Boost for Italian cricket with new franchise league

In last week’s column, I commented on the seemingly fragmented nature of cricket in Europe outside of the UK and Ireland. This may have been a disservice to the International Cricket Council Europe, which is the region’s administrative and governing body, consisting of 34 member associations. It was established in 2008 to succeed the independent European Cricket Council and to coordinate cricket development across its member nations under the ICC’s global governance model. This made it the fifth