Had India Won Test Series in India, Perhaps Test Championship Would have Been On
Count on Michael Vaughan to continue to speak out although the idea that the Test championship was shelved in light of India's poor results seems to be stretching it a bit too far.
Former England captain, Michael Vaughan has already tasted plenty of backlash after his Twitter comment that perhaps Vaseline on the bat had something to do with V.V.S. Laxman beating the Hot Spot technology during India's tour of England for the Test series. The protests not only came from the Indian cricket contingent but also, from Hot Spot and Vaseline.
Now while he is taking on the ICC for its decision to defer the Test championship, he has also not ruled out the possibility that had the Test results in England been favourable in India's favour, the shape of Test championship could have been much different. The implications are rather obvious given that India has become the new Mecca of cricket and the money that flows into the game has been phenomenal, particularly when one looks at the model of the IPL. While the ICC has made no bones about the fact that the broadcast concerns of making the same kind of financial rate of interest that would successfully replace the ICC Champions Trophy could not be arrived at feasibly to push forth the agenda of a Test championship, the sponsorship revenue would also depend on those nations that can actually help generate that revenue.
India's financial clout when it comes to cricket is too loud to be ignored, which is perhaps Vaughan is of the opinion that a better case could have been made for the Test championship had India managed to sustained their Test success of the past three years to actually make a case for creating a legitimate championship that will make Test cricket and bilateral series more sensible in pointing in the direction of a championship culminating every four years. That now appears a distant dream as far as the original planned date of 2013 is concerned.
Former England captain, Michael Vaughan has already tasted plenty of backlash after his Twitter comment that perhaps Vaseline on the bat had something to do with V.V.S. Laxman beating the Hot Spot technology during India's tour of England for the Test series. The protests not only came from the Indian cricket contingent but also, from Hot Spot and Vaseline.
Now while he is taking on the ICC for its decision to defer the Test championship, he has also not ruled out the possibility that had the Test results in England been favourable in India's favour, the shape of Test championship could have been much different. The implications are rather obvious given that India has become the new Mecca of cricket and the money that flows into the game has been phenomenal, particularly when one looks at the model of the IPL. While the ICC has made no bones about the fact that the broadcast concerns of making the same kind of financial rate of interest that would successfully replace the ICC Champions Trophy could not be arrived at feasibly to push forth the agenda of a Test championship, the sponsorship revenue would also depend on those nations that can actually help generate that revenue.
India's financial clout when it comes to cricket is too loud to be ignored, which is perhaps Vaughan is of the opinion that a better case could have been made for the Test championship had India managed to sustained their Test success of the past three years to actually make a case for creating a legitimate championship that will make Test cricket and bilateral series more sensible in pointing in the direction of a championship culminating every four years. That now appears a distant dream as far as the original planned date of 2013 is concerned.
