England cricketers' poll reveals lure of IPL

0 Comments | AFP, June, 2008

LONDON (AFP) — Half of England's leading players would consider quitting international cricket early to play in the lucrative Indian Premier League, according to a recent survey.

A poll by the Professional Cricketers' Association said that 50 percent of current England internationals would consider premature retirement from the highest form of the game.

The survey comes at a time where Twenty20 is spawning an extraordinary cash influx into the game with Allen Stanford prepared to offer a million dollars a man to members of the winning side in a one-off clash between England and his Caribbean All Stars in November.

His move followed the creation of the unsanctioned Indian Cricket League (ICL) and its rival Twenty20 event, the officially backed Indian Premier...