The International Cricket Council's (ICC) bid to end a dispute between the Indian board and the nation's rebel Twenty20 league ended in failure on Monday. The Indian Cricket League's (ICL) application to be recognized will now go before the ICC Board which meets in Dubai in April, the ruling body said in a news release. ICC chief David Morgan was disappointed 3-hour talks in Johannesburg proved fruitless. “I'm grateful to all parties for coming together with the best of intentions and the discussions took place in a friendly and cordial manner but, unfortunately, we were not able to come to a successful conclusion,” he said. He said last week he called the meeting because he regarded it as a priority to get officials from the ICL and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) together. “I think this is significant because experience tells me that the best opportunity to solve a dispute is to have the parties face-to-face,” he said. The meeting was attended by Morgan, ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat, BCCI honorary secretary N. Srinivasan, ICL founder Subhash Chandra and ICL business head Himanshu Mody.
