Category: Administration
The ICC, ECB, BCCI, MCC…cricket probably has more men in suits than any other sport, and consequently more lavish lunches. I endeavour to report the best/worst of their shenanigans here.
Features:
There are no features in this archive at present
News & Notes:
October 19, 2009
Somerset get the benefit of Champions League
Do me a favour, and take a look out of the nearest window. There may well be a winged hog somewhere in the vicinity. Meanwhile, in the cricket world, a county chairman has been heard saying the things that Giles Clarke gets paid to sweep under the carpet: English cricket is as anachronistic as the crew of USS Enterprise strolling around the Wild West.
October 14, 2009
An unnecessary controversy
A new match fixing row is the last thing that cricket needs. Especially when the allegations made are so patently ridiculous as to not merit the attention they are being given.
October 11, 2009
Ashes back on free TV in 2013
The government has decreed that the Ashes should be restored to the Grade A list of showpiece events, meaning that it should be broadcast on free-to-air TV in 2013.
September 13, 2009
Players declare war on ECB
English professional cricketers via the PCA have given the ECB a public vote of no confidence over it’s running of the game. But are they serious enough to take on the closed inner-circle of self-serving administrators and their County supporters? Most importantly, how do the fans want County cricket to be structured? Let the debate begin…
September 4, 2009
When is a contract not a contract?
The latest twist in the saga of the WICB is that the coach of the international team, John Dyson, has been relieved of his duties. I’m not sure whether you can say he has been sacked because, according to the WICB, he never signed a contract, this being their stated reason for removing him.
September 2, 2009
Who is to blame for Old Trafford?
I wasn’t there, I didn’t see it on TV. So what to make of the abandonment on Tuesday due to waterlogged run-ups? Who was to blame, the authorities at Old Trafford, or the teams and umpires? Reading the reports in the press, it is hard to say for sure, blame being apportioned to either one or the other.
August 27, 2009
County cricket can’t stomach 50 overs
Forty-over cricket is considered so important by the ECB that they have decided to go one step further than simply scrapping their 50-over competition to protect it. Now, the ECB is asking the ICC to change the international 50-over format on their behalf.
August 6, 2009
WADA mistaka to maka
I have tried to keep my distance from the anti-doping controversy between the BCCI/Indian players and the ICC/WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency). But the news that the ICC has formed a committee to resolve the dispute has forced my hand.
August 5, 2009
How to sell cricket to Americans
A top effort from the Vice President of the Minnesota Cricket Association, Masaood Yunus, to enthuse Americans about cricket ahead of the Western Conference Championship.
July 28, 2009
With a friend like the ICC, who needs enemies?
The ICC is not a world cricket governing body. It is a cosy front for the national boards. They can use it to appear to be doing the right thing by cricket whilst they sit about playing power games or congratulating each other on how much money they are raking in.
From around the web
The GCW Twitterverse
RT @edsmithwriter: It's the product, stupid. My column on saving Test cricket (with thanks to James Carville and Stringer Bell) http://t ...
2nd February 2012, 1:07pm
RT @Green23: Tell me why the WI are over for a week? Why aren't Ireland playing England in 2 T/20's. #pomsscaredmaybe
23rd September 2011, 7:13pm
RT @cheeseslicesuk: @goodcricktwickt Can we have a RT please? www.cheeseslices.co.uk is a new sports website with an emphasis on cricket ...
13th September 2011, 7:43pm
RT @2ndYellow: One more plug for my latest post - "Football finances: a question of trust" -> http://t.co/hstYTQr
5th September 2011, 8:20pm
RT @2ndYellow: Latest post on the Arsenal crisis, including an historical parallel from 80 years ago -> http://t.co/bbQ7Fov #afc #foo ...
29th August 2011, 7:28pm
