Franchises will be the face of sport's future
In the New Zealand Herald , Adam Parore writes that private Twenty20 franchises will become the bedrock of cricket, a la professional clubs in football, and this is where the bulk of the game will exist
Kanishkaa Balachandran
25-Feb-2013
In the New Zealand Herald, Adam Parore writes that private Twenty20 franchises will become the bedrock of cricket, a la professional clubs in football, and this is where the bulk of the game will exist. He also gives his views on who's best suited to take over the management of the New Zealand team.
You'd have trouble finding anyone with a bad word to say about former New Zealand skipper Jeff Crowe. He is just the sort of person who would work very well with the all-powerful captain Daniel Vettori. Greatbatch is definitely someone who could bring improvements to our batters.
At the third IPL auctions on Tuesday, four New Zealanders will go under the hammer - Shane Bond, Lou Vincent, Nathan McCullum and Grant Elliott. David Leggat, in the New Zealand Herald, looks at their prospects and those who missed out.
You might wonder why Martin Guptill is not there. Daryl Tuffey had a decent case for inclusion on a short list (and there's a joke, considering it numbers 52, but there you are - sometimes it's not so much how you perform but where you're from).
An editorial in the Guardian says the discussion over batting and bowling averages have been replaced with players' value in hard cash. So is the IPL auction exciting or stupid?
Kanishkaa Balachandran is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo