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Arthur Crabtree wrote:Funny Kiwi?
Coney? Smith?
Aidan11 wrote:http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/current/story/820095.html
Aidan11 wrote:It seems the popularity of the Big Bash in Oz is leading to calls for a similar franchise-based league over here.
Is it possible? Can it work?
from_the_stands wrote:I reckon I know how a franchise T20 league could work in England. Bulldoze the entire country, and start from scratch. Establish ten metropolitan centers, five in the south and five in the north, and resettle the population in and around those. Establish T20 franchises in each one. Have all the hoop-la that DFM suggested. Job done. Might cost a bit, but it will all be worth it to have a franchise T20 league. Have an annual All-Star game, between the Northern Monkeys and the Southern Fairies. Get Guy Ritchie to direct the opening ceremony for the tourney. Parachute the Queen in, along with Bondy, Get Golden Balls to light the ECB flame, and use copies of KP's book as fuel to keep the fire burning.
from_the_stands wrote:I reckon I know how a franchise T20 league could work in England. Bulldoze the entire country, and start from scratch. Establish ten metropolitan centers, five in the south and five in the north, and resettle the population in and around those. Establish T20 franchises in each one. Have all the hoop-la that DFM suggested. Job done. Might cost a bit, but it will all be worth it to have a franchise T20 league. Have an annual All-Star game, between the Northern Monkeys and the Southern Fairies. Get Guy Ritchie to direct the opening ceremony for the tourney. Parachute the Queen in, along with Bondy, Get Golden Balls to light the ECB flame, and use copies of KP's book as fuel to keep the fire burning.
rich1uk wrote:from_the_stands wrote:I reckon I know how a franchise T20 league could work in England. Bulldoze the entire country, and start from scratch. Establish ten metropolitan centers, five in the south and five in the north, and resettle the population in and around those. Establish T20 franchises in each one. Have all the hoop-la that DFM suggested. Job done. Might cost a bit, but it will all be worth it to have a franchise T20 league. Have an annual All-Star game, between the Northern Monkeys and the Southern Fairies. Get Guy Ritchie to direct the opening ceremony for the tourney. Parachute the Queen in, along with Bondy, Get Golden Balls to light the ECB flame, and use copies of KP's book as fuel to keep the fire burning.
that probably will make more sense than anything the ECB will come up with
Alviro Patterson wrote:Aidan11 wrote:It seems the popularity of the Big Bash in Oz is leading to calls for a similar franchise-based league over here.
Is it possible? Can it work?
Not a chance, England has too many administrative regions compared to other test nations. Going from county based to city based teams automatically reduces the fan reach and access levels (except for Birmingham and London).
The most successful Twenty20 counties are those who don't play at test match grounds therefore the likes of Somerset, Sussex, Essex, Kent and Leicestershire lose their strength and domestic cricket becomes poorer overall.
Then there is the other matter of media coverage and publicity in cricket, which is predominantly confined to digital media and paywall television. BSkyB will be influential on how franchise cricket will be televised, given they hold exclusive rights of all live English cricket until 2019.
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