 Much of the New Road outfield was covered in standing water |
Worcestershire refused to go elsewhere in the county or play in Kent despite their problems in clearing flood water.
Director of cricket Ford said: "There were other options and we'd have had cricket played at the other venues."
ECB chief executive David Collier said: "We will be reviewing the circumstances of the match and will make a decision."
He added: "There are quite significant implications and precedents we need to have a look through.
"We will be reviewing all of the facts and will make a decision in the next 48 hours."
New Road was flooded on 26 June when the Severn burst its banks, and the ground has not been fit for cricket since then despite frantic efforts from groundstaff and volunteers.
Worcestershire chief executive Mark Newton said the decision not to move the game was taken with Friday's lucrative televised Pro40 clash with Hampshire in mind.
The county suffered losses of £170,000 when their four Twenty20 games at New Road had to be abandoned or switched to other venues and they will lose around £80,000 more if the Hants game is washed out.
Moving would have meant deploying ground staff elsewhere, who would then have been unavailable to prepare New Road for Friday's game.
"I have no regrets about the decision to try and stage the game here," said Newton.
"As far as I am concerned the weather we have had this week has justified even more what we are trying to achieve because Friday is so important to us.
"For the future of this club Friday is absolutely critical. If we lose Friday it just compounds the whole financial issue even further."
Kent, who stress they have not made a formal complaint, are hoping the Championship game will be re-arranged later in the season.
They were forced to settle for four points for the draw as they look to move clear of the relegation zone in Division One and Ford is furious about the events of the last three days.
"There is sympathy for Worcestershire in the sense it has been a pretty tragic situation in terms of the flooding," he said. "But Iwe feel pretty hurt and let down.
"When a decision like that is made, surely the people who made the decision were aware of what is an acceptable set of conditions for first-class cricket.
"That is what they needed to present us with and they must also be aware of the punishments that are in place for not presenting the right conditions and they failed pretty dismally.
"Under those circumstances, some action should be taken. Worcestershire have made their problems our problems."
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