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Dubai: The acting head of international cricket has said there will be no political agendas as the future of Zimbabwe in the sport is set to be discussed.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) annual conference will debate whether Zimbabwe should be ousted from the ICC due to its worsening political situation.
The heads of world cricket will discuss the matter in the coming days.
Countries such as England and South Africa are keen to have Zimbabwe suspended from ICC but India and Pakistan have come out openly against it.
Priority
"Hopefully we will arrive at a good conclusion where everyone joins hands towards cricket," said Dave Richardson, the acting ICC chief executive, to Gulf News yesterday.
"Our priority will always be cricket and there will be no other hidden agendas like political or otherwise.
"Though the ICC chief executives meeting is on, so far no discussion on this matter has taken place. It will be discussed only during the board meeting which starts tomorrow and we will get that item only on Thursday."
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) strongly oppose the move to oust Zimbabwe despite Robert Mugabe being re-elected as president under controversial circumstances.
Elaborating on India's stance on Zimbabwe, Niranjan Shah, the BCCI secretary told Gulf News: "India feels that no nation should be removed from the membership of the ICC."
Government guidelines
When asked about the strong stance taken by England and South African cricket boards, Shah said: "I am not blaming England or South African cricket boards in this matter. They have to follow their government's guidelines. If our government gives us some guideline we may also have to follow it."
The support of seven of the ICC's ten full members, which includes Zimbabwe is required to suspend a nation from world cricket.
Zimbabwe has not played Test cricket after India toured their country in September 2005.
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