English cricket’s hunger for Indian money has led it into a moral and legal minefield | Barney Ronay

Potential exclusion of Pakistan players in the Hundred could breach UK laws on discrimination and leave ECB exposed The thing about inviting a tiger round for tea is, for all the excitement, the fur, the teeth, the muscles, they do tend to walk off with your dinner and drink all the water in the taps. The thing about saying yes to the person with the biggest stick is, in the end, you don’t get to say yes, or no, or anything at all. And that person still has a very big stick. The thing about c...

By Barney Ronay