The Bermuda Cricket Board will not comment on the ICC’s refusal to accept some Bermuda player eligibility for the upcoming ICC Division Tournament, scheduled to take place in the United States of America.
The ICC at this point are breaching their own rules and allowed to get away with it, the United States are currently suspended by the ICC, but they are allowed to host and play in the Tournament.
The ICC has also funded programmes throughout the United States to help them prepare for the Tournament.
Bermuda are being challenged on if Players are Bermudian, so www.islandstats.com has decided to the Core Qualification Criteria for Players to represent a Country. (Read each question carefully and you answer the question).
CORE QUALIFICATION CRITERIA:
A Player shall be qualified to play for a National Cricket Federation where he/she satisfies at least one of the following requirements:
1. the Player was born in the relevant country;
2. the Player is able to demonstrate (by his/her possession of a valid passport issued by the relevant country) that he/she is a national of the relevant country; or
3. the Player is a Resident of the relevant country, in other words:
3.1 the Player has resided in the relevant country for a minimum of 183 days in each of the immediately preceding two years (female Players only);
3.2 the Player has resided in the relevant country for a minimum of 183 days in each of the immediately preceding four years (male Players only); or
3.3 the Player has resided in the relevant country for a minimum of 183 days in each of the immediately preceding seven years (male Players only).
The intent of this article appears to prevent persons from other countries to be able to represent a different country other than their naturalize country as they may want to without some sought qualifying process.
ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT CRITERIA FOR ASSOCIATE OR AFFILIATE MEMBERS:In addition, where a male Player is seeking to qualify to play for an Associate or Affiliate Member, he must also satisfy at least one of the following criteria:
4. the Player has played in a minimum of 50% of the domestic league matches that his club team was scheduled to play within the relevant domestic structure in any 3 of the preceding 5 domestic league seasons;
5. the Player has spent a cumulative total of at least 100 working days in the relevant country coaching cricket, playing cricket or working in the administration or development of cricket in that country in the immediately preceding 5 years; or
6. the Player has previously represented the relevant country at Under-19 level or above after satisfying the additional Development Criteria in these Regulations or similar requirements under predecessor eligibility regulations.
A Natural citizen of a country selected by the Governing body of that country to represent the country, must have the right to select any Naturalized Citizen regardless of how long they have been out of the country or for how long they have been involved in playing cricket.
The Bermuda Cricket Board should be looking to challenge the negative decision by the ICC on the grounds of the following:
The Intent of the Article ( A male Player seeking to qualify to play for an Associate or Affiliate Member, he must also satisfy at least one of the following criteria)
The Rights of a Country to select a Naturalized Citizen to represent their country
The Rights of a Naturalized Citizen to represent their country
A qualifying time of participation for the selection of a Naturalized Citizen
