Reports: Female ICC employee claims harassment at workplace, top management reluctant to take action

A female staff member of the ICC (International Cricket Council) has been garnering headlines after she reportedly alleged harassment at the workplace. The Speculations are rife that the staff member wrote some letters to register complaints. Notably, she had submitted them to a top ICC official instead of emailing them.

According to the sources, the staff member was scared of her emails being tracked by the higher-ups in the apex cricket governing body, which could potentially pose even more problems for her. However, much to her surprise, no ICC official, including the chairman and the CEO of the apex cricket body, are yet to take any action in the matter so far. Only the email exchange with ICC’s legal team acknowledges the staffer’s complaint.

"She feared her emails could have been tracked by the influential people in the ICC, so she went the old-timer way. The entire complaint was typed and printed on an A4 size paper and submitted to a senior ICC official in person," the source was quoted as saying by the CricketNext. 

It was always going to be difficult for her to fight against such a big institution: Source

Furthermore, it is also worth noting that the staff member was an employee of the ICC for quite some time. She first alleged harassment by an official back in 2021, during the T20I World Cup in the UAE. After reporting the incident, she has yet to receive any response from the higher-ups of the apex cricket body.

"It was always going to be difficult for her to fight against such a big institution, and then especially the people in the senior leadership. Then there was always the fear of future professional opportunities being affected by the events that unfolded at the ICC. This complaint isn’t the first time someone has raised a voice against that ICC official," the source said.

It is also being reported that two of the ICC’s top officials were asked to take action on the matter. However, there has been no action taken against the same, nor has any committee been set up to launch an investigation into this matter.