Time for cricket to take a stand

Kevin Howell in BBC Sport writes that players should be told that if they want to go and play as 'freelance' performers, do so and that the ECB should stand up to players and agents who want the Indian Premier League money and still to turn out for England and their county clubs.

I for one don't blame them chasing the money. It's a correct freedom of choice. But if that's the path they take, the clubs and the England and Wales Cricket Board should from next season say 'fine but we'll talk about different contracts and see you in June for our T20 and we'll pick our Test team from those who are fully committed to it'. Will that lead to us losing our best players? Possibly. But a compromise is unsustainable and I don't think it will.