Are the traditionalists worrying too much?
Vic Marks in the Observer says although cricket seems to be in troubled times, one must keep in mind lessons learned from the Packer revolution.
ESPNcricinfo staff
25-Feb-2013
Vic Marks in the Observer says although cricket seems to be in troubled times, one must keep in mind lessons learned from the Packer revolution.
The traditionalists feel under threat again, but maybe the Packer experience tells us not to fret too much. Change can be beneficial and the advent of the IPL, along with so many other incomplete Twenty20 schemes, is hastening that change. Before Modi had his bright idea there was plenty wrong with the international calendar: too many sterile fixtures at Test level watched by nobody; too many ODIs, whose results are forgotten within hours. There is now a better chance of changing all that.
Mathew Varghese is sub-editor (stats) at Cricinfo