One more Clarke on Lalit Modi's desk

Updated on: 07 May,2010 07:26 AM IST |
Correspondent |

Now, there is another Clarke whom suspended Indian Premier League commissioner Lalit Modi is not impressed with.

Now, there is another Clarke whom suspended Indian Premier League commissioner Lalit Modi is not impressed with.

The first being Australia's T20 captain Michael Clarke, who attracted Modi's wrath after he pulled out of the Indian Premier League.

This time it's Giles Clarke, the England and Wales Cricket Board chairman who has accused Modi of attempting to split English cricket with a parallel IPL involving counties. As a result, the Indian cricket board yesterday slapped another notice on Modi.

According to the The Times, London, Clarke informed BCCI chief Shashank Manohar that Modi planned "to destroy world cricket's structure and especially that in England, and create a new rebel league."

"I am certain BCCI had no knowledge of this meeting nor of these proposals, but Mr Modi clearly represents that IPL and its Governing Council are offering financial inducements to English counties," Clarke said.

"The success of IPL proves that cricket is a product people want to buy and sponsors want to get involved with. Those were the key learning areas we were interested in," Stewart Regan, the Yorkshire chief executive told the newspaper.