As per a report in the Indian Express, the BCCI is likely to incur heavy losses post a report by the World Cricketers’ Association (WCA) titled ‘History, Embracing Change. A Unified Coherent Global Future’ to fix the “broken global structure” of cricket.
The WCA has made the report after a six-month review and has come up with a few key recommendations for reserved window international cricket along with a plan chalked out to sustain the T20 leagues all across the globe as well so that they can also get the benefit as well.
One of the major decisions taken was the introduction of four 21-day windows for in Core International Cricket (CIC), where teams play each other in its division in one series over a two-year cycle. The changes are likely to be applied from 2028-2029 onwards.
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BCCI's Share To Be Reduced From 38.5 To 10 Percent
The report has further decided to decrease BCCI's revenue share from 38.5 to 10%. The report found that 70% of the revenues are generated in just three months of the year and almost 83 percent of the revenue is generated by teams like India, Australia, and England. The rest of the teams cumulatively generate a revenue of just 4 percent. To improve this, the WCA wants an optimal calendar to be in place, which could result in an additional $246 million in revenue annually. The WCA also wants to build a centralized Global Growth and Development Fund from a percentage of ICC's revenue.
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Meanwhile, the meeting was attended by some of the top international cricketers around the world. Pat Cummins, Jos Buttler, Jason Holder, Corey Anderson, Tim Southee, Aiden Markram, Matthew Cross, Alyssa Healy, Heather Knight, Jahanara Alam, Laura Woolvaardt, Sophie Devine, Hayley Mathews, Laura Delany, Craig Ervine, Rashid Khan, Gerhard Erasmus, Priyanaz Chatterji, and Meg Lanning were all part of the survey.
WCA CEO Tom Moffat spoke about the rapid change in global cricket all over the world but highlighted how the revenue generated is not being managed properly and distributed equally for the game to develop.
“Cricket is changing fast, but its transition is currently largely unmanaged at global level. There is an urgent need for cricket to reset and modernise its global scheduling, regulations and leadership to keep up with the pace of change and ensure a more balanced future. Every cricket country is part of a global ecosystem, reliant on other countries and their players for their own success" Moffat said.
The likes of Pat Cummins and Rashid Khan also shared their opinion on the same. Both spoke about how the game can be taken forward without disturbing the history associated with it.
“We need to step into our future as a sport, but there are some important parts of our history, and in particular international cricket, that we want to see protected and thriving into the future," Pat Cummins said.
“Cricket has given me so much and I want to see it be strong and sustainable in more than just a handful of countries. We’re urging the game’s leadership to act on the information and suggestions contained in this report.” – Rashid Khan, Afghanistan captain said.
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