Cricket shouldn’t float on barrels of oil at a time of climate crisis

In the recent issue of Wisden, the 160th, there is a plea for giving Test cricket the ‘kiss of life’. The Indian franchises have been allowed to take over the house… private money calls the shots.” Man-made perils Internal threats leading to an implosion is one thing, and worrying enough, but the game faces two external perils, both man-made, and not coincidentally, connected. At Lord’s last week, Peter Frankopan, professor of global history at Oxford and author, recently, of The Earth Transformed, spoke at the Wisden dinner of the climate challenges facing cricket. “In the Caribbean, research suggests that hurricanes could be up to five times more likely if climate targets are missed; in Pakistan, almost 10 million people were displaced by the terrible floods of 2022.” And as world temperatures rise, he gave us a reminder that “Heat exposure isn’t just dangerous physically, it affects your cognitive function.” Take a look at the sponsors It is time cricket took a hard look at its sponsors. This means Indian players, so far unavailable for T20 franchise tournaments around the world might be given no-objection certificates to participate in Saudi Arabia in a tournament that will take another chunk of dates away from the international calendar.