Players Are Now Setting Themselves Up For Life - You Can't Dig Them Out For That
27.03.26, 19:48 Updated 27.03.26, 19:50
Rich Edwards
This weekend, in the sweltering heat of Hyderabad, the 2026 edition of the Indian Premier League will begin in front of a global audience of billions.
Hampshire's first game of the season against Essex at the Utilita Bowl on Friday will seem positively parochial in comparison.
But one man who will have equal interest in both remains one of the key figures in the evolution of a tournament that, in many ways, no one saw coming.
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Rich Edwards is the founder and editor of The Hawk. Rich is a freelance cricket writer and lifelong Hampshire man. He has been published in a host of national publications, including The Times, The Cricketer and The Independent.