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theT20cricket.com for cricket associations

You may alreadyhave the cricket.We help build theaudience andbusiness around it.

Organising cricket is one task. Building a successful cricket property is another.

A cricket association can have the grounds, players, production, fixtures and administrative capability to stage a tournament, and still struggle to create a league that people want to watch repeatedly. That is the central challenge.

The challenges many cricket associations face

A season can finish without creating amore valuable asset.

  • A lone fan on a sofa watching a match stream to an empty stadium.
    SYMPTOM 01

    Limited digital viewership

    Matches may be professionally produced and streamed, yet fail to develop a regular viewing audience. Without a reason to return, viewers remain occasional rather than committed.

  • Rows of empty seats in a floodlit stadium.
    SYMPTOM 02

    Empty or underused stadiums

    Low attendance weakens atmosphere, diminishes the live experience and creates a less compelling picture for broadcasters and sponsors.

  • A dressing room of matching jerseys on their pegs, with nobody wearing them.
    SYMPTOM 03

    Weak fan following

    New or lesser known teams and players begin without an established fan base. Without emotional connection, a fixture rarely becomes a rivalry or a team a lasting franchise.

  • A broadcast camera trained on an empty ground.
    SYMPTOM 04

    Difficult broadcast economics

    Broadcast rights become valuable when there is a demonstrable audience. Without consistent viewership, leagues struggle to secure attractive media and digital distribution terms.

  • Sponsor branding on the boards of an empty stand.
    SYMPTOM 05

    Limited sponsor appetite

    Sponsors follow attention: reach, engagement, measurable audiences and ways to interact with consumers. A league without an engaged fan base has fewer commercial assets to offer.

  • Coins pouring into a funnel beside a megaphone, a small bar chart barely rising.
    SYMPTOM 06

    High operating costs

    Players, venues, production, logistics, administration and marketing all require investment before the audience economics are established. Early seasons are particularly challenging.

  • A trophy on its plinth, circled by an arrow that returns to where it started.
    SYMPTOM 07

    Stagnant team and league value

    Without growing fan communities, media reach and commercial revenues, team and league valuations struggle to build momentum.

  • A calendar turning over to the second season in front of the stands.
    SYMPTOM 08

    Continuity risk

    Launching Season One is difficult. Making Season Two larger, better watched and commercially stronger is the real test. Momentum must carry from one season into the next.

  • Fans crowded behind a locked gate while a betting stall trades in the shadows.
    SYMPTOM 09

    Integrity and transparency

    Opaque processes damage trust among fans, owners, investors, sponsors and governing bodies. Structured governance and auditable processes should be built in from the beginning.

The cricket was never the problem.The missing piece is the audience and the economy around it.

If you recognised three or more of these, keep scrolling.

Our starting question

The traditional sequence builds the fan last

  1. TEAMS
  2. PLAYERS
  3. FIXTURES
  4. BROADCASTER
  5. SPONSORS
  6. Find the fans

The one person the entire economy depends on comes last.

theT20cricket.com starts somewhere else.

Why will a fan care about this league?

  • Fans in cities around the world, linked to a trophy at the centre of a glowing globe.

    Why will someone in another city, another country, another time zone choose this competition?

  • A hand choosing one team badge from a row of them, a lit stadium behind.

    Why will they select a team?

  • A fan on a sofa facing a clock whose face opens onto a floodlit match.

    Why will they watch again tomorrow?

  • Fans sitting in a row in a darkened ground, joined by arcs of light.

    Why will they remain connected after the final match?

Answer those questions well and the commercial conversation begins to change.

An end to end solution for cricket associations

From idea to first ball. From first season to the next.

Twelve stages, one partner, covering fan participation, league design, technology, broadcasting, sponsorship, commercial structuring and execution.

PHASE I

Get it right on paper

  1. STEP 01

    Fit assessment

    Assess the location, cricket infrastructure, venues, calendar windows, operating environment and relevant regulatory position.

    Is there a viable foundation on which to build?

  2. STEP 02

    League concept

    Define the competition format, positioning, target audience and commercial objective: franchise T20, Masters and Legends, women's competition, international club style format, overseas editions or transformation of an existing league.

  3. STEP 03

    Structuring

    Develop the appropriate commercial, ownership, jurisdictional, licensing and custody framework where required. Build the right structure before significant capital and operating commitments are made.

