There's a wonderful anecdote from the time the great Don Bradman was out for a duck in New York. That breach of cricketing etiquette, in an era of fusty formality, was sufficient to slightly irk Bradman as he walked from his crease. But when the bowler then proceeded to stuff his cap with US dollar bills collected from the crowd, Bradman was aghast. Just under a century later, as the United States prepares to co-host the T20 World Cup, such brazen profiteering from cricket might be perceived in a different light. The US has been a project of the International Cricket Council (ICC) for more than two and a half decades.

Source: Express June 01, 2024 20:34 UTC