The ICC revealed earlier this week that its full Council will vote on whether to expel United States Cricket Association (USACA) next month due to a failure to resolve concerns over "governance, finance, reputation and cricketing activities".

USACA has been suspended by the ICC since 2015.

The world governing body do not believe "USACA genuinely exercises authority over the sport in the USA and that it instead, for a variety of reasons, presides over a severely fractured community with only a small number of cricket leagues subscribing to its membership and the vast majority not choosing to join the Federation".

But, in a hard hitting statement, USACA claim they have worked "diligently and cooperatively" to achieve reinstatement since an initial suspension introduced in 2015.

"The suspension itself was based largely on a false premise: that USACA’s finances were mismanaged," the statement said.

"The ICC spent over a year on a detailed ICC review and inspection of USACA’s finances - a deep dive that examined every nook and cranny of USACA’s record. 

"Last summer, the ICC chief executive admitted that after a comprehensive review and inspection, the ICC found no financial improprieties or mismanagement issues. 

"That is because there was none. 

"The only remaining condition was for USACA to adopt a new constitution that would improve USACA’s internal governance and unify the US cricket community. 

"USACA did that and approved a new constitution on April 8 of this year."

It is claimed by the USACA that this constitution was "drafted almost entirely by the ICC, with significant input from our lawyers to ensure compliance with US federal and New York state law". 

It supposedly establishes an "entirely new governing structure" and for a "new and expanded membership base that include all aspects of the diverse US cricket community - leagues, clubs and individuals". 

"In short, the new membership and Board structure under the new constitution ensure that USACA will be a democratically and professionally governed organisation and that no one group or individual or region can control USACA going forward," the statement adds.

They do, however, concede that differences remain over who should lead the organisation.

USACA would like to have elections for a chair among the new membership whereas the ICC have called for an independent director who they help nominate.

"Not surprisingly, the USACA membership rejected this anti-democratic straightjacket," the statement said.

"USACA urges the ICC and its members to follow the ICC’s own constitution and allow the US cricket community to govern itself. 

"USACA intends to vigorously defend its rights as an ICC member and the national governing body of cricket in USA. 

"USACA should be reinstated."

At present, the US are an affiliate member of the ICC, one below Test playing nations.