PCL: Not going to plan

THESE are early days yet for judging the impact of the new, enthusiastically heralded West Indies Cricket Board’s Professional Cricket League (PCL). What is certain is that things haven’t gone as planned.

Even before the 90, recently contracted pros, each now potentially earning basic fees of between US$33,500 and US$53,900 a year, could step onto the field, the six franchises baulked at the idea of free movement between teams.

Only two players from the five each franchise was obliged to place into a draft were chosen by coaches and selectors who preferred to keep their squads of 15 exclusively home-based.

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