Sunith, you say England "suck" at test cricket. I think you'll find that, apart from Australia who are streets ahead of everyone else, the chasing pack of India, South Africa, England, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are as close together as to make no odds. If we suck then so does your team which I presume is India judging by your name? Look at the ICC rankings and the points difference is miniscule.

So the Kolpak issue rears its ugly head yet again. The sum total of Kolpak players to play for England is ZERO. Nobody can truly believe this figure will rise at any point in the future. You have to disqualify yourself from international cricket in order to be able to sign on a Kolpak. Also, the name Kolpak belongs to a Slovakian handball player who had an issue with his club/country so went to the European court of human rights (I think!). It isn't a cricketing ruling, it applies across many sports. It isn't a rule put in place by English cricket to enable it to rape South Africa of ageing cricketers against the will of themselves or their native country, its about the rights of an individual to play sport in any country he/she chooses. Langevelt and Rudolph have no chance of ever playing for England, nor have the many other players currently playing over here. There is nothing the ECB can do about this, the counties are merely acting within European law. The only restrictions they can impose are on ACTUAL foreign players. Kolpak players have the right to play as "English" players. Like I've said before, concentrate on the South African system which seems to force these players to head abroad for money. Is South African cricket really missing these players? I keep reading on here that you're the best on the world!

This talk of an 20/20 league in England to rival the IPL is interesting. I can't see anyone apart from Alan Stanford himself pumping enough money into cricket in this country to rival the IPL. If it does happen though it has to be on county lines. If franchises were based on cities then it will be a flop. I go to the odd Lancashire game but have no interest in supporting a team called Manchester playing at Old Trafford as I'm not from Manchester. I'm sure many other cricket fans in England would feel the same way. Also, the stadiums are not big enough compared to the IPL. 70,000 in the IPL or 13,000 (if its a sell out) at Nottingham. Hmmm