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Old September 1, 2011, 11:08 AM
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From time to time, we see cricket players hauled in front of courts because of their personal indiscretions or corruption, but have you ever wondered about the possibility of taking a Cricket Board or the International Cricket Council itself to court for blatant incompetence/corruption/down right criminal behaviour?

Well, here is an article on just such an issue with a particular focus on Maurice Odumbe's attempts to take the Kenya Cricket Association and the ICC to court after he was convicted for 'inappropriate conduct with bookmakers'. It's a bit on the dry side as it is an academic article, but I think anyone willing to invest the time to read it would find it quite interesting.

M. Akech, "The Maurice Odumbe Investigation and Judicial Review of the Power of International Sports Organizations" [2008] 6 ESLJ 2

Abstract: "This article examines whether, and the circumstances in which, national courts should review the power of International Sports Organizations (ISOs). It uses the case of Maurice Odumbe as an illustration, and argues that national courts should regulate the power of bodies such as the International Cricket Council (ICC) where such power has been exercised unreasonably, where the rules and regulations of ISOs are themselves unreasonable, and also where ISOs interpret their rules and regulations unreasonably or wrongly."

Available online at: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/la...ber2/akech/#a4
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