Jason Holder: We only make money when India or England tour us

Jason Holder: We only make money when India or England tour us
Jason Holder: We only make money when India or England tour us

Jason Holder, the less dominated all-rounder from West Indies, says that the West Indies Cricket Board only makes money when the cash-rich boards, England (ECB) and India (BCCI) visit West Indies.

He says if the poor boards will not start developing financial improvements sooner, less international cricket would be played by smaller countries because of a lack of affordability.

The Caribbean player says the number of matches in recent times has reduced to two-three from four-five and if the financial disruptions continue, it could be difficult to host more than this.

Jason Holder: We only make money when India or England tour us

“If something doesn’t happen soon we’ll see less international cricket being played by smaller countries because we simply can’t afford it,” Holder said as quoted by ESPN Cricinfo. “We’ve gone from having four, five-match series, down to two and three. And it’s very difficult to host any more than that for us, particularly the Caribbean,” he added.

“We only really make money from England, and I think India,” Holder said, associating discussions with Johnny Grave, the CWI chief executive.
Mentioning the big three, Australia, India, and England, he says the three countries can host cricket, and other than that, the smaller and financially disrupted territories are struggling to be stable and get cricket on.
“We break even with Pakistan and Australia, and all the rest of the series we play are losses. But in these trying times only England, Australia, and India can probably host cricket. Outside of that, the smaller territories are struggling financially to get cricket on.”
Recently, West Indies toured England and got featured in a three-match series. After dominating over the hosts in the first test match with the utmost excellency, the side failed to impress as usual even after years in England against England in the rest of the two matches.

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