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‘We didn’t get a choice’: Kagiso Rabada on scheduling fiasco that rocked SA cricket | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Kagiso Rabada remains deeply resentful of the scheduling debacle that led to him and other senior players missing out on a crucial two-Test series against New Zealand earlier this year. Rabada expressed his frustration, emphasising that they were completely sidelined from the decision-making process regarding the "unacceptable" mismanagement.The series, which formed part of the World Test Championship, saw the inclusion of seven uncapped players, while key players were preoccupied with the SA20 league back home. Neil Brand, thrust into captaincy, made his Test debut during the series opener in Mount Maunganui, where the hosts secured a predictable 2-0 victory.Reflecting on the contentious affair, Rabada voiced his hope that such regrettable incidents would not recur, em...

8Jan

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AB de Villiers lambasts T20 cricket for shorter Test series: ‘Board and players will turn towards more money’

[ad_1] Former South Africa captain AB de Villiers has criticized Test series being shortened, such as the recently concluded two Tests between India and South Africa. Speaking on his YouTube channel, de Villiers, who donned the Proteas cap across 114 Tests, pressed that for the longest format to thrive ‘something has to change’. “I am not happy that there is not a third Test. You have to blame the T20 cricket going around the world for that,” he said. “I do not know whom to blame, but I sense something is wrong. If you want to see all the teams compete and see who is the best Test team in the world, something has to change.” Cricket South Africa have been under the scanner since they announced a second string squad for the three Test series in New Zealand in February, with majority of th...

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Cooling off period for retired cricketers would be uncomfortable and unfair: Robin Uthappa | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Former Indian cricketer Robin Uthappa believes that implementing a cooling-off period for retired Indian players aiming to participate in overseas T20 leagues would be both "uncomfortable and unfair."The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has been contemplating the idea of introducing a cooling-off period, which would impose a delay before players could join overseas leagues after retiring. However, an official decision on this matter is yet to be reached.Uthappa, who retired from both international and IPL cricket in the previous year, recently took part in the T10 league in Zimbabwe and also participated in the ILT20 in the UAE.“I think it is human nature to feel uncomfortable about it. We do not have any central contract with the BCCI, we are not playing cr...

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Don’t think any T20 league can be a threat to IPL: Arun Singh Dhumal | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Amid the boom of T20 leagues across the world, Indian Premier League chairman Arun Singh Dhumal feels that none of them can be a threat to world's top T20 competition and said the BCCI don't see anyone else as their rival. With the lucrative leagues cropping up in United Arab Emirates and South Africa this year along with the ongoing Big Bash League in Australia and one starting in the United States next month, a confident Dhumal was certain of IPL's supremacy in franchise cricket. "We don't see anyone else as our competition, there is none even close to IPL," Dhumal told Reuters."Our best wishes to all the boards starting their own T20 leagues, but I don't think any of them can be a threat to IPL."The IPL, with an estimated brand value of $8.4 billion, continues to att...

13May

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Naive to think players will turn down big T20 league money to play for country: Brendon McCullum | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] LONDON: England Test coach Brendon McCullum feels the cricketing landscape is changing quickly and the time is not far when several players will choose big money in T20 leagues across the world over playing for their respective countries.The charismatic former New Zealand cricketer, who has turned around the fortunes of the England Test team along with skipper Ben Stokes in the last one year, indicated that cricket boards would be "naive" if they think players will turn down lucrative T20 league offers to play for the country."In the end, the game is going in a different direction," McCullum told Sen Radio."The last few years, there's been a shifting of the sand somewhat around international cricket and we'd be completely naive to think that players would turn down huge amounts of...

13May

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Naive to think players will turn down big T20 league money to play for country: McCullum

[ad_1] England’s Test coach Brendon McCullum. | Photo Credit: AP England Test coach Brendon McCullum feels the cricketing landscape is changing quickly and the time is not far when several players will choose big money in T20 leagues across the world over playing for their respective countries.The charismatic former New Zealand cricketer, who has turned around the fortunes of the England Test team along with skipper Ben Stokes in the last one year, indicated that cricket boards would be "naive" if they think players will turn down lucrative T20 league offers to play for the country."In the end, the game is going in a different direction," McCullum told Sen Radio."The last few years, there's been a shifting of the sand somewhat around international cricket and we'd be completely naive to...

5May

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With T20 leagues mushrooming, cricket is going football’s way: Shastri

[ad_1] Ravi Shastri, former head coach of India cricket team. File | Photo Credit: M. Vedhan Former India coach Ravi Shastri believes the mushrooming T20 leagues around the world will eventually hurt bilateral cricket, especially the ODI format with the franchises inclined towards handing long-term contract to players. Shastri insisted that cricket is slowly going football's way and in future the players would only be interested in playing world events. "I have always said that the bilateral cricket will suffer, there is no question about that. With the leagues spreading around the world, it's going to go the football way," Shastri was quoted as saying by 'ESPNcricinfo'. "The teams will assemble just before the World Cup, they play a little bit of bilateral, clubs will release the play...

18Feb

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Market will determine if all T20 leagues will be successful or not: Geoff Allardice | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The proliferation of T20 leagues have certainly brought in a new set of audience but how many will last in the long run will be determined by market demands, feels ICC chief executive Geoff Allardice.The growth of franchise T20 leagues has left the cricket world divided as a more lucrative pay packet is luring a lot of top talent towards the shortest version. But the counter-argument is that of overkill.In the last one month, there has been the ILT20 in the UAE, SA T20 in South Africa, BPL in Bangladesh, and now the PSL has commenced in Pakistan."Well, I feel T20 leagues are adding new dimension to the game. The balance of the game is changing between traditional formats of the game and T20 leagues," Allardice told PTI during an interview.Allardice is in the national ca...