Calcutta: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday expressed its anger and disappointment at what it believes is a confrontational stance taken by the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations (Fica).

On Thursday, Fica executive chairman Paul Marsh in a statement alleged that there has been “no action for six weeks” on the Fica complaint about the vote for players representatives on the ICC Cricket Committee.

Laxman Sivaramakrishnan, the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s candidate, beat Tim May for the job, resulting in a controversy as reports emerged that captains had overwhelmingly voted for May in the initial election before a repoll was conducted to ensure the Indian’s appointment.

“FICA has tried all we can to get the ICC to refer this matter to the Ethics Officer themselves, however after more than six weeks of no action we are left with no choice but to refer the matter ourselves,” said Marsh.

ICC, in a release, refuted this argument angrily. “The facts of this matter are clear. Following several weeks of communications and discussions between ICC executives and Fica, on 25 June 2013 senior ICC executives and leading board members from ICC Full and non-Full member countries met with Ian Smith, the Fica Chief Operating Officer, in London with a view to resolving the issues which had been raised by Fica.

“It was mutually agreed with the Fica representative that major progress had been made to resolve any perceived deficiencies in the ICC Cricket Committee election system and we believed that, at the end of the meeting, we were close to reaching an outcome that was acceptable to the players and their representatives.”