PHASE II

Build the engine

  1. STEP 04

    Build the fan economy

    Design how fans will join the league, choose teams, participate, stay engaged, interact during matches, receive eligible benefits, return for the next match and remain connected across seasons.

    The fan should be built into the league model, not added after the fixtures are announced.

  2. STEP 05

    Technology

    Configure the relevant theT20cricket.com technology infrastructure, supported where applicable by Lydiaan Protocol, for eligible fan participation, digital engagement, governance, records, rewards and other digital structures.

  3. STEP 06

    League & team architecture

    Define the number and identity of teams, franchise structure, ownership architecture, player pool, draft or auction system, competition rules, fan participation framework and commercial rights. The teams themselves become valuable building blocks of the league.

The fan should be built into the league model, not added after the fixtures are announced.

PHASE III

Build the business

  1. STEP 07

    Build a strong broadcast proposition

    Do not begin the media conversation with cricket alone. Begin it with cricket plus an emerging audience, built around the league and its teams ahead of and during the season.

    Not simply find a broadcaster. Build a league a broadcaster wants to carry.

  2. STEP 08

    Sponsorship strategy

    Create both traditional and new fan powered commercial inventory: league, team and match sponsorship, digital fan participation, fan powered moments, rewards, voting, content, hospitality, merchandise, fan zones and data led activations.

    Give sponsors more than visibility. Give them participation.

  3. STEP 09

    Build demand before the first ball

    Where appropriate, eligible league memberships, team memberships, fan programmes and tickets can begin building communities before the tournament starts, so the opening match arrives with an identifiable audience already forming.

    Don't wait for Match One to start looking for fans.

Not simply find a broadcaster. Build a league a broadcaster wants to carry.

PHASE IV

Deliver, compound, realise

  1. STEP 10

    Launch & operations

    Move from planning to execution, across technology, commercial preparation, league management and on ground coordination.

  2. STEP 11

    Compound

    Use accumulated fan data, commercial history, media reach, sponsorship performance and franchise development to make each season stronger. Then explore additional editions, overseas seasons, international competitions, new teams, women's properties, Masters formats and new commercial structures.

    Not repeat the league. Compound its value.

  3. STEP 12

    Liquidity & value realisation

    Where legally permitted, theT20cricket.com and Lydiaan Protocol can support eligible league and team owners in exploring ownership transfers, fractional participation and other structured value realisation opportunities, to bring in new investors, partially realise value, fund expansion, restructure ownership or create liquidity around eligible interests.

Not repeat the league. Compound its value.

From first conversation to first season

Five phases.

  1. Map venues, infrastructure, calendar windows, local operating environment and regulatory position.

    Output: Go / No-Go
  2. Establish the commercial structure, jurisdictional framework, licensing pathway, custody arrangements and partnership terms.

  3. Configure technology, league format, team structure, squad model, fan model, broadcast and sponsorship strategy, and pre launch fan acquisition.

  4. Launch the first competition in the selected format. Where appropriate, design the women's property alongside it from the beginning.

  5. Take what worked in Season One and make Season Two stronger: more competitions, overseas hosting, more teams, new sponsors, broadcast reach, investment structures, ownership liquidity, international editions.

The first season starts the league. The seasons that follow build the asset.

Transform the destination into "The Cricket Land"

What may be missing is the business architecture that connects them.

STADIUMS. TRAINING GROUNDS. HOTELS. BROADCAST FACILITIES. A CRICKET BOARD. A CALENDAR WINDOW.

Working with theT20cricket.com, an association can explore transforming its existing sporting infrastructure into a broader T20 cricket destination economy. "The Cricket Land" is used here as a working concept for this model rather than necessarily as a separate consumer facing brand.

A darkened stadium joined by a green trail of light to a floodlit ground, a plane overhead.

Stadiums, practice grounds, hotels, broadcast facilities, local logistics and operational support as a complete host solution for leagues requiring an overseas or neutral season.

The partnership model

Each side brings what only it can

What the association brings

What theT20cricket.com unlocks

A country does not need to be a cricket powerhouse to build a powerful cricket property.

It needs the right infrastructure. The right partners. The right league. And, above all:

A reason for fans to care.

theT20cricket.com helps build that reason.