Post by stocky on Sept 20, 2012 8:57:44 GMT
I agree in principle but weather dictates that the english cricket season is was it is, May to early September
In that time we generally schedule 7 test matches and 10 odi matches with a couple of t20's too.
To accommodate ipl we'd have to do away with scheduling internationals in May, so there's no way we could keep the same number of matches as above.
This would piss off; the english cricket fans, the players who didn't get picked in ipl, the counties and it would also have a big effect on the income that the board brings in so ultimately the players would have to take a pay cut. Yes the big stars who get an ipl contract for the full length of the ipl season would be more than compensated by this but the vast majority of professional cricketers in england would be out of pocket.
It's just not feasible accommodating ipl for england. Unfortunately the Windies have the same problem with their home summer being March to April and their cricket board's soft stance on ipl has meant their fans rarely get to see some of their best players. Chris Gayle, Sunil Narine, Jerome Taylor and Dwayne Bravo all no longer even have a contract with the West Indies. I'd hate for the same thing to happen with us.
In that time we generally schedule 7 test matches and 10 odi matches with a couple of t20's too.
To accommodate ipl we'd have to do away with scheduling internationals in May, so there's no way we could keep the same number of matches as above.
This would piss off; the english cricket fans, the players who didn't get picked in ipl, the counties and it would also have a big effect on the income that the board brings in so ultimately the players would have to take a pay cut. Yes the big stars who get an ipl contract for the full length of the ipl season would be more than compensated by this but the vast majority of professional cricketers in england would be out of pocket.
It's just not feasible accommodating ipl for england. Unfortunately the Windies have the same problem with their home summer being March to April and their cricket board's soft stance on ipl has meant their fans rarely get to see some of their best players. Chris Gayle, Sunil Narine, Jerome Taylor and Dwayne Bravo all no longer even have a contract with the West Indies. I'd hate for the same thing to happen with us.
