John Blundell's cricket blueprint revisited

More than 35 years ago, in the infancy of globalisation and professionalisation sport, John Blundell1 published a blueprint for cricket England Wales this journal. His proposals, aimed at giving market forces greater role, related to player eligibility regulations, admission new teams, changing formats creation special games tours. Most these proposals were subsequently adopted by sport's administrators. The consequent benefits derived its fans players have, however, been mixed, effects are confounded number changes made complex dynamic nature competitive environment.