DLFIPL: Cricket Tours In Trouble

The West Indies-Australia series, the Sri Lanka-Pakistan series and the abandoned Australia-Pakistan, the England-New Zealand series have a common problem. They are all scheduled during the inagural IPL Tournament and players who have contracted to play in opening series want to play in the lucrative IPL rather than against the countries they are scheduled to play for the duration of the tournament.
Australia, one of the countries that pays it cricketers well and has long term contracts with them has insisted that its players will play only for two weeks in the IPL.
West Indies, one of the poorer boards faces open revolt. Most of its players want to play in the IPL and not against Australia. Dyson the chief of West Indies cricket has asked IPL and the Indian board to honor their committment to international cricket and also their earlier promise that playing for country comes first.
Most of the New Zealand squad will be joining the England tour only after the most of the IPL season is finished. For the first time only second string players have journeyed to England for the tour opening matches.
Pakistan and Sri Lanka tour is also under pressure. Sri Lanka has requested Pakistan to re-schedule their matches so its players can take part in the IPL tournament.
So, inspite of the best intentions on the part of Lalit Modi, saying country comes first, players need to play for pride and all that talk, finally the financial pull seems to making the decisions right now.