of course it is
and then Old Straussy suggests condensing the CC down into 10 rounds played throughout the summer. Or at least that's his headline statement, but he glosses over the fact that he wants the whole of August to be hundred month with some cobbled together bits of make it up as you go along nonsense played around the margins for the counties not involved in that premier version of the game..... and the CC will still be completed in September, which I reckon is probably Strauss-speak for 3 of the 10 rounds... so what do the counties (and the people who watch) gain from all this, given that this year was heralded as 5 rounds of CC in June and July for every team not called Durham (who only got 3)? I'm trying to imagine how I'd feel as an Essex fan if I had to put up with 2 home matches being stripped away and then find that some of the 5 remaining games are over in 4 sessions
As a extra kicker, Old Straussy wants the 50 over cup played in April and May (which I tend to agree with), but he sees it as an FA cup of cricket knockout with minor counties involved, so what happens if a county side gets knocked out in the first round on a DL affected piece of nonsense on a rainy day in the second week of April? Perhaps they get to go away and kick their heels for 2 months until the CC starts in June and the members get no cricket at all to watch in between.
Presumably, while the players get all this extra time off and the gaps between matches get bigger and bigger, there will be no plans to reflect this in the membership subscriptions
he must think everyone is *modded* stupid