West Indies have come to a country with one of the highest COVID-19 death rates in the world, and helped save English cricket £280 million this summer.

Time for England to show their thanks for supporting West Indies's pleas for away teams to get 20% of broadcasting rights
ECB earn £220m a year from broadcasting rights, Cricket West Indies earn £12m.

West Indies's players are getting a 50% pay cut when they get home.

Just organising an extra tour doesn't help the deeper issues. Needs fundamental reform to safeguard the game in smaller markets.
What will the future of international cricket look like without any steps taken?

- Fewer Tests for most countries
- Club cricket becoming more important
- The gap between the richest countries and everyone else becoming even bigger https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2020/05/23/special-report-coronavirus-will-change-cricket-know-forever/
Special report: How coronavirus will change cricket as we know it forever

Shorter tests, the rise of club cricket and international teams touring two different countries at the same time could become commonplace

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2020/05/23/special-report-coronavirus-will-change-cricket-know-forever/
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