‘It will be club-based’ – Kevin Pietersen makes stunning claim regarding cricket's future

Former England batter Kevin Pietersen made a rather startling remark on the future of the sport. The former English star opined that franchise cricket will take over in the near future as compared with international games.

Notably, following the massive success of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and the Big Bash League (BBL), various other full-member and Associate nations have begun working towards having a top-tier league of their own. Moreover, with the rise in the leagues around the world, former English star batter Pietersen made a stunning statement as he believed that the sport would be club-based in the near future.

Kevin Pietersen🦏@KP24

Cricket will be club-based in the not too distant future. save this tweet!

12:44 PM · May 27, 2023

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“Cricket will be club-based in the not too distant future. save this tweet!” tweeted Pietersen.

Jason Roy gives up ECB contract for MLC

It is worth mentioning that a few of the English cricketers are negotiating releases from their ECB contracts in order to consider lucrative deals placed by franchises in the Major League Cricket (MLC) in the United States.

Notably, Jason Roy became the first English cricketer to terminate his contract in order to play in the top-tier league. As per reports, owners of the IPL franchises are trying to lure English cricketers with multi-million-pound deals in order to let go of their ECB contracts.

This would essentially mean that the franchise owner would be their main employer instead of the cricket board or the county side that they play for. Notably, apart from the T20 cricket, the introduction of the T10 format is also rapidly catching up and could likely be considered by many of the full-member teams in the coming years.

The sport could eventually see moving towards the football way wherein the bulk of the calendar year is filled with league matches and a few months dedicated to international fixtures. It remains to be seen what transpires and if league cricket could eventually take over a bulk part of the schedule as compared with the international games.