World cricket's new face will reveal itself on Friday when the Indian Premier League begins and the complexion will be altered drastically in the next decade. That is the opinion of Michael Vaughan, the England captain, who reckons those who do not view the sport in a global manner will be left behind.

The England and Wales Cricket Board are at an advanced stage of exploring possibilities for their own sibling version of the million-dollar Indian 20-over competition and Texan billionaire Sir Allen Stanford, in London for talks with the ECB, has offered a £10m pot for a one-off match between England and a West Indies All-Star XI in Antigua next winter.

The attraction of cricket's shortest format is such that the possibilities appear endless and international city cricket in different venues around the world appears seems feasible.

Home-grown cricketers representing Leeds, London and Birmingham in different competitions around the world 12 months a year appears eminently conceivable.

"Yes, you can see that in 10 years' time," Vaughan said.

"You can think of millions of ideas and that would be one of them you would come up with. It is just a vision but you can see something like that happening.

"I've played first-class cricket for the last 16 years and so much has changed. It has made me think what is it going to be like in 10 or 16 years from now - will it become city cricket?' However, Vaughan, 33, who is keen on a season in IPL or something similar himself in the future, fears the day that 20-over cricket is a catalyst for premature retirements and unavailability at international level. "I don't want that ever to happen because first and foremost playing for England has to be the pinnacle of anyone's career," he said.

"If it ever came to a stage where a player was retiring early or choosing to fall out of one-day cricket to play IPL cricket or Twenty20 league cricket, that would be a huge worry."