I'm now convinced T20 Franchise cricket is damaging real cricket
First some of the IPL highest earners like Rohit ,Kohli ,Jadeja ,Ashwin look really out of form So if you can earn millions for a couple of months it can make the rest of the year seem like its not so important .
Now wanting to enjoy some international cricket during our " summer of cricket "
Well there's not a lot
6 white ball matches vs Pakistan squeezed into two weeks between the 4th and 18th Nov
5 tests vs India 22nd Nov -7th Jan ( NZ knocked a bit of gloss off that) but that's it !
The only chance to see Aussies live in Sydney
One T20 and One test ( often rain affected)
So one lousy 3hour game balance of this year ( i really miss the WSC days)
HOWEVER THE BBL will be bigger than ever ! MEH !
cant get excited about a team made up of players from all over the world representing nothing more than a made up franchise name .
I'm a cricket lover but t20 franchise was invented to appeal to non cricket lovers
Players happy ,Ratings good ,I'm bored !