New T20 League in the offing!

Safin

If there was ever a doubt where the international cricket is heading, then have no doubts now

Australia, New Zealand and South Africa have confirmed they are planning a multi-nation franchise-owned Twenty20 tournament based on the IPL, which they hope to launch by 2011. The idea is to have city-based teams and schedule it at a time that would allow Indian stars to take part.

The concept will involve two separate conferences - an eastern division based in Africa and a western division in Australasia - and the top sides from each will progress to the finals. It will not replace the existing domestic Twenty20 competitions; instead it is most likely to be held in October with each nation free to also retain their state- or provincial-based tournaments.

Cricinfo - Three nations plan joint IPL spin-off

Ok so basically we will now have this, the IPL, ICL??, The stanford T20 and a English T20 league from 2011. Now where is the time left for ODI and forget ODI, the 5 day boring test cricket. At this rate i envisage only the oldies

guys who are 35+ playing international test cricket while the younger guys will just play T20.

Looking at the viewership of the current India-Australia test series and compare that to IPL, looks like future is T20 with ODI for sure on a deathbed.

Zeus

Test Match Cricket would die after this. Even India pakistan series isn't interesting these days with "useless fellows" playing against "useless stars"

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But T20 would change things around, but I don't see Test Cricket dying

The amrus just can't beleive that ppl play for 5 long days?

Ninja

ICC has lost it completely. If they don't act soon the very existance of the sport's governing body would come under scanner. I feel these tourneys will result in overdose of T20 and eventually kill the game.

Probably they should take a cue from how the other sports' governing bodies like FIA and FIFA operate. I don't see them giving all these leagues a official tag. Apart from the leagues mentioned by Safin above, the PCB is also planning to launch its own t20 tourney modelled on the IPL. Other than Srilanka every test playing nation wants to form its own club based t20 tourneys.

Safin

If they keep it to their own country and club level then thats fine in a way.
Everyone agrees cricket is not growing outside of the subcontinent(and even here as we start doing well in otehr sports cricket will suffer) and a club level short game will help cricket.

What this will do however is that T20 will be the only game that will be popular soon. It will spread to include most countries of the world but at expense of ODI and test cricket.

Ninja

"I'm disappointed all the countries want to copy the IPL. Why can't they embrace India and sell the brand worldwide?"

Too many leagues disappoint Shane Warne
Oct 23, 2008

Source: Quote Unquote- Cricinfo.com

Zeus

Originally Posted by Ninja

"I'm disappointed all the countries want to copy the IPL. Why can't they embrace India and sell the brand worldwide?"

Too many leagues disappoint Shane Warne
Oct 23, 2008

Source: Quote Unquote- Cricinfo.com

He gets money from India so he says that.
Now everyone wants to make money.

So they are creating their own

patch01

Originally Posted by Agnel

The amrus just can't beleive that ppl play for 5 long days?

Like the rest of the world can't believe that football for the Americans has an offensive team, a defensive team, a specialist kicking squad and that they actually stop the game to take commercial breaks.......

btw: I don't think Test cricket will die, it's all about national pride but ODI? that's a maybe, cos they've always been about money, just like T20, and with shortened play, we can have more matches, more teams....

Safin

The point is that with so much of cricket, who will play test cricket. Sure it might not die as long as the current crop of cricketers are there but the new lot will come out thinking only about T20 and for them T20 would be the ultimate cricket.
Add to that the possibility that T20 has the potential to be embraced by a lot more number of countries and so will represent a better worldwide sport and naturally will attract more players.

After all that T20 who will have the stamina left to play 3 or 4 match test series?

"I'm disappointed all the countries want to copy the IPL. Why can't they embrace India and sell the brand worldwide?"

Too many leagues disappoint Shane Warne
Oct 23, 2008

If i hadn't read who had made the quote, i would ahve thought its Lalit Modi. But then again, its no surprise that the guy making the quote represents Lalit Modi's home team.

patch01

Playing in India has given Shane Warne a new lease of life, (cricket-wise), as it has for a few other boys as well, (only Roy, failed to capitalise on his experience in IPL).

But I think Shane has also recognised what many have been saying for a longtime, in that India, as the dominant force on the sub-continent, is going to be the saviour of the great game....

If we have other nations, such as Holland, UAE, Canada, Hong Kong, that can only be to the good of all.............. I'll be honest, i don't really want to see Amrika involved in playing cricket, not that I believe they have the temperament for it anyway....

Zeus

^ I think they'll start playing 20-20 soon

If that happens, baseball will take a big hit, cos both the games are similar and amrikans will be able to understand the game quite well. Soon, (read 5 to 10 years) many nations will be playing 20-20. They are planning to propose 20-20 cricket for 2020 olympics, if that happens, then rest assured, many more nations will pick it up

20-20 on the global level would be just toooo cooool