Australia's Kevin Roberts vows to develop cricket beyond India amidst Super Series talks

Since end of 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup, reports of a disagreement between ICC and 'Big Three' (Board of Control for Cricket in India, Cricket Australia and England and Wales Cricket Board) have been emerging. ICC, under leadership of Manu Sawhney, has insisted that an ICC tournament must be played every year so that all major cricket boards have an opportunity to be financially stable. 'Big Three' have opposed this move and cited reasons such as player fatigue to back ir resistance to idea. Cricket Australia CEO Kevin Roberts recently talked about ir intentions to grow game throughout globe and reflected on same.

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Sourav Ganguly is an invative leader: Kevin Roberts 

Talking to a leading cricket portal, Roberts explicitly ackwledged Sourav Ganguly's ideas and initiatives as new BCCI President. former Indian captain has been at helm of world's richest cricket board for only two months. However, during this period, he has taken a lot of strides to grow game in India. India hosted its first-ever Day-Night Test match against Bangladesh in vember and Ganguly has w pitched idea for a 'Super Series' between 'Big Three' - India, Australia, and England. Roberts considers Ganguly's ideas as invative but also ackwledged that or member boards may need assistance. Roberts added that CA has been in talks with India, Bangladesh, New Zealand and Pakistan to discuss ir cricket calendars for future. level of talks are expected to advance furr when Australia tour India for a 3-match ODI series in January 2020.

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Kevin Roberts talks on global responsibility

Kevin Roberts also spoke about Cricket Australia's responsibility to be a great partner to both International Cricket Council (ICC) and its member nations. Roberts insisted that any decision that CA makes will be in best interests of cricket and its global growth as he believes that game has to grow beyond India and Indian subcontinent. Roberts also ackwledged massive devout following that cricket has in countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

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Kevin Roberts likely to give more Boxing Day Tests to New Zealand

first day of Australia-New Zealand Boxing Day Test saw a crowd of 80,000 at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). Roberts added that such crowds meant that re would definitely be more Boxing Day Tests at MCG. He insisted that New Zealand will t have to wait ar 32 years to play a Boxing Day Test at MCG and ongoing talks with NZC are almost set to guarantee more Boxing Day Tests in near future between two nations.

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