Dramatis
Peronae
Animal Farm The ICC
Napoleon N
Srinavasan as BCCI personified
Snowball The
international cricket
Squealer Alan
Isaac
Pigs The
modern day cricket administrators
Farmer
Jones The
MCC
Old Major A H
Kardar
Benjamin The
writer of this piece
Boxer The
non-elite, journeymen cricketers
Molly New
Zealand Cricket
The Cat Edwards
Moses the
Raven Clarke
Clover The
glorious cricket watching masses
The Sheep The unquestioning
followers
The motto/slogan
of the sheep a couple of decades ago: More boards good, two vetoes bad.
The Slogan
now: More boards good, big brothers
better.
How the
commandments have changed over time:
“No board
shall kill the international cricket.” Became “No board shall kill the
international cricket without cause.”
“No board
shall monopolize.” Became “No board shall monopolize to excess”
“No board shall get in bed secretly with another.” Became “No board
shall get in bed secretly with another without money”
Finally all commandments were replaced by one: All boards are equal, but some boards are more equal than others.
“The creatures outside looked
from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it
was impossible to say which was which.”.
Animal Farm
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