Indian Cricket League thread

[Richard]

The more you have, the better Test cricket is, undoubtedly.

However, I'd argue that you can still be a good Test side with nothing-much running between wickets (that form being far more about boundaries and strollable singles\twos) and with unathletic fielding, so long as once you get your hands to things (especially chances) they stick.

As a Test bowler, meanwhile, you can get by without variation far more easily than you can in ODIs, though this is something where the gap is smaller.

 

[Chubby Rain]

MRTPC orders inquiry into BCCI banning players for joining ICL

Was bound to happen sooner rather than later.

http://cricket.indiatimes.com/News/...yers_for_joining_ICL_/articleshow/2343275.cms

 

[biased indian]

MRTPC orders inquiry into BCCI banning players for joining ICL

Was bound to happen sooner rather than later.

http://cricket.indiatimes.com/News/...yers_for_joining_ICL_/articleshow/2343275.cms

even if they dont ban ..its up to respective selectors to select them in the team rite !!!!!

 

[Chubby Rain]

even if they dont ban ..its up to respective selectors to select them in the team rite !!!!!

Yeah, that is the big drawback.

 

[James]

Chandana quits internationals

 

[chaminda_00]

Chandana quits internationals

Was always on the cards, but he was part of a few Sri Lanka A tours recently, so its not like the selectors forgot about him completely. But i guess with all players there is always the last straw and for Chandana it was getting over looked for the Twenty20 WC when Murali got injuried for Dilruwan Perera.

 

[pup11]

Ponting said sometime back that ICL is a threat to international cricket as it can lure players into early retirements and distract them from their national duties.
Do you guys agree with Ponting?

 

[Richard]

Yes, certainly - as with Kolpak players and the high pay-rates in English domestic cricket.

The trouble is, how to stop such things?

 

[chaminda_00]

Pay players more at domestic level? If players got more money to play domestic cricket they wouldn't leave to play County Cricket or ICL.

 

[Richard]

As I said - pay-rates in county cricket are generally much higher than anywhere else, which is why so many people choose to play it instead of domestic cricket at home (and not just SAfricans) when their chances of an international career are gone.

 

[pup11]

The other problem is that when a player signs a contract, lets say a 3 year contract with ICL then he is assured of being paid the money of his 3 year contract even if he doesn't score a single run or even if doesn't take a single wicket during that 3 year contract period.
So unlike domestic cricket or international cricket performing isn't a criteria in the ICL to get your money.

 

[Richard]

TBF though people get 3-year-contracts in domestic cricket too - at least, over here they do.

Being dumped on one bad season is rare.

 

[pup11]

But the amount of money that the counties are offering to players is "peanuts" when you compare it to the money that ICL is offering to its players so that makes ICL even more tempting for international players.

 

[Richard]

Oh, yes, undoubtedly so - the length of the contracts was all I was talking of.

 

[Arjun]

Dinesh Mongia, when contacted, said he was angry with the BCCI. He said that performance doesn't count with them, only big names do. Likewise, even JP Yadav said that he's given up on the selection committee because "anyone not playing for that zone is picked"- hinting at the near-zero representation of Central players.

Comments? Looking at the performances in domestic (and A-team) matches as well as the selections, and the performance of the Indian teams, both may have a point.

 

[pup11]

That a fair enough assessment made by Mongia.

 

[Richard]

Yeah, of course, Dinesh Mongia was a really outstanding performer, wasn't he...?

 

[Nishant]

Yeah, of course, Dinesh Mongia was a really outstanding performer, wasn't he...?

C'mon Richard....he wasnt!!!

 

[R_D]

Yeah, of course, Dinesh Mongia was a really outstanding performer, wasn't he...?

Yeah not sure what he's complaining about... never looked like a batsman capable of scoring runs consistently unless it was against some medicore bowling.

 

[vic_orthdox]

TBF though people get 3-year-contracts in domestic cricket too - at least, over here they do.

Being dumped on one bad season is rare.

In Aus there doesn't tend to be too many long term contracts. Mainly because the amount of money they have to pay players is so volatile; because it depends on how many players are contracted by Cricket Australia.

For example a couple of years ago, Victoria had Warne, Hodge, White, Lewis and one other person contracted by Cricket Australia. The next season, only Hodge and White retained theirs, so Cricket Victoria had to drastically reduce the number of people who were offered contracts to fit inside the salary cap, to accommodate three players who would command large sums. If you had too many people in long term contracts, then you're stuffed.