India, Australia, England attempt to take control of Cricket

[aussie]

Sharda Ugra: How far will the BCCI go to clean its stables? | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

Miss Urga is such a beautiful writer excellent breakdown of BCCI situation under new president, these two quotes cracked me up:

"To hear the word "independent" mentioned in a BCCI proposal is like hearing metalheads being asked to turn up for choir practice"


"To start with, the BCCI's constitution - as hard to access as details of Swiss bank accounts, with the occasional suspicion that like the unwritten British constitution, it was actually not to be found in a single document - is now online."

 

[Black_Warrior]

Ye it was excellent, Jarod Kimber & Sam Collins did a mini Andrew Jennings on the ICC.

I am dying to watch it actually. Is there a DVD release or a digital download anywhere? I know it screened in the UK during the Ashes, but how is it available to the general public?

 

[aussie]

I am dying to watch it actually. Is there a DVD release or a digital download anywhere? I know it screened in the UK during the Ashes, but how is it available to the general public?

Death of a Gentleman [DVD]: Amazon.co.uk: Kevin Pietersen, Rahul Dravid, Michael Holding, Chris Gayle, Jonathan Agnew, David Warner, Ian Chappell, David Lloyd, Ed Cowan, Sam Collins, Jarrod Kimber, Johnny Blank: DVD & Blu-ray

Yes it will be out on DVD on October 26th. 5 days to go!

But I'm not sure if non UK people can pre-order it unfortunately, so click on link and see what it tells you.

 

[aussie]

Chappelli calls it : Chappelli calls it | 'Sort out cricket's other problems before talking about the Olympics' | Cricket videos, MP3, podcasts, cricket audio | ESPN Cricinfo

Chappelli on point here - sort out cricket's administrative problems first big three!

 

[G.I.Joe]

Death of a Gentleman [DVD]: Amazon.co.uk: Kevin Pietersen, Rahul Dravid, Michael Holding, Chris Gayle, Jonathan Agnew, David Warner, Ian Chappell, David Lloyd, Ed Cowan, Sam Collins, Jarrod Kimber, Johnny Blank: DVD & Blu-ray

Yes it will be out on DVD on October 26th. 5 days to go!

But I'm not sure if non UK people can pre-order it unfortunately, so click on link and see what it tells you.

I've had it with these snooty Big journalists treating non-UK folks like second class citizens. It's almost like they let market forces dictate their behaviour.

 

[Black_Warrior]

Film/Documentaries depend on distributors though. They don't have much to do if Australian or other non UK distributors don't pick it up for DVD/Digital sales.

 

[Pratters]

They would love to sell to you Joe. They don't care you are from Asia. Money is same.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Film/Documentaries depend on distributors though. They don't have much to do if Australian or other non UK distributors don't pick it up for DVD/Digital sales.

Ah, so some rights are inherently worth more than others.

 

[Black_Warrior]

Ah, so some rights are inherently worth more than others.

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Don't get your point sorry.

 

[harsh.ag]

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Don't get your point sorry.

Four fours and seven beers ago, a curmudgeonly director said, "Let's put the documentary on YouTube but block it for UK people".

 

[aussie]

Kartikeya Date: How the government can help solve Indian cricket's problems | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

Interesting suggestion being raised here

 

[Pratters]

The ironical thing is, government has run almost all sports bodies in India and they have run for losses for ages. The regime under Srinavasan ****ed up badly for Indian and world cricket but government intervention is the last thing we want. It's good the courts intervened when it did but we shouldn't have too much interference really. We are having players like Ganguly as CAB chief and hopefully we will have strong players take up even higher positions. That's our best hope.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Has Ganguly actually done anything noteworthy as administrator though?

 

[honestbharani]

Apparently the time Kumble Srinath and Dravid spent running KCA doesn't count...

 

[Pratters]

Has Ganguly actually done anything noteworthy as administrator though?

Yeah. Was Secretary for around a year for CAB and quite active. Vision 2020 is in place in Bengal cricket now whereby we have young players coached regularly by Laxman, Murali and Sekar. Club structure in Bengal has been revamped for better involvement. Now, junior cricket is being focused on. Has done a lot in his time with CAB actually.

 

[aussie]

The ironical thing is, government has run almost all sports bodies in India and they have run for losses for ages. The regime under Srinavasan ****ed up badly for Indian and world cricket but government intervention is the last thing we want. It's good the courts intervened when it did but we shouldn't have too much interference really. We are having players like Ganguly as CAB chief and hopefully we will have strong players take up even higher positions. That's our best hope.

Ok cool - well whatever works, its clear in this new Big Three set-up whether it lasts or not (hopefully not of course) BCCI needs to get their administrative house in order.

 

[aussie]

N Srinivasan likely to lose ICC chairmanship | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

Good signs..

 

[aussie]

ICC faces open rebellion - Telegraph

Potential signs of tension


CARICOM panel suggests 'immediate dissolution' of WICB | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

Seems like the Caribbean governments (CARICOM) has decided enough is enough with the WICB madness, a serious ICC matter looming here - but as the report said the precedent of a interim body running a board with ICC support/approval has already been set by Sri Lanka.

 

[aussie]

Forward defensive: Why cricket must learn from rugby and expand its appeal | The Economist

Have been seeing a lot of rugby vs cricket administration comparison articles of late by people who in tune with how both sports are run.

 

[aussie]

Tim Wigmore: Why a two-division structure could do Test cricket good | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

Olympic movement exposes old faultlines | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo