ICC's latest FTP seems to have provided solace to those gunning for international cricket's survival, considering the increased number of games and no windows for leagues. However, these plans appear to be superficial or worse, forced, and it is high time ICC recognises the sport's changing trends.

The song ‘Master of Puppets’ by Metallica has 227,568,899 streams on Spotify. On the other hand, Billie Ellish’s ‘Bad Guy’ has more than a billion streams on the same platform, five times more than that of Metallica’s masterpiece. There’s a reason for it, though.