And there’s just time for a quick word on the exciting India Premier League, the hip new Twenty20 tournament taking shape in the financial powerhouse ™ of the current cricketing world.
Interesting idea and will no doubt make a shedload of money but the way the IPL is handling the formation of the teams is intriguing. For those not in the know, there’s a central pool of top cricketing talent from Australia, Pakistan, SAF and West Indies etc. and each team can sign up to eight non-Indian players via a round by round bidding process.
Does this remind anyone else of picking teams in the school playground and the burny-cheeked humiliation of being picked only one ahead of the solitary girl who’s playing? Fortunately there’s no England players involved this year, but Bangladesh’s Mohammad Ashraful and Mashrafe Mortaza we're looking at you to duke it out for the wooden spoon of shame.
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