Time to save domestic cricket

Endless meetings have failed to resolve key aspects of the competition: when it starts, how many teams it has, how players are chosen for it, whether franchises are privately owned. You cannot blame Australia for being cautious, the game's future is at stake here, but the time has arrived for tough, firm decision making. If the competition is to start next season, as most officials hope it will, Friday's CA board meeting is seen as the one which should produce the rubber stamp.