The Guyana government's takeover of the country's cricket affairs was scorned by the International Cricket Council on Wednesday.

The government has locked the Guyana Cricket Board out of its offices at Bourda ground and appointed its own interim management committee headed by the great Clive Lloyd.

The moves followed the Guyana High Court ruling the GCB a legal nonentity because it had been in a long dispute over the results of an election in mid-2011. The government said it wanted to administer cricket in the former British colony to fight corruption and help end years of bickering between rival factions.

"In condemning this government intervention in the strongest possible terms, the ICC board reaffirmed the principle of noninterference," read a statement from the game's governing body..

The West Indies Cricket Board, in recognising only the GCB, moved the first four rounds of the four-day regional competition away from Guyana to Dominica.

GCB president Ramsey Alli admitted on Wednesday that the dispute will likely cost Guyana hosting the third test between West Indies and Australia in April.

"They have padlocked our offices so we can't get in there to retrieve faxes or equipment, nor use our own telephone," said Alli. "Under these conditions, I am confident that the Australia match won't happen."

The WICB has said it will make a call shortly on where the third test will be played.