The IPL has created disquiet in world cricket: Michael Holding

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More... The IPL has created disquiet in world cricket: Michael Holding Sunday, May 22, 2011 By Vijay Tagore | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA Michael Holding is not known to mince words. In a no-holds-barred interview to DNA, the former West Indian fast bowler says WICB is the root cause of problems in West Indies cricket and IPL is the root cause of problems in world cricket. Excerpts: A Test victory for West Indies after over two years. Good performance? Well, a win is a win. Though it does not mean that I am happy with the performance, but I am happy with the end result. I think it was a very poor pitch for a Test match, but West Indies played better cricket and they won. And I am happy that we won. Do you agree the win may have camouflaged the problems plaguing West Indies cricket? Yes, there have been controversies; I don’t think that will go away. It has been destroying West Indies cricket for a long time. When you are constantly losing, it intensifies. There are things that need to be sorted with West Indies cricket, the team and the squad but we just have to wait and see how things pan out. What is actually wrong with WI cricket? There is a multi-faceted answer to the question because it has to be started at the very top. If things are not right at the top of the organisation, they will not be right at the bottom. Do you blame the players or the board? Both. There is not one innocent party or guilty party. Both parties have their questions to answer, both parties have their work to do. How do you justify the presence of Chris Gayle in the IPL? You have to ask the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the coach for that one. They were the ones who forced him to go to the IPL. He was not selected for the first two games here in the Caribbean against Pakistan. He does not have a contract with the board, so he has to go and seek employment somewhere else. As simple as that. The WICB came out at the very beginning with the squad and the plan they had for Bravo and Pollard, but they had no plans for Gayle. So he had no idea where he stood. So, you don’t doubt the commitment of Gayle towards WI cricket? No, I don’t doubt the commitment of Gayle or any other cricketer towards West Indies cricket. What the problem is the amount of money that T20 cricket and IPL is paying. So, you find that the players want to play that tournament because who wouldn’t want to play a tournament that pays them a million dollars for six weeks’ work. What the cricket board has to do at such times is to manage their players so that they get the best out of them and the WICB has not done that. A WI official has called Gayle a don. Is player power not holding WI cricket to ransom? That official has apologised. He has realised that the remark was out of order. It is not player power that caused problems for the WICB. It is the board itself that is dysfunctional and weak. WICB was quite happy to release Kieron Pollard. Is there some arrangement? Even in India people are curious about how Pollard got the NOC. When the WICB came out with the squad, they declared their plans for Pollard and Dwayne Bravo. In that, it was stated that Pollard was free to go and play in the IPL because that would improve his game. That is absolute rubbish because IPL cannot improve his game as a cricketer. WICB is hiding the real reason why they are letting Pollard go and play in the IPL. The same is the case with Bravo. He had to play in the one-day series, but he was allowed to go and play in the IPL instead of the Tests. If anybody asked Bravo what he wanted to do, he would have straight away said that he wanted to play the Test series. But the West Indies officials, who are in charge, did not want him around, so they sent him to the IPL.WICB were being dishonest in that press release in which they announced the squad. So you seem to suggest IPL has created disquiet in the WI board? IPL has created a disquiet in the entire world, except in India because, as I have said before and I say again, the IPL will never clash with an Indian tour and with an Indian series. It will only clash with other people’s cricket and other people are facing the problem of either playing in the IPL or representing their country. But the people running the game keep their mouths shut and never say anything because they do not want to upset the BCCI and the people who are running the IPL. Do you mean to say the world cricket managers are scared of BCCI? I don’t know if they are scared but they are certainly not in charge of the game. ICC is not in charge of cricket. FIFA are in charge of football. They are a proper organisation. They may say that they are corrupt but they run football properly. There might be alleged corruption among the officials, but look at football around the world! It is managed properly. If FIFA wants to hold a tournament or set a rule, every country has to abide by that. ICC is always complying with India. They have no power. They are not in control. If ICC cannot enforce policy, if they do not run the game, what is their purpose? Finally, how do you rate Indian cricket? India are playing very good cricket, they are rated number one in Test. But they have to be careful in the next two years when the likes of Dravid and Laxman retire. They might fall into the kind of slump that the WI did and now, even Australia have to be careful about what they are going to do.

[Ramzz]

Holding thinks SRT is not gonna retire in the next two years :giggle: Anyways, this guy is going on like a broken record. Same ol bs about India's power.

[Sir_Afridi]

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[ganeshran]

India is the most powerful board in cricketing circles. Experts should learn to live with it, or persuade their boards to pay their cricketers enough that they dont need to play in IPL to augment their earnings.

[Sid]

What is this moron babbling about,you idiot Hiolding its just your country's players who are playing in IPL when their country is playing intl. cricket,no other player from any other country does that or has done that.Try getting WICB in order and then speak about BCCI.

[Sid]

And suddenly from a biased commentator,Holding will again become padosis's favourite commie.

[yoda]

Didn't the WICB and ECB sign with Stanford for a T20 payout series? Hasn't SLCC started a SL T20 league? You think P@kis wouldn't want to start a league if only anyone would dare come into their country? The Aussies are desperately trying to make big bash successful. Why is that the IPL is the only one which gets blamed? Just because it pays a lot of money and thereby attracts a lot of talent?

