aussie
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Wouldn't they have disallowed it on the premise of it hampering the International tour schedule?How do you think IPL would exist in the first place had ICC had all power?.
Nope. The ICC where very astute to start up the 20/20 world cup at a time when the cricketening world wasn't really feeling it. Even on this site there was a big 20/20 is boring society thread somewhere.
So India being the only country who could have run this competition which such glamour & massive income for the players. Would have been the perfect hub for 20/20 league under a proper ICC administration.
And your last point contradicts your main point. Sri Lanka tour of England was decided outside the scope of FTP programme. And most of SLC had no idea about it, since it was Ranatunga's personal thing.
I seem to remember that series behind scheduled after Zimbabwe's tour was cancelled on whatever grounds.Richard said:That series should never, ever have been scheduled ITFP. It was utter carelessness on the part of everyone involved that it was.
No doubt it was scheduled wild & wildly and under a proper structure it may not have happened ITFP. But the fact the tour was cancelled that way is unaccpetable.
Gramatical error, you know me son..Richard said:Who's the other one apart from Mohammad Yousuf and Bond?
Thats right. Given that given the foolish power they have in the game, in this small global cricketening community. The IPL should not have worked along with the other boards & set-up proper regulars so that the its benefits everyone and not themselves.G.I.Joe said:Basically aussie's point is that this big bully India has no right to make money off its own market.
No why in god's name, in this small cricket community would you want to do that??. This is not statement, that a serious cricket fan should be making at all.G.I.Joe said:I'm beginning to see sense in the insularity of the Americans when it comes to team sports. Why put up with the whinging of the outside world when you can just have your own national leagues and keep your money within the country?.