General Cricket Discussion

icyman said:
Yeah, ZEE getting the rights vindicates their owner Subash Chandra. They will finally be able to show live cricket( Although they held the BCCI rights briefly- for matches in Malaysia, foreign countries). Just wonder how much they are paying to Disney, who have already paid through the roof for these rights. I wouldnt be surprised if Disney picks up the rights for the Rest of the World and sub-licenses them as well.

Btw, just going to correct you on the highlighted area. The battle began in 2004 when ZEE won the rights for India home series, not the ICC ones. The, then BCCI helmed by Jagmohan Dalmiya hadn't expected ZEE to win and wanted the combine of ESPN-Star to do so. The rights process was eventually scrapped and was re-issued with a disclaimer stating that the bidding company needs to have a sports channel. This lead to Nimbus/ Neo Sports getting the rights.

The rebel ICL came up after ZEE won the BCCI rights for matches to be played outside India. The BCCI had an ambitious plan of taking India matches to places like Kuala Lumpur, Singapore ,Toronto ,Morocco, etc. Zee screwed this up by introducing the ICL- which led to a ban on them bidding for any BCCI property until mid of last year.
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It actually began when Zee lost the ICC rights despite having the highest bid, the later was just a trigger point of Chandra getting back at the BCCI.

The pain of denial had been with Chandra since 2000 when the ICC World Cup rights were sold to NewsCorp's Global Cricket Corporation (GCC) for $550 million despite Zee bidding the highest at $650 million citing Zee's insufficient sports marketing experience.
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I always thought Chandra was more miffed at the BCCI. For the ICC rights in 2000 though, felt that ZEE lacked the expertise in cricket broadcast. But then again, they would've every reason to be dissatisfied on account of Sony (then SET MAX) broadcasting matches

Btw, will ZEE show the matches on their sports channel? Or is Sony purchasing ZEE? not too sure of the arrangements now.
 
I know it would be a miracle, but it would be awesome if Disney got the global digital rights and put the matches on Disney+ in Europe too, just like with Disney+Hotstar in India
 
liveinasociety said:
www.espncricinfo.com

Lamichhane suspended by Nepal board after arrest warrant against him

Nepal captain to leave CPL with immediate effect after being released by Jamaica Tallawahs
www.espncricinfo.com www.espncricinfo.com

Really hope those allegations aren't true. But if they are, he should be punished appropriately.
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Interesting conversation starter,

Should cricket boards/franchises follow the 'innocent until proven guilty' ideology or just outright ban/suspend someone based on an allegation/accusal

Other such instances that occur to me are the Stokes brawl at pub. Shami's dispute with his wife. The Stokes situation was caught by CCTV so it was evidence. However, with Shami, it was just an accusation by his ex-wife, and BCCI banned him based on the accusation itself, stating that if he is proven innocent, other then will BCCI allow him to play again.
 
CerealKiller said:
Kane is the only one still in the same role…
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Disrespectful to Aaron Finch.

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