After emerging from one of the most difficult summers 20 years, Australia finally appears to have found the right combination of new talent and positivity to start consistently winning again.
As the ICC ruminates and fumbles with the game’s future, the time is ripe for change. A fundamental shift in thinking about cricketing governance is required.
What if the IPL was held 10 years ago? Who would the top players be and who would they play for? Part I of this article does a bit of inverse crystal ball gazing.
Tension is growing between players and cricket administrators and without a creative, mutually-agreeable solution, players may take matters into their own hands.
The retirements of Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath after the final Ashes Test last season afforded the Australian team a duality of time for meditation on their immense achievements and on who would take their places in the team.