Showing posts with label brinkmanship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label brinkmanship. Show all posts

27/01/2008

The End Game

The Test series is winding down and Harbhajans ban coming up for review. The BCCI has started cranking up the pressure and as a first step; Procter’s ruling been made public and now the second step

IN AN ominous sign that Bollyline is about to turn toxic, Indian cricket powerbroker Lalit Modi has warned there will be Australian "casualties" from the Sydney Test.

It is an obvious attempt to remind the CAB and the players particularly the 'accusers' that they have a lot to lose. Undoubtedly, the ban will be overturned citing lack of corroborative evidence.

The End game is on.

05/11/2007

First Test boycott?

Meanwhile, there is brinkmanship at its best in Australia.

Cricket Australia and the media have come into conflict over
CA's new policy which includes charging news organisations to take news photos
at games.

Major news organisations may resort to a print news
blackout of this week's first Test between Australia and Sri Lanka in
Brisbane.

If someone has to back off, it is going to be Cricket Australia.