Given Pakistan's current state of affairs, it really does not have the financial clout of the likes of India/Australia/England.
Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, WI and NZ also dont have the financial backbone of the Big 3.
Question really is whether in pure terms of earning power, does the game need the likes of Pakistan, New Zealand or WI? What value do these countries have other than providing worthy opponents to the people with the money and the power to run Intl Cricket?
Obviously quite a few have a negative view of Mohammad Amir, but the fact is he will be back in the next 15-20 months. What do you think Amir should do to repair his public image, if you think it's still repairable.
Is cricket the second most popular sport in the world? Or are Rugby, Golf, Tennis above it.
Be it a Test series, ODI series or T20 series - Which bilateral series do you look forward to most?
Is the recent appointment of Muttiah Muralitharan as a spin bowling consultant a sign of a philosophy shift for Cricket Australia?
Naveed Arif and Ashraful found guilty and punished, Kaneria thrown out of the game - all signs to me that something right is being done!
Many of us will look at this as "too little, too late" but the fact is that this is progress.
Can the ICC and it's members actually wipe out this menace?
I have been thinking about this question for a while with regard to batsmen who are very defensive in their approach to the Test match. It was more prevalent in the 90's, and early 2000s that a lot of defensive players were looked down upon.
In a Test match scenario, does it hurt your team if you play defensively and score 20 off say 100 balls?