The Surfer

Baggy green or baggy greed?

Australian cricket is not in the best health, and Fox Sports’ James Hooper says that the problems are also growing off the field, with that he describes as “its worst crisis since the Kim Hughes era 25 years ago amid growing fears the revered

Australian cricket is not in the best health, and Fox Sports’ James Hooper says that the problems are also growing off the field, with that he describes as “its worst crisis since the Kim Hughes era 25 years ago amid growing fears the revered baggy green is being compromised by baggy greed”.

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Amid this horror backdrop and talk that the schedule is undermining our national team, players are still putting their hands out for the millions of dollars on offer in the Indian Premier League.

And Cricket Australia is also asking our leading players to front up for an unprecedented number of matches.

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Martin Williamson is executive editor of ESPNcricinfo and managing editor of ESPN Digital Media in Europe, the Middle East and Africa