The Minnow Nations & Problems Faced By Them

[Hrithik]

Unavailability of full time contracts for the cricketers of Associate or Affiliate nations is one of the major problems facing World Cricket.

The players cannot concentrate solely on playing cricket, as they cannot depend on the little salaries and match fees given by the cricket board. As a result they have to do other jobs to run their family. This accounts for their poor performance when facing the test playing nations.

How to solve this problem?

And what are the other problems faced by the minnows and their development and what are the ways to solve them?

[Akib]

The only way to solve this is more money, probably from sponsorships. This way boards can provide central contracts to the best players so they can focus on careers. Playing in oversea competetions is another option but that requires the player to be good enough to be considered, and for that player to be willing to be away from family.

[Habib]

Thoughtful thread & all. But This thread doesn't belong to BD cricket section. Mods please move this thread to international cricket section.

[Hrithik]

We can get sponsorships only if new tourneys invlvng associates are organised and marketed aggressively.