A new city-based Twenty20 tournament for English cricket intended to rival the Indian Premier League (IPL) and Australia's Big Bash moved a step closer on Monday following a key presentation by the sport's governing body. "This is about growth and creating something dramatically different for English cricket." Potential new teams ventured in the British media include North London, South London, West, Red Rose, White Rose, Birmingham, Trent Bridge and South. "We'd like to find room to breath but it's difficult and ultimately we're a market that's hugely reliant on international cricket. "In ten years' time cricket in this country could be very different," he wrote on the Daily Telegraph website (www.telegraph.co.uk).

Source: dna March 27, 2017 19:18 UTC