“The Saudi Arabians are learning to play the game of sports politics more carefully… Rather than becoming entangled in a hostile takeover, it will look to do things through evolution rather than revolution. It was an outsider looking to enter the global sport industry and taking a position as a disruptor. Now it’s much more part of the orthodoxy, looking to work within existing structures.” Simon Chadwick, Professor of Sport and Geopolitical Economy at Skema Business School in Paris, Saudi Arabia dipping its toes into cricket might be the start of something big [ESPN]