The First Class Forum in England, for example, is made up of county chairmen whose first priority is their own county club. This is selfish but understandable since, for many, survival is the name of the game. Australia have things about right, though not without rancour, because the state bodies work towards the greater good of the national interest. This was once the case in South Africa but is decreasingly so. In the Caribbean it is not so at all, with the lack of unity among the islands contributing to the decline in the West Indian game.
Pakistan cricket is run by presidential appointment which often leads to an ignorant dictatorship.
Indian cricket is run by the momentary survivor of an ongoing tribal confrontation. Sri Lankan cricket is run by just about anybody, though preferably someone with money, any day, and betrays itself because of it. It is not so long ago that the ICC were run by the MCC, an independent body whose perch may have been too high, but who operated with genuine feeling as guardians of the game without a vested interest beyond a generous gin and tonic. Though the Condon Report may be disappointing to people at the heart of the game, who say they have learned nothing new, it tells the story as it is - confusing, uncertain and unfinished. What the report does is confirm the vested interest of the member nations of the ICC, their lack of harmony and lack of muscle.