captaincolly wrote:Aidan11 wrote:captaincolly wrote:Suggestions that changes to the CC are imminent. No idea if it's anything more than speculation.
@KevinHandBBC: My understanding of 14-game season is top Div of 8 & play everyone twice. Div 2: 10 teams. But that would be for 2017 - next yr 1 up 2 down.
How would the 10-team 2nd division play 14 games? It sounds like play all 9 others once, then 5 out of 9 a second time. If that's the case it's bloody stupid but that's the ECB for you - all about money and f*** what the people who love the game want.
I don't know how it would work...probably disastrously! I think all this stems from an inteview given by the ECB CEO on Test Match Special this lunchtime. He was also on Sky during the tea interval but I wasn't paying attention!
I'll hazard a guess that the Division 2 fixtures are scheduled into three phases (not in order)
Phase 1: Split Division 2 into two groups (either based on regions or seeds). Play each other once (4 games)
Phase 2: Everyone in Division 2 plays each other once (9 games)
Phase 3: Some teams will have played 6 home games, others 7. Even this up by pairing clubs who have played 6 home games to those who have played 7.
Alternatively, start the County Championship in March and play three rounds of games in the UAE.
