Where do we see the future of Cricket?

4) China and USA may emerge as ICC strongholds:

Recently ICC acknowledged their dependency on India for revenues. However they are keen to look at alternatives and with some T20Is already being played in USA, in another 20 to 25 years we might see the foundation of the sport being firmly laid in big countries like China and USA. China has started taking baby steps and they took part in Asian Cricket Council Trophy in 2009. It will take them some time to start getting more competitive, but as in other sports, China does make sure that once they start taking a sport seriously, they really become good at it. USA needs to get its governance in place and then it can really start doing well. If that does happen ICC can seriously look at lessening their dependency on India, and the BCCI might begin to lose its edge. This is also a reason BCCI has not been very forthcoming on Cricket's participation in the Olympics.