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County Championship Reduction For 2026?

Voice of fair play said:
It’s two different debates the poster I quoted said people don’t watch and like the hundred.

The fact that very intelligent people have invested a lot of money and that franchise cricket has took off around this the world very much suggests otherwise.

You also continue to ignore the point that they is too many county championship games that end up as bore draws.

Year on year a lot the majority of the teams draw more games than they win or lose.

If you are anyone else wants to promote it against the competition it’s needs a culture change imo.

The England test team has lead the way to prove red ball cricket can be a great watch when done right
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Yes,it puzzles me why investors,presumably shrewd in financial matters,are keen. Presumably they see opportunity for profit but they're so wealthy they're not adverse to risk. Franchise cricket is only proven in India,it's still a comparativel novelty elsewhere with no evidence of long-term viability. I argue that it's unnecessarily risky to commit to such obscene salaries to anywhere than vastly populated cricket obsessed India.
There's ample evidence in the links I've provided that English cricket can be self-sufficient financially if resources are shared fairly and stadiums are utilised for maximum gain through conferences,concerts and other social outlets. Franchise owners take 80% of any profits; that £24m per club is a one off -it's not a huge amount long term.
Too late now,though -English cricket has been sold - you've got your way.
I'm fully aware of drawn games in the CC but not all see win/lose as the imperative as you do - they enjoy a day or part of enjoying perhaps a cameo of fine strokeplay or a fine bowling spell -they have a wider view of cricket than the result
Without the CC,of course,there'd be no test cricket.
 
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No more reviews until 2029 according to George Dobell in The Cricketer? Behind paywall but this is the 'headline'......

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GEORGE DOBELL - INTERVIEW: Mark McCafferty says the Professional Game Committee (PGC) will focus on reviewing playing conditions instead of another review after the counties failed to reach a consensus this season
 
To me that suggests a reduction in overs per day although they will probably be looking at other ways as well.
 
Parkside said:
Yes,it puzzles me why investors,presumably shrewd in financial matters,are keen. Presumably they see opportunity for profit but they're so wealthy they're not adverse to risk. Franchise cricket is only proven in India,it's still a comparativel novelty elsewhere with no evidence of long-term viability. I argue that it's unnecessarily risky to commit to such obscene salaries to anywhere than vastly populated cricket obsessed India.
There's ample evidence in the links I've provided that English cricket can be self-sufficient financially if resources are shared fairly and stadiums are utilised for maximum gain through conferences,concerts and other social outlets. Franchise owners take 80% of any profits; that £24m per club is a one off -it's not a huge amount long term.
Too late now,though -English cricket has been sold - you've got your way.
I'm fully aware of drawn games in the CC but not all see win/lose as the imperative as you do - they enjoy a day or part of enjoying perhaps a cameo of fine strokeplay or a fine bowling spell -they have a wider view of cricket than the result
Without the CC,of course,there'd be no test cricket.
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There's lots not to like about the 100 and that it is franchise is one of them. The competition model I like best is the Association Football one, whereby the clubs are independent in a pyramid and where you are with that depends wholly on how you do. Franchise is ultimately about the owners printing money, there's no jeopardy.
 
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No more reviews until 2029 according to George Dobell in The Cricketer? Behind paywall but this is the 'headline'......

No more domestic reviews until 2029, says chair who led schedule debate​

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chair of PGC offers a far more balanced view than the dictatorial attitude from Bostock.
Instead, Mark McCafferty says the PGC will focus on reviewing playing conditions in county cricket, with changes likely around the type of balls used, the allocation of bonus points in the County Championship and, perhaps, the way in which pitches are judged.
"And I think we have to be careful not to oversimplify this debate. Your question suggests the reason the proposal wasn't supported in sufficient numbers was because of the activity of members. That was a factor, but I don't think it was a decisive factor".

"You have to remember they don't have a single view, either. I think a lot of them were very open-minded to how the Championship could be improved. I don't think it's accurate to say 'members resist change' or suggest that other stakeholders in the game see them that way.

"Members have given counties incredible support over the years. Particularly during that Covid period.

"Yes, their interests have to be balanced against the interests of other stakeholders, but they have an important role to play. We have to focus on the positive aspects of that rather than characterising it as a negative.

"And I think we underestimate the amount of change which has happened in the sport, particularly at county level. I don't think anybody could have imagined the pace at which The Hundred has established itself. The women's game is being professionalised. The game isn't stuck in a rut by any means. It's probably the reverse: we need to absorb all the changes we've made."

He plays down the
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- which always seemed unlikely - from the PCA.

"The PCA were involved right the way through, as they should be," he said. "They're woven into trying to find the solutions. We're all in this together.

"They've seen progress on the Blast. They were very concerned about the and the implications of that from a player's point of view. I think we've given ourselves a big step forward there".
 
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and the implications of that from a player's point of view. I think we've given ourselves a big step forward there".
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I've never really understood how professional sportsmen gripe about playing two t20s in two days.
 
It sounds like the ECB are going to try for a reduction again in a couple of years time. Will they be using the old "player burnout" story?

The situation has changed now. Counties are getting £20m from the 16.4 fire sale. The players shouldn't be asking for less games, they should be asking for more money. Offer a standard county player 100% rise and i bet he won't feel burnt out then. Counties can afford to do this now.

Obviously there is the salary cap in place but that can be raised. It probably hasn't changed for years anyway.

For me this is the elephant in the room. The greed of the ECB.
 
Plenty of players in here who, as I understand it, play too much cricket as its bad for their physical and mental health.

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