American Premier League (APL) Cricket

ICL tried to take away the sheen from cricket’s governing body and miserably failed. Yes, it did manage to sabotage ICC’s identity and hold a tourney of its own but it has all come flat within a couple of years. Already, this year’s venture has been scrapped owing to lack of funds.

Players have got to move though. If a deal is not lucrative and they deserve one, then they certainly look for greener pastures. This has made the latest turn of events quite in tune with the script.

News from the center is that most of ICL recruits are turning towards APL- another rebel league. American Premier League has been giving lucrative offers to the players and they are certainly looking for some security in these trying times. Also, most of them have either retired from international cricket or already banned from the international arena.

In such circumstances, it is only logical that they will look for their fodder elsewhere and APL has come as a timely savior. Players like Nicky Boje, Lance Klusener, Andrew Hall, Chris Harris, Adam Parore and Nathan Astle have been confirmed and reports suggest that England county stars like Graeme Hick and Adam Hollioake will cut the knife sometime soon too. This is quite in contrariety to the wish of ECB though.

John Emburey, an ICL coach is also being taken out of the ICL fold and served a lucrative contract. Jay Mir has clearly suggested that APL is a noble aim with an objective of revolutionizing cricket in America and it shall set on its task with or without the go-ahead of ICC.

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