Cricket Canada outlines comprehensive reform plan to reinstate ICC membership
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Published - 05 Jun 2026, 03:37 PM• Read time - 3 mins
Cricket Canada has submitted a comprehensive plan of action for the reinstatement of its suspended International Cricket Council (ICC) membership. The ICC recently suspended Cricket Canada's associate membership for breaching several obligations. Earlier, the board had frozen its funding to Cricket Canada due to governance-related issues.
The ICC found issues with the board’s governance structures, financial oversight and various executive and administrative processes during a routine compliance review. Cricket Canada has been on ICC’s radar ever since the appointment of former CEO Salman Khan, who was subsequently removed from his position.
The board hadn’t disclosed his prior criminal charges, as he has been charged with theft and fraud by Calgary Police, but Khan denied the claims. Arvinder Khosa was elected the new board president in May after a brief interim stint to head a newly elected nine-person board of directors.
ICC's anti-corruption unit is also investigating corruption charges against Canada during their match against New Zealand at the Men's T20 World Cup 2026. The incident came to light following a leaked audio recording of a telephone call last year involving then-Canada coach Khurram Chohan. In the recording, Chohan claims that senior (now former) board members put pressure on him to select certain players into the national side.
However, Bhavjit Jauhar, the board's chief operating officer, has asserted that the governance and financial concerns took place before the newly elected board, which will now implement corrective reforms to bring things back in order.
"Most of the issues pre-date the newly elected board. The majority of the governance and financial control concerns raised by the ICC relate to historical practices and decisions made prior to the April/May elections,” Jauhar told ESPNcricinfo in a statement.
"The new board has inherited these legacy issues and is now responsible for implementing corrective and preventive reforms. The ICC has been informed that the new board is committed to full compliance and has already begun implementing structural and governance reforms,” he added.
Independent committee to investigate issues raised by ICC
As a first step to regain its membership, Cricket Canada has already submitted a detailed plan to the ICC, which includes an analysis of its governance and financial shortcomings, as well as a series of short and long-term measures to bring it back to ICC compliance.
An independent committee has also been set up, led by the lawyer Dasha Peregoudova, which will investigate the issues raised by the ICC and make interim recommendations within a fortnight and a full report on the board's troubles within 45 days. The committee has unrestricted access to financial records, personnel, and documentation, as per Cricket Canada.
Cricket Canada will now also work with the ICC's normalisation committee, which includes the Cricket Australia chair Mike Baird and the ICC deputy chair Imran Khwaja among its members, in an effort to reinstate membership.
“Cricket Canada respects the ICC's decision and is fully committed to meeting all compliance requirements. The Board has directed the Committee to accelerate its investigative and reform mandate to ensure that governance, financial oversight, and reporting systems are strengthened without delay,” said Jauhar.
