NOT unexpectedly, the International Cricket Council (ICC) last week gave an unequivocal endorsement to the domestic Twenty20 tournaments that continue to proliferate wherever the game is played.
In a report to its board meeting in Dubai, a committee of chief executives acknowledged that that such extravaganzas as the Indian Premier League (IPL), Australia’s Big Bash and the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) (the Caribbean Premier League joins the list in July) have now become the most popular format and can “add to the game as a whole”.
The ICC ‘s chief executive, Dave Richardson, the one-time
