English Coral county cricket seems to have itself in a bit of a mess at the moment has it struggles to change with the popularity of Twenty20.

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With this fast and exciting form of the game has come a window of opportunity for the world’s top stars to make some money. The new lucrative Indian Premier League has tapped into this and the rest of the cricketing world is desperately trying not to get left behind at coral.com.

The England and Wales cricket board have made some steps towards that but seems to be tripping up too often as it tries to run before it can even crawl. The first example of this is the hastily arranged Champions league of Twenty20.

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The idea of the best teams in the world coming together for a money spinning tournament, in it’s essence, is a good one but one major problem developed just days after the unveiling of the plan.

The Indian Premier league is unhappy that several of the players in English county cricket took part in the rival ICL. Subsequently they have banned teams with those players in form competing in the new tournament, which left only a handful that could take part.

All a bit messy. The other factor the Champions League brings is greed. Just this week Yorkshire is under investigation for fielding an eligible player with their quarter final opponents, Durham, demanding they are thrown out.

Would this have happened when Twenty20 first started as a fun distraction with no financial rewards? Not Likely.

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Posted on July 13th, 2008 by Cricket
Filed under: IPL Cricket