by Durhamfootman » Thu May 16, 2019 9:56 pm
I have no idea how many matches there will be, but the BBC are only covering 11 of them and presumably 2 of those will be on finals day, so the Guardian article reads to me as though it was just the ECB who simply felt that any additional T20 opportunities had been done to death.... or more accurately had reduced revenue potential, presumably because the IPL and the BBL have cornered that particular market....... and so that boat had sailed.
What do you do if that boat has already sailed? You get another boat......... which is what the Hundred is
I was initially okay with the concept because I could see the potential for the ECB to make a shed load of TV money without compromising the county season in doing so.... indeed there was an opportunity for them to make their money and improve the county season, but sadly (or naturally) the ECB have chosen to marginalise the county season even further. I think they've chosen to do that because they've committed everything they have to the 100... and suddenly they are not sure it will fly, so have made damned sure that there is very little domestic cricket to compete with it..... and the little there is, has been made as weak as they possibly could make it
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