IPL warning

Cricket boss Justin Vaughan has been warned to tread carefully in his dealings with the Indian Premier League.
Vaughan is set to meet with star Caps Daniel Vettori, Jacob Oram and Brendon McCullum who have signed lucrative IPL contracts this week to discuss when they will arrive in England for the side's three-test series later this year.
The England tour clashes with the inaugural Indian Twenty20 competition in April and May and there is some talk the trio will play in the IPL and meet up with their international team-mates on May 5 a prospect that will see them unavailable for the first two warm-up matches of the tour.
Last night Vaughan stopped short of a guarantee that Vettori and co would arrive with their team-mates in late April and John "Mystery" Morrison a former Black Cap and leading commentator said world cricket would be waiting anxiously on the decision.
"It could be disastrous (if the players arrive late) because obviously these guys are key players and we are also talking about the captain of the side," Morrison told Sunday News.
"We might be about to see the opening shots of this new era of cricket.
Given much of the NZC's revenue comes from the ICC, which in turn gets a large chunk of its cash from India, Morrison said he wouldn't be surprised to see Indian money talk in this case.
"The issue this scenario raises is the question of Indian cricket and its role as an economic power in the game," said Morrison.
"New Zealand Cricket look like they are in a position where they don't want to upset that apple cart because a large supply of their money comes from the ICC and a large portion of the ICC's revenue is from the Indian Cricket Board the BCCI.
"We could actually see this franchise competition growing to such a level that it's bigger than international cricket."
Morrison wouldn't criticise the message Vaughan is sending by refusing to order his stars to tour from the word go and said the situation was awkward.
"I think Justin is having to be extremely delicate in this situation with the IPL players because he doesn't want to offend the ICC but at the same time I am sure he wants his best team over in England," he said.