The Indian Cricket League is likely to be flooded by Britain talent.
September 9, 2008
The Daily Telegraph reported that Graeme Hick and Mark Ramprakash are among those players from England who are eyeing the lucrative Indian Cricket League (ICL) for an unofficial mini World cup to be held in India sometime later this year.
However, both these players are over-the-hill England cricketers. Hick has already announced his retirement last week after 25 seasons with Worcestershire while another veteran Ramprakash has100 first class hundreds to his credit.
England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has ruled that those signing contracts with the ICL would be barred from county cricket. Besides Hick and Ramprakash, Darren Gough, who is in his last season as Yorkshire captain, is also on the ICL radar. Other probable to be roped in include Ali Brown, Dominic Cork, Glmorgan off spinner Robert Croft, Sussex skipper Chris Adams and former England all-rounder Mark Ealham. It is interesting to see how many of them actually sign up.
The proposed ICL mini World Cup will be featuring teams from England, India, Pakistan, Africa and New Zealand.
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