Cup row with India AFP, LONDON Jan 25, The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday announced a truce in the contracts row that had threatened to result in an Indian boycott of the upcoming World Cup. A teleconference meeting of the ICC's executive board approved a compromise deal that effectively puts a resolution of the row off until after the event. But the ICC is threatening to withold India's nine-million-dollars cut of World Cup proceeds in the event it is sued for compensation as a result of the Indian players decision to unilaterally alter their contracts for the February 8-March 23 tournament. "This agreement will see the ICC and the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) put the current commercial dispute aside for the period of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003," ICC President Malcolm Gray said. "It clears the way for the best team to represent India and ensures that the ICC is able to protect the commercial interests of the game around the world through the agreed process to deal with these issues." Sri Lankan players failed to return their tournament contracts by the ICC's January 14 deadline following a dispute with their own board over their share of the World Cup payout. That dispute was resolved on Thursday and there will be no repercussions, Speed said. "They have signed they will play, so we can take that off our list of current major issues." |
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