[Raynman]

I heard Modi is planning to bring the IPL show to the US in some capacity in the not so distant future.

A few things that indicate that T20 is on its way to cause some major havoc in the current international schedules:

1. The success of US, AFG and UAE in the recent qualifiers. This will bring populartiy with the future of associates focusing probably on this format alone which will mean that Test and ODI will have reached their pinnacle as far as marketability, profitablity and fanbase is concerned.

2. IPL to expand by 2 or 3 more teams within the next couple of years. Thats another 3/4 weeks of countries less likely to schedule international tours

3. IPL to conduct 2 tournaments per year (another 6/7 weeks)

4. Scheduling of Champions League with no respect for other domestic leagues (primarily that of ENG)

Bottom line is the more ICC ignores T20, the more it will consume up the calendar because of the money involved. The trick is not to control it but to acknowledge it and blend it in with the other two formats (something the powers that be are determined not to do at the moment).

I hope PCL reaches out to the PAK players and other former ICL players to boost the quality of the league so that our players get some solid experience heading into the WC in May.