Falling between the silos

After years at the top, Australian cricket appears to have lost its way, but all is not lost, writes Greg Baum in the Sunday Herald. As the pyramid system crumbles, the Argus inquiry needs to lift the lid on what's wrong with the game.

When the Argus investigation into what has gone wrong with Australian cricket finishes its work, it will surely conclude that the pyramid that has served the sport so well for more than a century is crumbling. In its place is that structure so beloved of modern bureaucrats: the silo. But on a ledge halfway up, someone has built a glittering, Vegas-style edifice, catching all eyes. This is how the cricket landscape looks to many who work in it.