The Analyst Inside Cricket · Simon Hughes

THE STENCH OF COLLUSION

·57 min·5 clips
Four IPL-owned Hundred franchises allegedly won't select Pakistan players, exposing a prejudicial unwritten rule.
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann interview Peter de la Pena about the T20 World Cup, focusing on associate nations and USA cricket. They delve into the controversial exclusion of Pakistan players from The Hundred due to IPL franchise ownership, highlighting governance hypocrisy, and discuss how USA's emergence could reduce cricket's financial dependence on India.

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A governance dispute that turns into a tighter story about money, control, and a more homegrown USA side.

The episode treats USA Cricket's governance mess and the Major League Cricket money behind it as one problem, not two. The ICC suspension follows USA Cricket's attempt to tear up a 50-year franchise-rights deal with Major League Cricket and American Cricket Enterprises, then…

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Cricket politics, franchise money, and the USA game's next shape.

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