Saudi Arabian cricket staff gamers. — Fb/ @cricketsaudi/ File
MELBOURNE: England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chief govt Richard Gould stated they might not assist a proposed international T20 league bankrolled by Saudi Arabia as there was not sufficient room within the calendar for it.
A Sydney Morning Herald report on Saturday stated the occasion could be backed by the sports activities arm of Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund and have eight groups taking part in in 4 completely different places.
“It’s not something that we would support.”
The ECB is eager to guard its personal 100-ball format league, The Hundred, having raised $1.27 billion final month after promoting franchise stakes to personal buyers.
The Indian Premier League stays the benchmark in franchise cricket, whereas Australia, Pakistan, West Indies, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates even have their very own T20 leagues.
The Australian Cricketers Affiliation has backed the proposed league saying it was mandated to “pursue initiatives that benefit our members”.
“The ACA’s early interest in exploring this concept is motivated by a desire to develop and normalise best-practice collective bargaining and an international gender-equity pay model for male and female cricketers,” the participant’s union was quoted as saying within the report.
