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Great to see Mushtaq back but there could be more trouble ahead
It is great news for Sussex supporters
that Mushtaq Ahmed will
be leading their bid for a hattrick
of Championship titles.
Mind you, after all the prevaricating
that has gone on in the last
month over his registration,
Mark Robinson and Chris Adams
will only believe he is free to play
when he turns his arm over for
the first time at the Rose Bowl in
less than three weeks.
Mushtaq is also contracted to
Sussex for 2009 but it might be
even more difficult for him to
return in a year's time. The ECB
have already refused the registrations
of five players who, like
Mushtaq, are playing in the ICL
and ECB chairman Giles Clarke's
message this week was clear:
When you play in our country
you play by our rules.
Having positioned themselves,
like every other governing body
in world cricket, with the Indian
Premier League, the ECB are
surely going to tighten up their
regulations further in the coming
months to ensure that anyone
who has played in the ICL will
not be allowed to ply their trade
in county cricket in the future.
How much their stance hardens
will depend on the legal action
they are surely likely to face from
the five players that have been
banned, one of whom is former
Sussex bowler Johan van der
Wath.
The Indian Board of Control, who
effectively runs the IPL, are also
organising a lucrative tournament
in October for the best
domestic teams worldwide and
the two finalists in this year's
Twenty20 finals will be invited to
compete.
It's invitation-only so what is to
stop them from banning Sussex,
were they to qualify, because of
Mushtaq's involvement with the
county and the ICL? Do not rule
out that possibility because the
Indian Board seem determined to
drive the rebel
ICL to the
wall.
11:12am Thursday 27th March 2008
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