With the announcement of two new T20 leagues to be played in the UAE and South Africa, there has been a huge debate over whether players will choose club over country. The decision of Ben Stokes to withdraw from ODI cricket and Trent Boult from New Zealand’s central contract has given further air to this debate.
Speaking to Wide World of Sports on Saturday, here’s what Ian Chappell had to say about the future of Test cricket:
Ian Chappell on the challenge boards will face to keep hold of their players
Ian Chappell also spoke about the cricket boards like that of the West Indies, who have had payment issues with their players for quite some time now. The 78-year-old reckons such issues will always make it difficult for these boards to hold on to world-class players as they would often prefer to earn more money.
On this, Chappell stated:
Ian Chappell also stressed how the schedule of the aforementioned T20 leagues might clash with that of the Big Bash League (BBL). In such a scenario, the Australian players will need to make a choice between the two leagues.
The Aussie legend opined that since a number of IPL franchises are the owners of these teams, Cricket Australia might find it extremely difficult to convince their players to stay back for the BBL:
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