An English news source claims that the International Cricket Council (ICC) has made the decision to pursue legal action against the many franchise leagues located all over the globe in an effort to preserve the integrity of Test cricket.
One may draw similarities between the domination of European leagues in football and the proliferation of franchise cricket leagues throughout the globe. There has been a rising forecast among fans and cricket experts of the eventual extinction of the international game due to the proliferation of franchise cricket leagues around the world.
The fact that Jason Roy decided to waive his contract with the England and Wales Cricket Board in favor of accepting a lucrative offer from the LA Knight Riders, a team in the United States’ Major League Cricket (MLC), was an early indicator that this transition had already begun to take place.
According to a report by The Telegraph, the International Cricket Council (ICC) is concerned about the players giving franchise cricket a higher priority than international assignments. As a result, the ICC wants to supervise the leagues.
The governing body of cricket is considering implementing a number of reforms to the franchise leagues in order to save the sport’s reputation on the world stage.
As a result of this, the ICC will set a cap on the number of international players who may be included in a team’s Playing XI and will require franchises to make payments to national governing bodies for each player that they acquire.
As a result of this reduction in the average number of foreign players on each team, the International Cricket Council will be in a better position to look out for the best interests of the different national cricket boards.
Richard Gould, the chief executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board, has voiced his concerns that leagues are not doing enough to contribute to the development of players and are benefiting from the work that national boards do without paying correspondingly. Richard Gould is concerned that leagues are taking advantage of the work that national boards undertake without paying accordingly.
According to comments that Gould made to The Final Word earlier this month, “The difficulty for ECB and our revenues is that we have so many mouths to feed,” which is in contrast to the ability of franchise events to “take the cream off the top,” since they are not paying for the players.
Although these models are highly effective at putting money back into the hands of the participants, they do not contribute to the financing of the route. We need to provide funding for the route. That is something that will never change. The key to sustained achievement is in maintaining a very solid and balanced course of action.
The adjustments that are being recommended are, in essence, a revisiting of ideas that were made in 2018 by Johnny Grave, the chief executive of Cricket West Indies. The International Twenty20 Cup and the growing possibility of more players choosing a range of franchise contracts and opting out of national contracts – as New Zealand’s star fast bowler Trent Boult did last year – have crystallized the need for boards to take action. Despite the fact that boards did not agree on action at the time, the need for boards to take action has been crystallized.