New Zealand CRICKET (NZC) believes there is no immediate concern about any of the Black Caps' players joining the lucrative T20 league, backed by Essel Group. "I don't think our players are under threat at the moment," NZC Board member and representative at the International CRICKET Council (ICC) Greg Barclay told Sunday Star Times.
No venues in New Zealand had been consulted about plans to hold any matches and no players had been approached as far as he was aware. Barclay said NZC had blocked attempts for the registration of the name Aotearoa Cricket Ltd and revealed that NZC became aware of potential New Zealand involvement in December when it had to block attempts to register company names New Zealand Cricket Ltd and Cricket Ltd.
On March 11, a representative of the Essel Group had registered a company called ECML Cricket Limited. Similarly, companies had been registered in Australia, England, Scotland and Canada. Surveillance continues in New Zealand, Barclay said. "There is nothing more we can do at the moment. It is business as usual," Barclay said.
He said reports were currently speculative and he hasn't been intimated of any player being approached. "It is quite possible that anyone organised could pick it up and run with it, and if they do it and don't do it right, it would be particularly damaging to cricket," he said.
The Sunday Star Times reported that New Zealand CRICKETERS are under a master collective agreement that runs through until 2018 but players' individual contracts are renewed annually. Barclay said despite the fact players could be targeted on an annual basis, NZC was not concerned players would be poached.
Leanne McGoldrick, agent for high-profile players like Ross Taylor and Corey Anderson told the newspaper that she had not been approached by the league about her players and knew nothing more than what had been reported in the media.
Reports surfaced last week that a new lucrative T20 league, backed by Essel Group, had offered deals worth $ (A) 50 million to Australian CRICKETERS Michael Clarke and David Warner, though several officials, including Cricket Australia Chairman Wally Edwards, have denied any such possibility.
An ICC committee, including Chairman N Srinivasan, ECB's Giles Clarke and CA chairman Edwards, will investigate the development.
No venues in New Zealand had been consulted about plans to hold any matches and no players had been approached as far as he was aware. Barclay said NZC had blocked attempts for the registration of the name Aotearoa Cricket Ltd and revealed that NZC became aware of potential New Zealand involvement in December when it had to block attempts to register company names New Zealand Cricket Ltd and Cricket Ltd.
On March 11, a representative of the Essel Group had registered a company called ECML Cricket Limited. Similarly, companies had been registered in Australia, England, Scotland and Canada. Surveillance continues in New Zealand, Barclay said. "There is nothing more we can do at the moment. It is business as usual," Barclay said.
He said reports were currently speculative and he hasn't been intimated of any player being approached. "It is quite possible that anyone organised could pick it up and run with it, and if they do it and don't do it right, it would be particularly damaging to cricket," he said.The Sunday Star Times reported that New Zealand CRICKETERS are under a master collective agreement that runs through until 2018 but players' individual contracts are renewed annually. Barclay said despite the fact players could be targeted on an annual basis, NZC was not concerned players would be poached.
Leanne McGoldrick, agent for high-profile players like Ross Taylor and Corey Anderson told the newspaper that she had not been approached by the league about her players and knew nothing more than what had been reported in the media.
Reports surfaced last week that a new lucrative T20 league, backed by Essel Group, had offered deals worth $ (A) 50 million to Australian CRICKETERS Michael Clarke and David Warner, though several officials, including Cricket Australia Chairman Wally Edwards, have denied any such possibility.
An ICC committee, including Chairman N Srinivasan, ECB's Giles Clarke and CA chairman Edwards, will investigate the development.
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