Australian test players to miss Twenty20 Champs League as they are committed to playing in the Champions Trophy in Pakistan and to a tour of India.
Wasn't the CA aware of The Championship Trophy and the tour of India when they accepted the Twenty20 Championship proposal.
This is nothing but a deliberate ploy enacted by the CA to jack up the price for letting their players participate.
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Aussies just making a fuss - Isn't India playing both the series? Why are only 4 countries represented in the champions league (don't others have a domestic T-20 league?)
And of course which team will the players play for (Morkel/Hussey etc...) - I see conflicting reports - The drama has just began.
ipl08,
This drama is unnecessary.
The players will represent their teams in the home league. There has never been any confusion.
I think Pakistan is the only nation which lost out despite having its own Twenty20 tournament.
As you pointed out both India and Pakistan are playing in the same tournament.
The Champions trophy involves all test playing countries. So why does it affect only Australia?
And how can the ICC allow a Champions League at the same time as the Champions Trophy, which is an ICC event.
Q,
This is another attempt by Australia to put up its price.
You can be sure that the ECB will follow suit.
The Champions League is not going to happen - not this year atleast..
There are multiple issues on multiple levels involving multiple people that will not get sorted in the time frame between now and September..
Player overlap, ICL representation, adequate compensation,revenue sharing ( does the ECB get a piece of the pie or does the County?), Boards playing hardball,organization, TV rights, global broadcasting sharing arrangements, stadia preparedness - too many variables and this time it involves 4 Boards ( is not limited to the BCCI).
Australia playing hardball is nothing new -we have seen variations of this all through the year.What surprises me is that for such a well oiled PR machine, the Aussies are being found out at every turn..
Cheers
Also, for all the hardball that the Aussies seem to play, they know and we know they know that if India does not show interest, the Champions League is going to remain an idea on the drawing board.
The Aussies have quality players, but they cannot come anywhere close to the audiences ( and the corresponding revenues) that India can generate..
I would hope the mandarins at the BCCI take this opportunity to jazz up the Indian domestic season and do a good job selling it - that is another revenue stream waiting to be tapped and we dont have to put up with the tiresome Aussies or Poms.
Cheers
Let our franchisees buy the players at a high price and keep twindling their fingers. When they could pay high amounts for some useless cricketers for work for 44 days no harm in incurring more expenditure. Let ecb also follow suit and create confusion in the ipl ranks.
I've occasionally wondered if James Sutherland is determined to kill off the IPL. Early on, he was saying how the franchises were struggling to break even, then he and the PCB rescheduled the Pakistan tour to clash with next year's IPL, now he's keeping the Australian players away from the Champions League.
It might just be coincidence, but it amuses me nonetheless.
Homer,
The money is huge. So the boards will bend backwards.
I gather there is more than 75 % chance that it will be conducted in the Middle East. So the pitches and facilities will be available.
Revenue sharing comes after earning revenue. So that can wait. :)
ICL and CA's dog in the manger attitude are pin pricks.
R,
The franchisees will baulk at the expense.
David,
:)
Oh yes, another conspiracy against Indian cricket by those dastardly Australians! How dare they!
I am with you on this Thomas. :)
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