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So if even internationally retired players require NOC's, why the heck are the T20 leagues holding all the power? Because as best as I can remember originally only active players needed NOCs, then some of the greedier players began retiring to avoid the NOC issue and this led to a mini-crisis where...

The Afghan situation has shed some light on this issue. What I didn't know was that as per current regulations, players cannot "go rogue" and say fuck the country I'm just gonna play T20 gigs. All international players need an NOC from their home board, even if they aren't centrally contracted, and...

Fair points here and a good thread by Kriterion. I have a feeling that 2024 and beyond will give us a glimpse of which Franchise leagues survive and which won't... I'm sure not every league will survive and this will be interesting to see... Some leagues that I think will struggle are - ILT20 - UAE...

One would think all these T20 leagues would fail. Especially in cricket backwaters like UAE or Canada. Honestly, if the BCCI can be "protectionist" and prevent their players from playing foreign leagues...other countries should do that as well, with the exception of the IPL. The UAE is not really a...

Yeah IDK know how many series are cancelled...what is clear though is that there are very few 5 match ODI series now when even 10 years ago that was the norm. I'd much rather see an ODI than a T20, but I'm in the minority of course. I think the marquee series should consist of 3 Tests, 4 ODIs, and ...

Fully agree with sam_ahm here, a very very interesting thread. Well written and well researched!

One thing I'm curious about....nobody wants to play in Afghanistan or Pakistan..but have any players ever been killed (or even injured) at any matches or...well...ever, even outside of matches, during tournaments there? The SL team being attacked in Pakistan was a clear sign of danger for those cric...

Was never just a ZC problem. Was a perennial WI problem too. And a SL problem. Was an occasional English problem too. And was a MAJOR Kenyan problem.

We will see how Australia and the others perform (or not) as a result of these disputes. It will be instructive to see if the performances dip or not.

Ireland's form does not surprise me. I've long maintained on this site that Ireland for too long had an unsustainable model; piggyback off of English county cricket with just a limited cadre of players. Ireland did not do much to deepen or strengthen cricket domestically until after Afghanistan burs...

Yup. Afghanistan did really well and lots of credit to them. They have two bowlers in the top ten for ODIs now and deservedly so. What won't surprise me though is that the experience of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan will teach the wider cricketing commentariat nothing: the "minnow" tag is de...