Johnny Grave, following criticism from the cricket boards of India, Australia, and England, said, “The revenue-share model is completely broken”.
“The revenue-share model is completely flawed,” the speaker said. It was reported by ESPNcricinfo that Graves was cited as stating, “If we operate as a cricketing community, we are only as strong as the weakest team, and we have to change the mindset of bilateral cricket.”
In 2018, Cricket West Indies posed a question in the Twenty20 International leagues, stating that there should be a limit placed on the amount of players from other countries that participate in the Twenty20 International leagues, as well as a cost for home boards. Grave claims that it was officially sanctioned the previous year, but it was already too late to be implemented in the leagues.
This restriction does not apply to competitions such as the Middle East Twenty20 (ILT20) in the United Arab Emirates (which permits nine foreign players in the XI), the Major League Cricket tournament in the United States of America (six), and the Global Twenty20 in Canada (five).
“If those regulations had been in place, the ILT20 probably wouldn’t have had the effect it has had on bilateral international cricket because it wouldn’t have had as many international players, therefore wouldn’t have got the broadcast revenues and probably wouldn’t be offering the kinds of money they are offering,” according to Grave.
“And then by default, South Africa wouldn’t necessarily have to be investing so much in international talent for the SA20,” the chief executive stated. The ANI