Category: Administration

ICC think about changing their minds

The announcement by the ICC that they intend to reconsider their World Cup 2015 decision brought a gleeful reaction all round, especially from the associate nations. But in reality it doesn’t mean very much.

WICB change everything and nothing

The West Indies have long been a problem team in international cricket. Much of the blame for this has been attached to the West Indies Cricket Board, who have been riven by in-fighting, confused strategies and just plain incompetence. But the board themselves have identified another problem.

Lancashire install cash Point

England’s second much-more-of-a-Test-than-it-used-to-be against Bangladesh has also been the first look most of us have had at the new Old Trafford conference centre, The Point. I ask, Pointedly, what do we make of it all?

Giles Clarke & the meaning of lunch

Lalit Modi has set out his side of the story of THAT lunch with the counties, accusing Giles Clarke of being motivated by personal dislike of the IPL Chairman. But the importance of lunch to county cricket’s decision making process should not be underestimated. We reveal the hidden culture that Lalit may or may not be familiar with.

Civil war in English cricket

Several of the Test Match grounds have been plotting a rebel UK Twenty20 league with Lalit Modi. English cricket is on the brink of civil war.

Captain Bligh of the ECB

Giles Clarke always seems to have the expression of a man who has just reversed his car over the family dog. Now that some of the county ranks are threatening mutiny, he’s threatening to get very cross indeed.

BCCI: “I was dead at the time”

The BCCI has commenced at full throttle it’s campaign to convince the world, and especially the Indian tax authorities, that it wasn’t even in the room when Lalit was being naughty, and that it definitely was nothing to do with them.

Modi’s IPL ambition achieved

Lalit Modi’s publicly stated ambition for the IPL was for it to become bigger than football’s Premier League. A short time later and he has accomplished his ambition, but not in the manner he had in mind.

Will Lalit Modi resign today?

The Indian media are reporting that Lalit Modi will today resign his position as IPL Chairman after his part in the financial scandal that has cost an Indian minister his job and led to a full investigation of IPL finances by Indian tax authorities.

Cricket at Olympic stadium?

There has been renewed press speculation that the 2012 Olympic stadium could be used for cricket once The Torch has begun it’s four-year crawl in the general direction of Rio.

Naturally, the ECB and surrounding counties say they know nothing about it.