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Ex-ECB chairman calls for county cricket overhaul

Discussion in 'County Cricket' started by smhbcfc, Jan 13, 2014.

  1. smhbcfc

    smhbcfc Well-Known Member

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    smhbcfc, Jan 13, 2014
  2. yarco canary

    yarco canary Well-Known Member

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    How would reducing the number of 1st class counties
    raise the standards?

    Like most things in life sport goes round in cycles.

    West Indies who were unbeatable in 70s and 80s
    are now rubbish,and have been for years,but
    they will come back.
    Aussie are improving after 4-5 bad years,but
    are no where near what they were 10 yrs ago.
    South Africa are the strongest team at moment
    and will probably stay so for 4-5 yrs.
    England will need to rebuild after 4-5 good years,
    and once the youngsters establish their places
    we will be back.
    Sub Continent teams are an enigma.so I will
    say no more on them.

    4 day County cricket has always been poorly
    supported,but players like Botham,Laker,
    Trueman,Snow,Compton etc etc all came through
    the system and became World Class Players.

    Ask yourself,if County Cricket is so bad,why
    do the worlds best want to play it.
     
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    yarco canary, Jan 14, 2014
  3. Mrs H

    Mrs H Active Member

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    The theory is that less teams means that the overall standard is better
    Surely though tradition and history means something?
     
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    Mrs H, Jan 31, 2014
  4. Agent Bruce.

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    It's all hot air....
     
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    Agent Bruce., Mar 30, 2014
  5. pompeymeowth

    pompeymeowth Prepare for trouble x
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    The argument doesn't work. Less Counties would mean less T20 games would be played for a start and that's the bread winner as it stands. Myself, I'd watch a CC game any day, but I do like 1 day cricket too.

    Mark Nicholas has trotted out this idea in the past as well, his absolute disregard of how thousands of fans of County cricket would feel about that, was evident when, at the end of explaining a similar plan to get rid of them was "Job done".

    What a cad.
     
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    pompeymeowth, May 3, 2014

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