[Karan114]

Holding thinks SRT is not gonna retire in the next two years :giggle: Anyways, this guy is going on like a broken record. Same ol bs about India's power.

:dito: He can whinge all he like, makes zero difference to Indian cricket. All he will get is Sir_Afretard and his 180 million compatriots posting Youtube videos and orgasming to his comments on their forums (though the same Holding becomes the devil incarnate the moment he calls out that chucker Ajmal). In practical terms, he is irrelevant. I'm no fan of the IPL but I'm happy to see the Indian players make good money from the sport, and why the hell would the BCCI organize a Test/ODI series to clash with their own tournament. Ultimately, India have gone from being a weak team to the best in the world while the West Indies have gone from being the best to a pathetic minnow - Holding might not "have a single good word to say about the BCCI" (like we give a **** about your book!) but its the West Indian board which is the laughing stock of the game.

[Sir_Afridi]

Why is that the IPL is the only one which gets blamed? Just because it pays a lot of money and thereby attracts a lot of talent?

Because IPL clashes with other team international series and BCCI bully weaker boards to send their players to IPL. As Holding said, IPL never clashes with India international series. India would be crying like Holding if Sachin & Zaheer had to miss test series in England to play PPL.

[jaggadaku]

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[putrevus]

Holding is also one of people who still has not gotten over his slave mentality, he is okay with power being with a white man ala England and Australia.Playing in country cricket in England and also world series in Australia. But suddenly India takes over the world of cricket it is all evil.Chris Gayle and bunch of others played in KFC t-20 or what ever the hell they call it in Australia , we never hear these grumblings but when it comes to IPL ever one has a say WTF is wrong with these people.

[Sachin=GOD]

Because IPL clashes with other team international series and BCCI bully weaker boards to send their players to IPL. As Holding said' date=' IPL never clashes with India international series. India would be crying like Holding if Sachin & Zaheer had to miss test series in England to play [b']PPL.

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[yoda]

Because IPL clashes with other team international series and BCCI bully weaker boards to send their players to IPL. As Holding said' date=' IPL never clashes with India international series. India would be crying like Holding if Sachin & Zaheer had to miss test series in England to play PPL.[/quote'] Do you have evidence that the BCCI bullies boards to send players? Don't quote the SL case cause they are the ones who bullied the IPL in trying to pull their players out ahead of original agreement. Doesn't big bash clash with other series? Isn't the SL T20 series going to clash with "some" test series?

[putrevus]

Because IPL clashes with other team international series and BCCI bully weaker boards to send their players to IPL. As Holding said' date=' IPL never clashes with India international series. India would be crying like Holding if Sachin & Zaheer had to miss test series in England to play PPL.[/quote'] Dude you need to have some common sense, how will IPL clash with Indian series, it is organized by BCCI so it will never clash with Indian series. Has India stopped any one from playing for their country, this crap spewed by Idiots like Holding and guys like you need to stop.Why is India being blamed for ineptness of WICB and other boards. Aussies played against Bangladesh with their full strength team played nobody complained either from BCCI or CA. Chris Gayle was not even in team for both tests and odis so why is every one blaming BCCI for his playing in IPL.

[Ramzz]

Can't believe that Holding thinks that IPL will ever clash with an Indian series...that is just stupid.

[Sachin=GOD]

Dude you need to have some common sense' date= how will IPL clash with Indian series, it is organized by BCCI so it will never clash with Indian series. Has India stopped any one from playing for their country, this crap spewed by Idiots like Holding and guys like you need to stop.Why is India being blamed for ineptness of WICB and other boards. Aussies played against Bangladesh with their full strength team played nobody complained either from BCCI or CA. Chris Gayle was not even in team for both tests and odis so why is every one blaming BCCI for his playing in IPL.

Dude you're talking to Sir_Afridi so you should not expect much common sense.

[Sid]

Because IPL clashes with other team international series and BCCI bully weaker boards to send their players to IPL. As Holding said' date= IPL never clashes with India international series. India would be crying like Holding if Sachin & Zaheer had to miss test series in England to play PPL.

Sir_Retard can you give me list of any such players except 3 windies players,who in the 1st place werent selected for WI team.

[Cricket Tragic]

Simple solution. Just ban all the leagues around the world along with Tontee Tontee as a format. It's a joke anyway. Btw, what happened to the PPL? I heard that Sheiks from the UAE were lining up outside the PCB office ready with their cheque books. :hmmm:

[saket123]

Because IPL clashes with other team international series and BCCI bully weaker boards to send their players to IPL. As Holding said' date=' IPL never clashes with India international series. India would be crying like Holding if Sachin & Zaheer had to miss test series in England to play PPL.[/quote'] What a load of horse ****! Last time I checked IPL was still voluntary and no body put a gun to anybody's head. If players did not want to play in IPL.. guess what! they don't have to. And what is this non sense about BCCI bulling weaker boards to send players to IPL? Do you even know how the IPL selection works? urgh!

[Laaloo]

Because IPL clashes with other team international series and BCCI bully weaker boards to send their players to IPL. As Holding said' date=' IPL never clashes with India international series. India would be crying like Holding if Sachin & Zaheer had to miss test series in England to play PPL.[/quote'] IPL already clashed with the International series. 4 tests against the windies was cut down to 3 and there's not enough days of rest on the English tour either so stop being a retard