Cricket Power Heads for India - 20/20 is the Future

The IPL has been born, and seems to have come as a bit of a surprise to the ECB!

Millions of dollars have been thrown at IPL, and the players gave cricket fans a delightful show. Teams are backed by super-wealthy high profile/celebrity investors: India's one-day captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, signed for an astonishing $1.5m for six weeks "work" ( http://snipurl.com/3smnd  [www_guardian_co_uk] ).

Initial ECB reaction was to ban its players for the IPL - short sighted in my opinion - but I guess they've missed the boat. The IPL is now established wealthy, and in their face - probably a bit like Laksmi Mittal.

The ECB should have set-up their own 20-20 super-league franchise - now that ship has sailed they should at least try and get an invite to the party, and stop pouting - otherwise they'll just be left at port, like a wet Friday in Southampton while the rest head off for a Caribbean cruise.