Random Cricket Thread (Domestic Cricket)

[Arthur Crabtree]

Waitrose are stopping sponsoring England. I read the ECB wanted them to double their fee to continue.

[westoelad]

Waitrose are stopping sponsoring England. I read the ECB wanted them to double their fee to continue.

And Specsavers become sponsors of the County Championship on a 4 year deal.

[Alviro Patterson]

Waitrose are stopping sponsoring England. I read the ECB wanted them to double their fee to continue.

Good on Waitrose TBH, i'd be demanding the ECB to show matches Free to Air if they wanted more cash.

[captaincolly]

Confirmation that from 2017 it'll be a 8 team division 1 and 10 team division 2 County Championship so only one promotion place up for grabs this year.

[Durhamfootman]

and only 14 matches from next year. I'm looking forward to counties reducing their membership fees to reflect this

[captaincolly]

and only 14 matches from next year. I'm looking forward to counties reducing their membership fees to reflect this

It'll be interesting how they decide the division 2 fixtures, 14 matches means each team won't play all of the others twice.

[Durhamfootman]

If they have any sense, and to keep things fair to all, they should play each other once, then decide who plays whom a second time based on league position, to avoid promotion boiling down to which teams played Leics twice and which played them once.

they don't have any sense, of course, so I've just wasted my time typing that out

[captaincolly]

If they have any sense, and to keep things fair to all, they should play each other once, then decide who plays whom a second time based on league position, to avoid promotion boiling down to which teams played Leics twice and which played them once.

they don't have any sense, of course, so I've just wasted my time typing that out

A very good idea so you're right - no chance of it being implemented!

[sussexpob]

Confirmation that from 2017 it'll be a 8 team division 1 and 10 team division 2 County Championship so only one promotion place up for grabs this year.

Expose less people to top quality cricket.... who came up with this idea?

[Durhamfootman]

Confirmation that from 2017 it'll be a 8 team division 1 and 10 team division 2 County Championship so only one promotion place up for grabs this year.

Expose less people to top quality cricket.... who came up with this idea?

somebody much smarter than thee and me..... and almost certainly someone who never has to pay to watch some cricket

[dan08]

What i don't understand is why the One Day Cup is in April and May... I know there's the Champions Trophy soon after but conditions will be completely different and it's not going to help for World Cup preparation.

[Aidan11]

It's almost like going back to the days of the B&H.

[captaincolly]

It's almost like going back to the days of the B&H.

There'll be some low scoring games playing so early in the season!

[westoelad]

It's almost like going back to the days of the B&H.

There'll be some low scoring games playing so early in the season!

But the present 50 over format is far too much in favour of the batsman so perhaps early season bowler friendly pitches might help to redress the balance.

[captaincolly]

It's almost like going back to the days of the B&H.

There'll be some low scoring games playing so early in the season!

But the present 50 over format is far too much in favour of the batsman so perhaps early season bowler friendly pitches might help to redress the balance.

Yes, good point. Pendulum has swung in favour of the batsmen in recent years.