Aaron Jones of USA celebrates with teammates after winning the ICC Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup West Indies & USA 2024 match between USA and Canada at Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium on June 1, 2024 in Dallas, Texas. — AFP/File

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has suspended USA Cricket’s membership in the sport’s world governing body with immediate effect, although the country’s teams will still be able to play in the run-up to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

The ICC Board agreed to suspend USA Cricket after “repeated and continued breaches of its obligations as an ICC member under the ICC’s constitution,” a statement issued late on Tuesday said.

“These include, but are not limited to, the failure to implement a functional governance structure,” and a “lack of progress toward achieving National Governing Body status with the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC)”.

From : DAWN