da dobrowin： New Zealand Cricket’s chief executive Justin Vaughan has advised Stephen Fleming against signing with the Indian Cricket League as NZC finalises its official position on the series
Cricinfo staff24-Aug-2007
Stephen Fleming has a big decision to make regarding his future © Getty Images
New Zealand Cricket’s chief executive Justin Vaughan has advised Stephen Fleming against signing with the Indian Cricket League as NZC finalises its official position on the series. It is likely that Fleming’s national contract would be terminated if he agreed to captain one of the ICL teams and Vaughan said Fleming deserved better.Vaughan contacted Fleming, who is in England playing for Nottinghamshire, this week with some friendly words of advice. “I just said to him this is not in the best interest of New Zealand Cricket,” Vaughan told the .”I believe a player of his stature and whose legacy is so magnificent deserves better ways. I’ve spoken more as a friend, as a friend who happens to be the chief executive of New Zealand Cricket.”Vaughan said NZC was still deciding on its official stance regarding the ICL, which has been linked to Fleming, Chris Harris, Chris Cairns and Nathan Astle, but he strongly hinted that players with domestic or national contracts would not be allowed to take part. “The New Zealand Cricket board needs to come up with a concrete policy on how to approach this,” Vaughan said.”Obviously it is an unsanctioned [by the ICC] and unofficial tournament so that is fully clear, but we need to have a policy to work with. You would have to say it is in the best interests of New Zealand to be a strong member of the ICC family because out of that relationship we derive significant amounts of our income. So to disassociate ourselves from the ICC would not be a sensible move.”