Amnesty for ICL players - BCCI

[biased indian]

This is good news --> Link

Think all other boards will follow suit

 

[duffer]

Selfish sob's, ruining cricket...

 

[biased indian]

New Zealand could waive one-year 'cooling period'

 

[Bahnz]

For the first time in a long time, I'm almost starting to believe that Bond might one day play cricket for New Zealand again. But by the time he does, he'll be at least 34 and one has to assume probably well past his best.

 

[GIMH]

Excellent news

 

[wpdavid]

So the amnesty is effective IF they cut their ties with the ICL. Which means no amnesty at all for those who stay with the ICL whilst increasing the pool of players available for the IPL with those who do want to switch. Not quite the move towards free movement of labour that should have always been there in the first place.

Or am I missing something?

 

[HMas]

amnesty is for criminals

 

[Goughy]

Im not sure what this means. Doesnt seem to offer much apart from to further try and damage the ICL.

Not sure where it leaves those players that have contracts either.

Id much rather the BCCI took the talks with ICL more seriously, though I dont doubt that this is a decent business strategy to get people to jump from the ICL.

 

[Xuhaib]

Could do with Mo Yo, Razzaq and dare I say Imran Nazir atm.

 

[GIMH]

So the amnesty is effective IF they cut their ties with the ICL. Which means no amnesty at all for those who stay with the ICL whilst increasing the pool of players available for the IPL with those who do want to switch. Not quite the move towards free movement of labour that should have always been there in the first place.

Or am I missing something?

Oh for sure that's what should happen but at least this is a start

 

[Richard]

Im not sure what this means. Doesnt seem to offer much apart from to further try and damage the ICL.

Were we expecting otherwise?

The potential benefactors of this are those who signed with the ICL before realising that doing so was going to cut them adrift from international cricket - ie, Shane Bond (and, whisper it, Chris Read). Those who signed after they realised will be unaffected.

And the BCCI are 100% still set on destroying the ICL, which remains in my view the best way (as far as the interests of cricket are concerned) of going about things.

 

[GIMH]

How would you feel about Read returning to the England fold Richard, hypothetically? I know you are firmly anti-ICL so do you feel he should be given the chance to play for his country again if deemed good enough?

 

[Richard]

As long as he's not playing the ICL I'd be only too happy to see him back in the ODI side. As I've said for the last 6 years, I think he's the best one-day batsman of those who can keep wicket to an acceptable standard who is currently available to England.

Obviously I don't want him in the Test side again because I just don't think he's a good enough batsman for Test cricket. Nonetheless, I'd be inifintely happier with him keeping wicket in Tests currently than Prior - whether that means dropping another batsman and playing Prior as a specialist or dropping Prior.

 

[Flem274*]

I don't hold out much hope for Bond to be around long, but I'd be very interested in Daryl Tuffey.

 

[oitoitoi]

I think that while many of the non india players may come back, particularly the Pakistanis and New Zealanders, will any of the Indian players? I mean none of them are going to represent India again or are even likely to get an IPL contract, I'm guessing the ICL pays better than FC domestic cricket so will they bother? This has the feeling of letting the women and children out of a castle before burning it to the ground. Didn't realise Read was in the ICL, England seem set on going for batting ability rather than ability behind the stumps (selecting Prior says that in the strongest possible terms) so it probably won't effect his career.

 

[oitoitoi]

I don't hold out much hope for Bond to be around long, but I'd be very interested in Daryl Tuffey.

It's almost like this whole debacle was designed to destroy any chance for greatness Bond ever had, Mohammed Yousuf to an extent too. Such a shame.

 

[Richard]

I don't hold out much hope for Bond to be around long, but I'd be very interested in Daryl Tuffey.

Reckon if he comes back he'll remain a wasted talent TBH. Criminal.

 

[Richard]

Didn't realise Read was in the ICL, England seem set on going for batting ability rather than ability behind the stumps (selecting Prior says that in the strongest possible terms) so it probably won't effect his career.

Thing is, Read is actually the best OD batsman of those who keep wicket in county cricket. All it'd take would be for the selectors to realise this and give him a decent ODI run.

 

[Richard]

It's almost like this whole debacle was designed to destroy any chance for greatness Bond ever had, Mohammed Yousuf to an extent too. Such a shame.

Very debateable that either of those two ever had a serious chance of greatness. Bond was a late starter whose excellence when he was on the park and injury-proneness were intertwined (his bowling action was a large part of what made him good and so much to do with what made him injury-prone).

As for Mohammad Yousuf, he was always an average batsman. Never ever done much against good bowling, just bashed weak bowling so well that it gave him a very high average. And enjoyed a remarkably lucky 11 months between December 2005 and November 2006.

 

[Polo23]

God I hate the BCCI. This whole "cooling period" is ridiculous and so is the cancellation of the Zimbabwe tour...what would have happened if it was another country cancelling? The ICC would have been up in arms.