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Car Crash 16.4…

Durham-Mackem41 said:
The ECB doubling down on their mist and sometimes you just have to admit your wrong but not these clowns.
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Those clowns will treble down before they back down.
Aidan11 said:
Jos Buttler withdrawing from the 16.4 now.

Thise article is behind a pay wall but what you can see gives you the gist of it.

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Even the England skipper knows it’s a bullshit competition.
 

Find it laughable that in the event the change the format to 20 overs they want to retain the name, which then makes no sense whatsoever
 
IPL prize money is eye watering. This year's winning franchise got the equivalent of £392 million. Compare that to the FA Premier League winners who got £62 million.

No wonder the ECB are jealous. It makes no difference though. English domestic cricket will never make serious money and outside investors know this unless they ship the 16.4 franchises to India. Then English cricket will get bugger all.
 
Aidan11 said:
IPL prize money is eye watering. This year's winning franchise got the equivalent of £392 million. Compare that to the FA Premier League winners who got £62 million.

No wonder the ECB are jealous. It makes no difference though. English domestic cricket will never make serious money and outside investors know this unless they ship the 16.4 franchises to India. Then English cricket will get bugger all.
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It's almost as if cricket is the national sport of the most populous country on earth.
 
Aidan11 said:
IPL prize money is eye watering. This year's winning franchise got the equivalent of £392 million. Compare that to the FA Premier League winners who got £62 million.

No wonder the ECB are jealous. It makes no difference though. English domestic cricket will never make serious money and outside investors know this unless they ship the 16.4 franchises to India. Then English cricket will get bugger all.
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you sure? saw this in the quotes section on cricinfo

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Mitchell Starc, who was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for $2.9m in the 2024 IPL auction, on what his young team-mate said after seeing the team's winners' cheque
 
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"Bannerjee hopes that private investment will help cricket become more like football through fans’ “tribalism”.

“We must continue to maintain best v best of players, both English and from around the world,” he said. “We must continue to turbo-charge the women’s game. The Hundred has done brilliant things for women’s sport but we can’t rest on our laurels.

“We also want to move into more of a tribalism. Football is the example. Everyone talks about their favourite team. I’m an Aston Villa fan for my sins and have travelled up to Middlesborough, down to Bournemouth and wherever else to watch them. That is where we want to get the Hundred to, with fans of London Spirit travelling across the country rather than seeing it as just a day out.”

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They've f***ing lost it like.
 
Discopants91 said:
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"Bannerjee hopes that private investment will help cricket become more like football through fans’ “tribalism”.

“We must continue to maintain best v best of players, both English and from around the world,” he said. “We must continue to turbo-charge the women’s game. The Hundred has done brilliant things for women’s sport but we can’t rest on our laurels.

“We also want to move into more of a tribalism. Football is the example. Everyone talks about their favourite team. I’m an Aston Villa fan for my sins and have travelled up to Middlesborough, down to Bournemouth and wherever else to watch them. That is where we want to get the Hundred to, with fans of London Spirit travelling across the country rather than seeing it as just a day out.”

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They've f***ing lost it like.
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Wtf. That is the last thing cricket needs
"Charging" the "away end" after a wicket or a 6. Wanker gestures, shit songs about paedos and fuck knows what. No thanks. Keep that bollocks in football thank you
 
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Silly Point said:
Wtf. That is the last thing cricket needs
"Charging" the "away end" after a wicket or a 6. Wanker gestures, shit songs about paedos and fuck knows what. No thanks. Keep that bollocks in football thank you
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Yeah thought the point was about families enjoying themselves not tribalism!!!

Kids loving the fun of it.
 
Silly Point said:
Wtf. That is the last thing cricket needs
"Charging" the "away end" after a wicket or a 6. Wanker gestures, shit songs about paedos and fuck knows what. No thanks. Keep that bollocks in football thank you
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Yep, I thought The Blast was where all the dirty lairy County fans were banished to and The Hundred was all wholesome fun for the family.

Sharp change their tune when some football related investors pop up.
 
Discopants91 said:
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"Bannerjee hopes that private investment will help cricket become more like football through fans’ “tribalism”.

“We must continue to maintain best v best of players, both English and from around the world,” he said. “We must continue to turbo-charge the women’s game. The Hundred has done brilliant things for women’s sport but we can’t rest on our laurels.

“We also want to move into more of a tribalism. Football is the example. Everyone talks about their favourite team. I’m an Aston Villa fan for my sins and have travelled up to Middlesborough, down to Bournemouth and wherever else to watch them. That is where we want to get the Hundred to, with fans of London Spirit travelling across the country rather than seeing it as just a day out.”

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They've f***ing lost it like.
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Completely and utterly deluded.
Discopants91 said:
Yep, I thought The Blast was where all the dirty lairy County fans were banished to and The Hundred was all wholesome fun for the family.

Sharp change their tune when some football related investors pop up.
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Mention of the Glazers in that article, they’re parasites, all they want to do is take money out, like they did at Man Utd, they haven’t ‘invested’ anything.
 
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Aidan11 said:
Andrew Strauss buying a franchise lol.

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It's so gutting that so many of the blokes who played in Ashes 2005, the reason I love cricket. Are absolute cockends.

At least Trescothick, Bell and Flintoff are still good blokes. No idea on the Joneses.

But every other one just cockend or questionable for different reasons.
 
Discopants91 said:
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"Bannerjee hopes that private investment will help cricket become more like football through fans’ “tribalism”.

“We must continue to maintain best v best of players, both English and from around the world,” he said. “We must continue to turbo-charge the women’s game. The Hundred has done brilliant things for women’s sport but we can’t rest on our laurels.

“We also want to move into more of a tribalism. Football is the example. Everyone talks about their favourite team. I’m an Aston Villa fan for my sins and have travelled up to Middlesborough, down to Bournemouth and wherever else to watch them. That is where we want to get the Hundred to, with fans of London Spirit travelling across the country rather than seeing it as just a day out.”

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They've f***ing lost it like.
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Can't even spell Middlesbrough correctly
 
As mentioned in the other thread:

Some numbers that you may find interesting.

The 16.4 game is being shown for free on YouTube right now, via the Sky Sports Cricket page. Currently watching 823.

The Metro Bank One Day Cup Games currently on YouTube:

Surrey v Yorkshire - 6,101 viewers
Glamorgan v Gloucestershire 3,362 viewers

Make of that what you will.
 
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