The ICC and World Cricketers Association (WCA) are headed towards a potential dispute around player image licensing rights for a new mobile cricket game that the sport's governing body is planning to launch in the near future.

The ICC presented those plans to members first in April. At the subsequent AGM in Singapore in July, some member boards are believed to have expressed a desire to deal with their players directly on these rights. The WCA, the global players' association, calls this a "breach" of an agreement they had signed with the ICC and has accused the global governing body and "some" member boards of wanting to "own" the players' name, image and likeness (NIL) rights beyond terms already agreed.

The ICC's plan to develop the game is aimed at securing an additional revenue st

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