'The ICC should have done something two years ago'

To blame inaction on bureaucracy is lame in the extreme. As the governing body of the sport, the ICC should rewrite the rule that prevents them from intervening, and then take immediate and decisive action. This of course requires strong and courageous leadership, which are qualities that I suspect are in short supply in Dubai. Chris Fogarty

The Zimbabwe situation has become very messy, and the ICC's handling is an absolute joke. The way they handled the World Cup situation was disgraceful, a major tournament shouldn't have been held in a country with so much trouble, and the fact that after players spoke out about the situation in their country, the ICC just sat on their hands and did nothing. David Thompson

I've been a concerned cricket fan for a little while now. The latest Zimbabwe crisis is merely one of my concerns. But then I think back to the recent Cricinfo interview with Ehsan Mani who assured me that everything was alright. Everything. Nothing to be concerned about. Well, it's pretty simple then - millions of cricket fans like me are obviously wrong, blind and foolish. It's so clear that everything is running smoothly and that no-one is living in anything resembling fear or discomfort with this wonderful world of professional cricket that we are told to enjoy. Bernhard Sayer

Of course the ICC should get involved in the Zimbabwe affair. International cricketers and supporters the world over demand action, yet the ICC fails to represent them. Unless they are to lose all credibility they now need to wake up and take action. Charles Tilbury

Should the ICC get involved in Zimbabwe? The answer is emphatically no. It's too late. They should have done something two years ago. The ICC did nothing when the problems were becoming apparent and hid behind the facade of not interfering in internal situations. The ICC ... claims to be there for the benefit of cricket, some of which it does superbly, but I would welcome a return to a free market rather than have an organisation which does not grasp the nettle and do difficult things. They get paid a lot, let them earn their money. Bill Gregory

Chingoka and his cohorts are killing the enjoyment of the game for the rest of us. Time and time again they have shown why they are no good for the game, but the ICC consistently refuses to see this. Therefore asking it to do something about a situation that it doesn't acknowledge is taking place is a complete waste of time. Eleanor Madziva

It is not necessarily the ICC who should get directly involved although they should definately show more leadership on the matter. The entire international cricket community has a responsibility to Zimbabwean cricket's survival and should be thinking right now of some proactive strategies to alleviate Zimbabwe's decline. The ICC itself may also need to take a long hard look at its constitution and take hard decisions to amend it for situations like that occurring in Zimbabwe, it is a lame duck at the moment, and people such as Chingoka and Bvute use this fact absolutely to their own ends. The sport is bigger than any nation playing it. Martin Lauritsen

It should have been involved over 18 months ago. By the time it gets involved there'll be nothing left of cricket in Zimbabwe. Daniel Wray

I have written in the past against the idea of isolating Zim and I still think it should not be isolated for the good of my son. Recent events where our national team captain is in hiding are, however, disturbing and I feel because of that the ICC should intervene. Munikwa Eliphas

It is disgraceful that our captain has had to go into hiding. Bvute and Chinkoka are clearly implicated and world cricket should have no further dealing with them. The ICC are acting no differently to the rest of the international cricket - they are sitting on the hands and watching whilst a proud cricket playing nation disintegrates before their eyes. David Coltart, Zimbabwe opposition shadow justice minister

It is patently obvious that whatever is going on behind the scenes in Zimbabwe is the root cause of the desperate situation the national team finds itself in. As your articles have clearly shown, the political scene is full of corruption and oppression, and it is easy to see why the ICC either refuse to or fear to get involved. Graham Frost

I think that the ICC should get involved in the mess that is Zimbabwe cricket right now. But it is patently unfair of Cricinfo to pin the blame on the ICC for inactivity. If Ehsan Mani's interview - which appeared on Cricinfo last month - is to be believed, the ICC can only take action if a member country raises the issue at a meeting. I think it is important now for the member countries to try and come up with a consensus on the issue and send a united message to ZC. Without that it is pointless to blame the ICC for sitting on its hands. Anurag Garg

Yes, of course the ICC should involve itself in serious domestic matters. There is no comparison between the common hurdles that crop up in the day to day domestic Governance among the ICC's 90 plus members and the appalling recent occurrences in Kenya, USA and Zimbabwe. Any rational person can see that these are out of the ordinary situations that demand out of the ordinary solutions. The ICC can no longer afford to watch its own member countries slump to a point where the very survival of the sport comes under threat. Ben Stinga

Yes it is time that the ICC acted on the Zimbabwe issue. The time is coming where cricket in Zimbabwe will die as there will be no-one left who will be prepared to help it get back on it's feet. There are a vast number of young guys who are desperate to play cricket for Zimbabwe, but are not prepared to be involved under the current circumstances. Nurture this talent and Zimbabwe can get back to where they were in world cricket a couple of years ago - never world beaters, but great competitors on their day. Fiona Butchart

It truly astounds me that the ICC can stand by and allow the entire Zimbabwe situation to continue to fester and worsten. Blatant intimdation, bullying, crony-ism and deep corruption has been cronicled for the last three years or so in this country's cricket system, never mind their government. Yet the ICC, a supposedly powerful governing body, limply sits by and watches. This inaction can be considered as bad as the actions of the perpetrators themselves. The ICC must be pressured into doing something to defend the players and citizens of Zimbabwe against ZC. The body is rotten to the core, controlled by an abhorent government. Adam Shirley

The ICC makes a fortune out of cricket supporters and it is time they took the blinkers off and started looking after their interests and not their cronies. Ian Shaw