Comments on: ‘The end game has begun for international cricket’

By: Shaby

Shaby — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 08:25:27 +0000

Format is different thing but organisation working is different. By the way all clubs games are played under FIFA regulalation.
But reality is games always reflect nation's health. Healthy nations always participated in many different games, especially athletic ones. But in Pakistan we always support cricket which is not very much popular among healthy games and the worst thing is in cricket where our players need to show bit of athletic part is fielding where we never be good. Always like to bat or ball that a sign of healthy nation. Hockey and squash are the games which we destroyed very badly.

By: ikhan01

ikhan01 — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:43:39 +0000

Rameez has written his observation from his own first hand experience. His article is very well written. I think, the article is leting us know that, the nature of cricket is changing with the introduction of Leagues(Franchises) all over the world. IPL is the most expensive and very well organised League which attracted a lot of Big names from all over the cricketing world.
The article says that T20 league(s) have made watching cricket into a Very exciting event. All other formats look ancient compared to T20 games. Once again, IPL being the most expensive amongst all other Leagues which has created a new standard in T20 format. We will see players opting to prefer to play in this format vs Internationally. We already have a few big names re.

By: Ahsan

Ahsan — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 04:35:23 +0000

Totally agreed. IPL is based on T20 format which is street cricket only. It is giving fame to those you are not capable players. In this format player like dravid , laxman, kallis are not heroes. This format forcing good batman to use unorthodox techniques to accelerate run rate which spoil their game over the period of time. It is obvious that amount of money involved in that will lure anyone to be more focus on franchise game rather than international cricket. However I also brought good talent in the lime light which is good for Indian cricket. I think the key issue is that it will spoil the game of new generation as youngsters will now want to be hard hitter rather than Tendulkar or Gavaskar.

By: syed

syed — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 22:23:49 +0000

Yes I agree the shorter format 20/20 has more commercial appeal as against traditional matches. When it comes to marketing Cricket Boards all around the world are lacking and their business model is out dated. For players it is their bread and butter, obviously economic considerations are very important.

By: Johar

Johar — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 21:22:23 +0000

A number of people did nto even understood the article.

By: Ahmed

Ahmed — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 20:06:32 +0000

He never said IPL is bad. He is only saying that players are taking IPL and now SPL more seriously because of weakness in international cricket. And by the way, Ramiz did not say it, but I think IPL is basically end of quality cricket because IPL is not cricket !!! There is little doubt that Indian cricket his slided phenomenally in test cricket since IPL got hold of India !

By: harun

harun — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 16:50:10 +0000

Some hard facts were made out,this situation is best reflected in the Windies.The Lankan Board has inflicted humiliation on itself by allowing its players to go unpaid for months.No remorse.
The Big guns slugged it out and made there bread while the lesser ones slept hungry.Shame.What national pride.The Lankan players were warned against protest ,lest the dont get the NOC.
As to Jadeja it was Dhoni who got the CSK to pay Jadeja that much money.Ask Sreenivasan he will be fuming.He can afford to pay for his Skippers whims and fancies.
Very soon we will have guys who will be available for League cricket and nothing else.

By: Jahanzeb

Jahanzeb — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 14:50:54 +0000

Pointless article. England Australia south Africa haven’t experienced lack of calibre or enthusiasm. India largely benefited by identifying good talent. Why can't we replicate a similar model in Pakistan on a domestic level and identify fresh talent instead of having sub par players like hafeez leading the side. Funding is not expected to be an issue and getting coverage will be easier given our media setup. West indies cricket has been in decline since 1996, IPL underscores their individual talent and exposes structural problem in their board / cricket infrastructure. International cricket may experience less interest in Pakistan due to lack of trust in the team.

By: haris

haris — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 11:37:46 +0000

The intensity of Cricketing fixtures at league-level could replace the international fixtures like Ashes and Indo-Pak series. Imagine in Pakistan, how intensified would it be when Lahore Club plays against Karachi Club? Or Peshawar against Sialkot?

Don't take me wrong, I only wanted to say that please don't consider Sports as a sort of entertainment only. It is much more than that. It could be thriving Industry in which Entertainment and Fun comes along with a hefty income. And one more thing, T20 should not be adopted in the Leagues. I would like 'Limited overs one days' and Test to be adopted instead.

By: Wasim

Wasim — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 11:12:08 +0000

Ramiz, I like your article and fully agree with it but then why are your there doing commentary in IPL and other leagues, the only reason is money and same with the players also…you should set your self as an example