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Craig HillAre we watching the birth of cricketīs very own English football premiership?
April 6th 2007 14:39
Is it just me or could we have spent the last two weeks watching the English Premiership football rather than our very own ICC Cricket World Cup?
Unused sponsorīs ticket allocations have left average punters out in the cold or more accurately sitting at home watching it on the tele enjoying some rum and Caribbean music, both sorely lacking at the venues and some $90 better off for the experience. Compare this with the scarcity of tickets to the Premier league in England. Unless you sell your soul for a season ticket or go to uni with a Board memberīs son you can bet your life that getting a fair crack at a ticket for Liverpool Arsenal is just about impossible.
Likewise weīve come to that time of the year when the accountantīs offices in the UK start rattling to the tune of P60 forms that document a cessation of employment. Of course it is the washed up former England players fault that his players, despite the best possible facilitaties, couldnīt win a football game after Christmas. And of course it is family and personal reasons that are tapped out in an email that leaves the outbox to the press moments before the Chairman bangs on the door for a chat.
Greg Chappell is not the reason India did not progress to the Super 8 stage. Tendulkar, Dravid, Dhoni and their batting cohorts are the reason the team did not make enough runs. Harbajan, Agarkar, Khan and Sreesanth are the reason that the team did not take enough wickets. Add the two together and you have an underperforming side, ditto for Pakistan.
Dav Whatmore was found out this week admitting to interest in the India job as Bangladesh took another blow in their search for creditbility as unbeknown to most including Whatmore yes they are still in with a chance of progressing in this tournament. His expression of interest in the Indian job akin to being caught out to lunch with the millionaire owner of Chelsea while still managing a hapless England side, ring any bells Sven Goran Eriksson?
Football is a global game with an unshakable statue. Cricket is played in a small number of countries and needs to be managed differently. The game can do without overzealous sponsorship arrangements that stifle the character of the game and we can do without the rockstar coaching roundabout, where consultants are hired and rehired and the focus is taken away from players.
Over to you Ricky, Stephen, Mahela and Graeme for the rescue act in the last few games including the semis and the final.
Unused sponsorīs ticket allocations have left average punters out in the cold or more accurately sitting at home watching it on the tele enjoying some rum and Caribbean music, both sorely lacking at the venues and some $90 better off for the experience. Compare this with the scarcity of tickets to the Premier league in England. Unless you sell your soul for a season ticket or go to uni with a Board memberīs son you can bet your life that getting a fair crack at a ticket for Liverpool Arsenal is just about impossible.
Likewise weīve come to that time of the year when the accountantīs offices in the UK start rattling to the tune of P60 forms that document a cessation of employment. Of course it is the washed up former England players fault that his players, despite the best possible facilitaties, couldnīt win a football game after Christmas. And of course it is family and personal reasons that are tapped out in an email that leaves the outbox to the press moments before the Chairman bangs on the door for a chat.
Greg Chappell is not the reason India did not progress to the Super 8 stage. Tendulkar, Dravid, Dhoni and their batting cohorts are the reason the team did not make enough runs. Harbajan, Agarkar, Khan and Sreesanth are the reason that the team did not take enough wickets. Add the two together and you have an underperforming side, ditto for Pakistan.
Dav Whatmore was found out this week admitting to interest in the India job as Bangladesh took another blow in their search for creditbility as unbeknown to most including Whatmore yes they are still in with a chance of progressing in this tournament. His expression of interest in the Indian job akin to being caught out to lunch with the millionaire owner of Chelsea while still managing a hapless England side, ring any bells Sven Goran Eriksson?
Football is a global game with an unshakable statue. Cricket is played in a small number of countries and needs to be managed differently. The game can do without overzealous sponsorship arrangements that stifle the character of the game and we can do without the rockstar coaching roundabout, where consultants are hired and rehired and the focus is taken away from players.
Over to you Ricky, Stephen, Mahela and Graeme for the rescue act in the last few games including the semis and the final.
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