Tim May says that the Aussie cricketers will strike if the ICC keeps organizing meaningless ODIs with no heed to player workload and I completely back the idea.
Always a supporter of any means to reduce quantity in a bid to improve quality.
This is precisely what Tim May says in terms that are in no way uncertain and every word carries a lot of weight and truth.
"We're frustrated, we're concerned, we're disappointed the ICC and the member countries aren't abiding by principles that are supposed to be abided by in the scheduling of tours," May, president of the Federation of International Cricketers Association (FICA), told The Sun-Herald from Austin, Texas.Shahid Afridi "retiring" from Test cricket at the age of 26, Marcus Trescothick's mysterious "virus", the abrupt ending to the career of Chris Cairns, all these are early symptomns of a disease that is threatening to shake the very foundations of the game.
"It's very, very high risk. It devalues the game because your players aren't at their best. The guys don't have time to prepare professionally for games.
"The stakeholders, the spectators, miss out. You get rotation policies but even that devalues the games and the teams and the spectacle.
"Guys start going through the motions. Their bodies are extremely fatigued. They just can't keep doing it. I don't know what the next step is. Some players might take it into their own hands."
Indeed, the ones who seem to be still enjoying their game in their old age are the players who have quit playing ODI cricket like Lara, Warne or those who have been forcibly left out like Kumble and Laxman.
Get your act together Mr. Money, or strike it will be.
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