Room for improvement in T20 tournament
Scyld Berry, in the Telegraph , reviews what the Friends Provident T20 has thrown up so far
Siddhartha Talya
25-Feb-2013
Scyld Berry, in the Telegraph, reviews what the Friends Provident T20 has thrown up so far. The tournament this season lacks current internationals, hasn't produced enough runs and has not attracted as many female fans as it did when Twenty20 first took off in England, he says.
England’s league would more closely resemble India’s if more current internationals were involved. But West Indies and South Africa are engaged, like Sri Lanka and India, and Australia are about to be, which leaves the remaining, mostly ageing, stardust to be spread around 18 counties - and the situation is aggravated when England’s World Twenty20 winners are limited to token appearances, such as Kevin Pietersen to one.
Siddhartha Talya is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo