There are, of course, some severely differing markets around the world. South Africa can barely attract a busload of fans to their home test matches. India get bugger all as well (comparatively in a population sense ) but they just played a huge role in breaking Test series attendance records here.
IPL donât want to dilute their product by allowing the players to play in other leagues, even if the franchises are owned by IPL fanchises.
If you canât hype up such a game more than the Renegades vs the Scorchers, which is obviously a game that absolutely happens already, then youâre not very good at your job.
It was, but that was a long time ago.
The Boxing Day and NY tests have been the sacred cows of Australian cricket for decades. They are the marquee timeslots and CA are continuing to prioritise them for test cricket.
The thing thatâs been compromised for the BBL is bilateral white ball cricket. But the reality is people donât want that anyway.
That sucks for the players who could make some cash from playing.
Err, theyâre doing okayâŚ
The fallout continues from an Indian perspective after losing the series out here. The change room or the team environment seems a bit of mess at the moment. Gambhir lacks charisma and warmth for mine. Just seems like an unlikable angry carnt.
The Indian cricket board has enforced restrictions on the wives, girlfriends and children of players after the team coughed up the Border-Gavaskar Trophy on the recently completed tour of Australia, according to a report by India Today.
Players and their partners will only be allowed to stay together for up to 14 days during tours of 45 days or longer, and up to just seven days on shorter tours.
Players will also have to travel to and from training and matches on the team bus, while the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will only cover the cost of up to 150 kilograms of luggage per player.
The BCCI has also cracked down on under-fire head coach Gautam Gambhir, ruling that his personal manager must stay in a different hotel.
The decisions were made during a Border-Gavaskar series review meeting attended by officials from the BCCI, Gambhir and captain Rohit Sharma.
Jasprit Bumrah (left), Gautam Gambhir (centre) and Rohit Sharma in Sydney. Getty
India lost the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the first time in 10 years, going down to Pat Cumminsâ men 3-1.
The Indians opened their tour with a 295-run win in Perth, but then came a 10-wicket defeat in Adelaide, a rain-affected draw in Brisbane dominated by Australia, a 184-run loss in Melbourne and a six-wicket defeat in Sydney.
Murmurs of a disgruntled dressing room grew louder when champion off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin retired abruptly from Test cricket after the Gabba fixture.
The teamâs mysterious handling of Sharma ahead of the Sydney Test also reflected an unsettled dressing room with Gambhir strangely refusing to confirm a day out whether the struggling skipper and batter would take his place in the side.
Sharma ultimately ruled himself out of selection for the series finale, but the 37-year-old may have been dropped if he hadnât done so, having mustered just 164 runs at 10.93 from his past eight Test matches.
The inspirational and wizardly skilled Jasprit Bumrah took Sharmaâs place as skipper, but Virat Kohli essentially ended the match as captain after the brilliant quick was sidelined with injury.
Prior to Indiaâs 3-1 series defeat in Australia, the Gambhir-coached side was thrashed 3-0 on home soil by New Zealand, who became the first touring side in history to beat India in a minimum three-Test series.
India brining back the old days of the players having a different girlfriend in every city!
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From recollection, you have to be in the sightline of the batsman for it to be illegal.
Rule 20.4.2.6 would imply the batsman has to be distracted, and thatâs unlikely if she moves before the batsman plays the ball.
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Itâs covered under MCC Law 28.
âSignificantâ movement between the ball becoming live - the bowlers run up- and it passing the batsman is prohibited. âSignificantâ for close in fielders is deemed to be pretty much any movement other than moving to predict an outcome ( eg - slip can move if he sees the batsman trying to switch hit ). For those further out, you can walk in in line with the strikers end stumps, but sideways movement is deemed to be significant and unfair. The batsman is entitled to know where the fielders are once the bowler is in motion, basically. But the predictive movement bit is a little vague.
Law 28
The fielder
28.6 Movement by any fielder other than the wicket-keeper
28.6.1 Any movement by any fielder, excluding the wicket-keeper, after the ball comes into play and before the ball reaches the striker, is unfair except for the following:
28.6.1.1 minor adjustments to stance or position in relation to the strikerâs wicket.
28.6.1.2 movement by any fielder, other than a close fielder, towards the striker or the strikerâs wicket that does not significantly alter the position of the fielder.
28.6.1.3 movement by any fielder in response to the stroke that the striker is playing or that his/her actions suggest he/she intends to play.
28.6.2 In all circumstances Law 28.4 (Limitation of on side fielders) shall apply.
28.6.3 In the event of such unfair movement, either umpire shall call and signal Dead ball and inform the other umpire of the reason for doing so. The bowlerâs end umpire shall then:
Australia A squad to play the England Lions (who are currently playing a CAXI in a tour match) in a 4 day match on January 30th-
Jack Edwards (NSW) (c), Xavier Bartlett (Qld), Brendan Doggett (SA), Jordan Buckingham (SA), Jayden Goodwin (WA), Aaron Hardie (WA), Fergus OâNeill (Vic), Kurtis Patterson (NSW), Josh Philippe (NSW), Corey Rocchiccioli (WA), Will Sutherland (Vic), Tim Ward (Tas).
England Lions squad: Sonny Baker, Shoaib Bashir, Pat Brown, James Coles, Sam Cook, Alex Davies, Rocky Flintoff, Tom Lawes, Freddie McCann, Ben McKinney, James Rew, Hamza Shaikh, Mitch Stanley, Josh Tongue, John Turner.
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BBL All-Stars game?
Could add an extra layer of gimmickry.
Best 22 BBL players get a run.
Captains choose their teams like in the playground
Fastest bowler competition
âMost accurateâ bowler competition?
All the usual things you get with exhibition- type matches
money to charity etc
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I know it makes me a flake but I would watch the hell out of that.
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Free hit on the first ball of every over
I am unsure about restricting the WAGâs on tour BUT it is clear that India take test cricket seriously and they want to be number one.
That much is obvious to all and sundry, but the IBCC have over reacted in this case. The coach and captain will be ritually sacrificed as they have overseen the recent debacles, but l am not convinced they are the architects of Indiaâs regressive slide.
I donât mind that Big Bash All Stars idea. Iâd watch that over the actual games
Surprised to not see Henry Hunt in this squad. With his shield form of 3 centuries to Christmas I thought he would be a definite starter.
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Very true. I thought heâd be playing,
Heâs playing the current game. Made 4 in the first innings and 11 not out chasing another 164 to win.