Prize-money for the winners of the LV County Championship will be increased fivefold to £500,000 next season in an attempt by the ECB to sustain the primacy of first-class cricket ahead of Twenty20. The injection can only add to the intensity of a competition that is the breeding ground for England Test players.
Via Timesonline
15 Aug, 2008
Posted by: Cricbee In: Indian Premier League
England have warned India’s Champions League powerbrokers that they will not go the same way as Australia and South Africa, by allowing Test cricket to be compromised in the rush for Twenty20 riches.
The inaugural eight-team tournament, featuring Twenty20 Cup champions Middlesex, has been shifted from October to early December in order to avoid a clash [...]
The BCCI has rejected an offer from the ECB to join England’s version of the Champions League to be held in Sharjah this October. David Collier, the chief executive of the ECB, invited the Indian board to join the ECB’s tournament. However, the BCCI replied on Monday saying that, though it “wished the ECB all [...]
Interesting article from Hindustan Times
Will India’s superior economic power prevail, or will the tradition, culture and systems of English cricket win over the brash entrant in the field? If players have a choice, where would they choose to go? The IPL or the EPL? more…
The much-anticipated English Premier League will get underway in 2010, with two divisions made up of ten teams, after the ECB unveiled a radical shake-up of the domestic game following its board meeting at Lord’s. In a unanimous decision, the format that has been agreed upon will involve all 18 first-class counties, plus two overseas [...]