If the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is responsible for 80 per cent of the ICC’s earnings, then it deserves to get a thicker piece of the cake. England and Australia will agree to a lesser share. However, it won’t be right to get a big share as well as refuse to be relegated to the lower tier in Test cricket in case their performances dip. The same holds true for England and Australia, who were the original big bullies of world cricket.

In any case, the value of smaller nations cannot be underplayed because they are part of cricket’s development. Only 13 countries play 50-over international cricket; sixteen are part of the Twenty20 international set-up. Clearly, that number must rise for cricket to establish itself as a truly global sport.

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Will India, England and Australia eat into funds that need to be enhanced in order to globalise the game further? There’s a fat chance of that happening.

Jagmohan Dalmiya, who played a big role in putting the ICC on a firm financial wicket when he was the body’s chairman, didn’t just make ICC rich. He also ensured developing nations go for the extra run as it were by funding them through the profits of the Champions Trophy, a tournament which he should be credited for.

Is there a Dalmiya-like individual amongst the cricketing Czars? We hope so.