World cricket is on the brink of an ugly showdown, one that could make the game's global financial health, which is already bad because of the Covid-19 pandemic, become progressively worse, if the cracks that have developed between cricket nations, widen. A day after Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ehsan Mani gave an interview saying, "cricket's new chairperson shouldn't be from the sport's Big Three nations" - referring to India, England and Australia - the so-called Big Three say, "there'll be a breakaway in global cricket administration if the present uncertainty continues". The International Cricket Council (ICC) has been left without a chairperson for over two months after Nagpur-based lawyer Shashank Manohar stepped down, handing over the interim charge to Singapore's Imran Khwaja until a replacement is brought on board. While the ICC says the new chairperson should be a "unanimous choice", the board has been unable to arrive at a decision on whether the ballot for an election should be held on simple majority or a two-third one.