WCA proposes plan to prevent collapse of traditional int’l formats

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KARACHI: The World Cricketers Association (WCA) has emphasized the need for international windows, better tax distribution and strong security arrangements for players to prevent the elimination of its traditional international forms.

The WCA’s “Safety Date, Accepting Change” report suggests structural changes necessary to identify international cricket as an existential threat.

Recommendations have come to the fore among the growing concerns that domestic T20 league uncontrollable extension and financial imbalance are making mutual cricket meaningless.

The Center’s proposal calls for four mandatory 21 days of Windows annually where all top players should be available for international duty.

This “Core International Cricket” framework will ensure that every nation will play the least meaningful matches in the formats while protecting space for franchise tournaments.

To maintain competitive balance, the system will work alongside a new divisional structure.

Financial reforms will dramatically distribute sports wealth, which will meet the part of any country of the International Cricket Council (ICC) at 10 % – this is a direct challenge for the current 38.5 % of India’s current.

A proposed global growth fund, which provides financing through Levies about domestic leagues and media rights, will make the cricketing countries a series of 130 million annually for developing countries.

For players, the project will eliminate the contract sanctions provisions and establish the least professional standards.

Too much criticizing the new Object Certificate (NOC) system, which allows the board to stop the players from the league’s hearing, will end in favor of the Guaranteed Release period associated with international Windows.

Recommendations respond to the dangerous trends identified in this report: Now 72 % of elite players are regularly facing county disputes compared to the club, while only three countries control 83 % of global cricket revenue.

About one -third of the professionals have been facing unpaid wages in formally approved events, and players expose systemic weaknesses in protecting players.

“The choice is easy.” Our suggestions protect the heritage of the game by embracing our future, said Heath Mills.

This report comes when private investment in domestic leagues reaches an extraordinary level, in which the franchise tournament is now running all year long.

This extension has created scheduling chaos, with recent examples in which South Africa’s fielding has weakened Test teams to prioritize their SA20 competition.

According to the results, financial differences have reached the level of crisis. While India’s Cricket Board earns about $ 400 million annually from bilateral cricket, the common revenue of the United Nations is less than 6 % of global revenue.

The WCA has warned that this imbalance is creating a “vicious cycle” where smaller countries cannot compete, which reduces the overall standard of international cricket.

The purpose of the proposed solutions is to make players describe as a “sustainable ecosystem” where international and franchise cricket can live together.

With full -fledged teams guaranteed high quality international matches, reforms seek to restore contexts and dignity in the bilateral series, while maintaining financial opportunities provided by domestic leagues.

Implementation will begin in early 2026, which suggested that men’s cricket be influenced in 2028 and women’s competitions in 2029 in 2029.

The timeline reflects the hurry expressed by players, which warns traditional game formats that can be commercially incredible without immediate action.