The BCCI and ICC are at odds over how much revenues should go to the BCCI. What bothers me most about this situation is that there is no willingness to work together and come up with a solution for the welfare of cricket. Two years ago, BCCI had held the ICC to ransom by giving it's proposal and blackmailing countries that it wouldn't tour if the proposals were not adhered to. Since then, the Indian cricket team has toured many of these countries. It is no surprise that Sri Lanka, which the BCCI is to tour this year, voted with the BCCI.
The positive aspect of the proposals put forward by Mr. Shashank Manohar is that the smaller countries get a portion of the money pie. We cannot understand how successful cricket is by how much money it earns. If money was the only gauge, we could hold the IPL twelve months a year and cricket could be the number one sport (cringe) in the world.
It is a strong step for cricket that the countries have held firm in reducing a chunk of the pie for the BCCI and letting it go to the smaller nations. In 1996, we had 12 countries playing the World Cup with Kenya defeating the West Indies in a match. Ireland's progress was thwarted by politics many a times. There was even a proposal to have a ten team world cup as it would be better 'economically'. Why isn't there more support for countries like Afghanistan, Nepal, Ireland and others? Countries should pay these smaller countries a visit and play three day games there. More tour matches should exist on long tours.
T20 should exist but only in small pockets. Have a 1.5 months window two times a year when all the T20 cricket takes place. It shouldn't be T20 any ways. It should be 25 or 30 over games with 6 wickets a side maximum to restore some sort of parity between bat and ball.
Chances are, we will have BCCI along with the Big 3 will hold cricket ransom again. However, it is commendable that cricket at least put up a fight.
Let's put cricket first.
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The positive aspect of the proposals put forward by Mr. Shashank Manohar is that the smaller countries get a portion of the money pie. We cannot understand how successful cricket is by how much money it earns. If money was the only gauge, we could hold the IPL twelve months a year and cricket could be the number one sport (cringe) in the world.
It is a strong step for cricket that the countries have held firm in reducing a chunk of the pie for the BCCI and letting it go to the smaller nations. In 1996, we had 12 countries playing the World Cup with Kenya defeating the West Indies in a match. Ireland's progress was thwarted by politics many a times. There was even a proposal to have a ten team world cup as it would be better 'economically'. Why isn't there more support for countries like Afghanistan, Nepal, Ireland and others? Countries should pay these smaller countries a visit and play three day games there. More tour matches should exist on long tours.
T20 should exist but only in small pockets. Have a 1.5 months window two times a year when all the T20 cricket takes place. It shouldn't be T20 any ways. It should be 25 or 30 over games with 6 wickets a side maximum to restore some sort of parity between bat and ball.
Chances are, we will have BCCI along with the Big 3 will hold cricket ransom again. However, it is commendable that cricket at least put up a fight.
Let's put cricket first.
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