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Vaughan Slams ICC Over T20 WC Travel Bias: England Flies Home, WI & SA Stuck

Michael Vaughan accused the ICC of favouring England over West Indies and South Africa when it came to arranging charter flights for teams knocked out of the T20 World Cup. Image credit: AFP/Reuters

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Firstpost•07-03-2026, 21:01

Vaughan Slams ICC Over T20 WC Travel Bias: England Flies Home, WI & SA Stuck

•Former England captain Michael Vaughan accused the ICC of favouring England in T20 World Cup travel arrangements.
•Vaughan highlighted that England received a charter flight home quickly, while West Indies and South Africa remain stranded in Kolkata despite earlier eliminations.
•He attributed this disparity to England's greater power at the ICC table, calling it a 'power imbalance'.
•The ongoing Middle East conflict has complicated air travel, affecting airspace over Gulf nations.
•ICC did arrange charter flights for all three teams; England departed first, while West Indies and South Africa will travel together to Johannesburg.

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