Legends League starts from January 20
The Hindu
The three teams — India Maharajas, Asia Lions and World Giants — feature some of the all-time cricketing greats
In the climax of the Hollywood musical, Mary Poppins Returns, the eponymous English nanny turns the clock, the famed Big Ben of London, back by five minutes. Miss Poppins, played by the delightful Emily Blunt, has of course at her disposal magical powers to do that.
Over the next 10 days at the Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, the clock is set to be turned several times over, though not quite in the literal sense. But there could well be plenty of magic, with bat as well as ball. The inaugural edition of the Legends League Cricket could well be a blast from the past, as its commissioner Ravi Shastri hopes.
The three teams — India Maharajas, Asia Lions and World Giants — feature some of the all-time cricketing greats. In what is touted as the professional T20 league for retired cricketers, the teams will play each other twice before the final on January 29.