DUBAI:

The International Cricket Council has suspended USA Cricket's membership in the sport's world governing body with immediate effect, but the country's teams will still able to play in the run-up to the

The ICC Board agreed to suspend USA Cricket after "repeated and continued breaches of its obligations as an ICC member under the ICC's constitution," a statement issued late Tuesday said.

"These include, but are not limited to, the failure to implement a functional governance structure," and a "lack of progress toward achieving National Governing Body status with the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC)."

The ICC also cited "significant actions that have caused reputational damage to cricket in the United States and around the world," without going into details.

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