Old cricketers have a few options available to them.
Pundit, administracrat, coach, ICL player, or drug mule.
The first three require brains, or nude photos of important people, the last two don’t.
Had Chris Lewis played in the ICL he would not have trafficked illegal drugs.
If he was bowling to Craig McMillan and batting with Stuart Law he wouldn’t have time to put cocaine into cans and take it into the UK.
You can’t do both. Obviously.
The question is what is worse, to be a drug mule or an ICL cricketer?
If Lewis had received a 6 month sentence, he could realistically be playing international cricket before the ICL players (talent, dedication and age not withstanding).
There is probably more money in playing for the ICL, if they pay you, not even Lalit can get you jail time for playing in it.
On the plus side prison uniforms are usually way more flattering than anything the IPL has.
The ICL has Mayanti Langer, in prison Chris Lewis is the Mayanti.
Going to prison gives you street cred, playing in the ICL means you hang with Chris Harris.
And in Prison you don’t have to deal with Tony Greig.
Chris Lewis has got it easy.
