LONDON, England (CMC) – England Women's Captain Heather Knight said her side's recent tour of the Caribbean was like "going back in time" and urged the sport's administrators to pay greater attention to international matches to counter the threat of franchise tournaments.
England Women, under Knight, dominated the Hayley Matthews-led West Indies Women, winning all three One-Day Internationals and five Twenty20 (T20) Internationals they contested in Antigua and Barbados.
The matches on the tour were played in front of modest crowds with limited media interest and broadcast coverage reliant on webcasts from Cricket West Indies — with the decision review system (DRS) unavailable in all matches.
Knight said it was not good enough, and it was important for administrators to keep things in perspective and keep the international game strong — and invest in it — or else the chance to play "less cricket for more money" could undermine international games.
"It's so important to keep the international game really strong," she said in an interview with Sky Sports. There's obviously a lot of changes on the horizon with franchise competitions: Indian Premier League (IPL), Pakistan Super League (PSL), lots of those kicking off.
"It's really important that international cricket is looked after and it's strong in all countries and it's still the pinnacle of the game, which it obviously still is."
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In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com
The matches on the tour were played in front of modest crowds with limited media interest and broadcast coverage reliant on webcasts from Cricket West Indies
Subscribers are good but I hear YouTube pays by views. CWI should make the webcasts open to non-subscribers. You will end up with more subscribers if people like the product. You will also have a stronger negotiating hand when you go to sell to a broadcaster.
In reply to Fantom Do WI cricket even have a marketing department? the marketing of English premier league in USA is remarkable. Something could be learned here... well i guess premier league have a product to sell - ah well --- Happy New Year, ALL
I was a Gayle 6 away from the ground and couldn't hear sh!t
LONDON, England (CMC) – England Women's Captain Heather Knight said her side's recent tour of the Caribbean was like "going back in time"
You couldn't want a more scathing commentary on the state of WI cricket, and she was being very polite.
Yet we bicker about team selection and lambast players who have read the writing on the wall and are taking their services elsewhere.
WHY is it so difficult for those of us who have clearly identified the problem to take the desired action?
In reply to Fantom
All the matches were on Youtube
The ECB are reportedly due to invest about £10 million a year into the women's game. They'd do better to make it £5 million and give a million each to women's teams in the Windies, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and South Africa. The Aussies and Indians can look after their own.
In reply to cumberland
Yhup
In reply to KTom
(give Thailand half a mil and they'll become massive)
