American Premier League (APL) Cricket

Gillespie, Martyn to play in America’s Twenty20 league

APL is aiming to revolutionize cricket in America. Jay Mir, the man behind the show, is suggesting something along the lines. Jay feels that America certainly needs to get connected with the game and thus this period marks a crossroads in its sporting history.

Jay Mir is ferociously recruiting players, coaches, board members, consultants, panelists and others. Though ICC claims the tournament to be completely unsanctioned and has bestowed it the status of another Rebel League, it is still to dawn on Mir’s ambition. He is hunting for players from across the globe.

Already many from the ICL fold have capitulated to his lucrative deals. Also, retired players from the past are looking to make merry. Jason Gillespie and Damien Martyn are a couple of players who contributed a lot towards Aussie supremacy of late 1990’s and early 2000’s. Jason is being confirmed for the Premium World team.

He feels a little peeved at ICC trying to nip APL in its budding stage. He feels that the game will be the eventual winner and fetch greater glory through APL. Cricket in America is not being given a chance. Past ventures have failed and its only urgent that something along the lines of APL is given a stage.

Jason Gillespie does not have a vested interest. He is hardly bothered by the banned status he might fetch from ICC as he has already retired from international cricket and has had his fair share of cricketing glory. All he feels is that IPL is trying to sabotage any aspirant that is trying to spread cricket beyond the periphery of its monetary interest.

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