ICC suspends USA’s membership over governance issues; allows it to participate in LA Olympics

September 24, 2025

Dubai: The International Cricket Council (ICC) suspended the membership status of USA Cricket with immediate effect on Tuesday due to governance issues, following a thorough review of affairs and extensive engagement with key stakeholders over the past year.

USA Cricket was placed ‘on notice’ during the 2024 ICC Annual General Meeting for being non-compliant with ICC Membership criteria and given 12 months to put things in order. However, they failed to remedy the situation, and the ICC took the harsh decision to suspend their membership.

The decision, taken by the ICC Board during its meeting a few days back, was based on USA Cricket’s repeated and continued breaches of its obligations as an ICC Member under the ICC’s Constitution, the ICC said in a release on Tuesday night.

“These include, but are not limited to, the failure to implement a functional governance structure, lack of progress toward achieving National Governing Body status with the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC), and significant actions that have caused reputational damage to cricket in the United States and around the world,” the ICC said in its release.

With cricket set to return to the Olympics in the T20 format for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, which falls under USA Cricket’s jurisdiction, the ICC has decided to safeguard the interests of the games and the players by retaining their right to participate in LA 2028.