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Re: A T20 Franchise League in England
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Thu Aug 27, 2015 11:58 pmby Alviro Patterson
Aidan11 wrote:For counties to be self-sufficient they need to stop putting demands on ground improvements, especially test grounds.
T20 is a success already but only with some counties. There is very little interest up at Durham and even local derbies against Lancs & Yorks don't come anywhere near to filling the ground.
The ECB's finances are very healthy and I can understand them wanting to stop giving so much to the counties but cricket is not Premier League football or other wealthy sports. Nor will it ever be.
Due to it's proximity, Chester-Le-Street strikes me as a venue more suited to hosting Twenty20 matches on a weekend than a midweek evening. I find it surprising Twenty20 hasn't taken off in the North-East, especially when there is no summer sport in the region.
Re: A T20 Franchise League in England
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Sun Aug 30, 2015 10:05 pmby backfootpunch
unless they make it short and make a window that means all the england players can play in it then i cant see it working
Re: A T20 Franchise League in England
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Sat Sep 26, 2015 12:52 pmby pompeymeowth
Whichever system is destined to fail utterly I'm in favour of it
Re: A T20 Franchise League in England
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Sat Sep 26, 2015 6:54 pmby Aidan11
Me too.
By all means have their little s**t and giggle games but not at the expense of cutting the CC.
Re: A T20 Franchise League in England
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Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:17 amby westoelad
Alviro Patterson wrote:Aidan11 wrote:For counties to be self-sufficient they need to stop putting demands on ground improvements, especially test grounds.
T20 is a success already but only with some counties. There is very little interest up at Durham and even local derbies against Lancs & Yorks don't come anywhere near to filling the ground.
The ECB's finances are very healthy and I can understand them wanting to stop giving so much to the counties but cricket is not Premier League football or other wealthy sports. Nor will it ever be.
Due to it's proximity, Chester-Le-Street strikes me as a venue more suited to hosting Twenty20 matches on a weekend than a midweek evening. I find it surprising Twenty20 hasn't taken off in the North-East, especially when there is no summer sport in the region.
It has taken off because Durham are pretty sh!te at it.
Re: A T20 Franchise League in England
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Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:59 amby Aidan11
That probably sums it up perfectly to be honest.
Re: A T20 Franchise League in England
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Mon Sep 28, 2015 5:05 pmby sussexpob
Aidan11 wrote:For counties to be self-sufficient they need to stop putting demands on ground improvements, especially test grounds.
Yet all the test hosts bar one are in the top league, which suggests that having a test match is beneficial in being able to pay for quality players.
Re: A T20 Franchise League in England
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Sat Feb 27, 2016 1:26 pmby Alviro Patterson
The City based franchise is raising it's head once again, thanks to the Cricinfo PR spin machine.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cric ... 76907.htmlIf the County Championship format is going to change because of City T20, I doubt any changes will take place as soon as 2017 as the counties are preparing for a 2 up 2 down system.
I can't see how a City based T20 competition will promote new players, when 6 of 15 England's World T20 squad contain players who are playing at or have learned their trade from non-test counties.
Re: A T20 Franchise League in England
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Sat Jun 04, 2016 11:21 amby The Professor
Very levelled headed opinion offered by Surrey's Richard Thompson
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cricke ... le-3624647
Re: A T20 Franchise League in England
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Sun Jun 05, 2016 9:54 pmby Alviro Patterson
One thing I will give Surrey credit for is they have not jumped on the franchise bandwagon and have seen Twenty20 from a domestic level. Their CEO Richard Gould made similar comments on cricinfo a couple of years about about giving the current system a chance before the TV rights are up for renewal, involving all 18 counties with the option of city rebranding and reporting on the progressive growth.
Re: A T20 Franchise League in England
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Wed Sep 14, 2016 4:51 pmby Aidan11
Re: A T20 Franchise League in England
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Wed Sep 14, 2016 4:54 pmby Aidan11
The turkeys have finally voted for Christmas.
Re: A T20 Franchise League in England
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Wed Sep 14, 2016 6:22 pmby st_brendy
Until it's put the members, and until actual proposals are put on the table, then I'm not reading much into it just yet.
If Sky get their way through (and no doubt the ECB too), then the 8 locations will be the 9 tests grounds excluding the Rose Bowl. (If I could be bothered, I'd find the Sky article from a few months back, stating that).
Re: A T20 Franchise League in England
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Wed Sep 14, 2016 7:40 pmby pompeymeowth
This will spell the end of County Cricket for many, unless the money after expenses, is divided equally between all the counties.
T20 is a cancer on real Cricket. It might be all that's left in 10 years, unless the day/night tests pick up (irony overload).
Re: A T20 Franchise League in England
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Wed Sep 14, 2016 8:45 pmby hopeforthebest
st_brendy wrote:Until it's put the members, and until actual proposals are put on the table, then I'm not reading much into it just yet.
If Sky get their way through (and no doubt the ECB too), then the 8 locations will be the 9 tests grounds excluding the Rose Bowl. (If I could be bothered, I'd find the Sky article from a few months back, stating that).
It would appear the Turkey's have voted for Christmas or at least their keepers have, Too may chairmen and CEO's are money men (the keepers) so until the members (the turkeys) have their say we can't be sure what will happen. You can be sure that most of the talk will be about money and promises that wont be kept.