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16.4 Could be AXED!
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mackembhoy
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Shame Tom Harrison can't be made to foot the bill.
Voice of fair play
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If they keep it in the same slot in the calendar hence a window for the tournament but change to a T20 tournament that simply makes common sense.
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Silly Point
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A proper window for the Blast to replace the 16.4 in August. Local pride and tradition that nowhere else can match, England players all playing for their counties. What more do you want? Football has managed it with their "Premier League". Why does cricket need to follow the boring old franchise formula with made up teams no one gives a fuck about.
I realise I'm pissing in the wind here, just fancied a rant.
I realise I'm pissing in the wind here, just fancied a rant.
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It’s not really a proposal to scrap it though is it? There are four things about the new tournament that set it apart and people get exercised about:
Having a different format than T20;
Clearing the schedule for it to attract big names;
Having fewer than the traditional 18 county franchises;
Having different franchises than the traditional 18 county franchises.
In many ways the first one is the most trivial either way.
Having a different format than T20;
Clearing the schedule for it to attract big names;
Having fewer than the traditional 18 county franchises;
Having different franchises than the traditional 18 county franchises.
In many ways the first one is the most trivial either way.
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How good a news this is depends on whether the new comp gets some BBC games.
They’re better off sticking as is if everything goes behind a paywall again.
However a T20 comp on BBC would be mint.
They’re better off sticking as is if everything goes behind a paywall again.
However a T20 comp on BBC would be mint.
Yes. They’re on about adding 20 more balls per innings, so it will no longer be the 16.4.
It was a ridiculous idea in the first place really. Needs putting our it's misery asap
Twisted
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Im buzzing personally, get rid of the 16.4 and i can fully concentrate on supporting the durham non-lions (i actually don't know what we're called in this format) in the 120
So long as it’s still a short form thrash between a limited number of new franchises with silly names at the peak of the season that relegates the county game to reserve status it’s not abolishing the bits I’m bothered about.
Indeed the opposite may be true if the other bit about involving the national counties in a development T20 is true. Just sounds like a further downgrade for the county game.
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viccarlton
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This is the key point for me.
Sillypoint
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wouldnt surprise me if this was the ECB plan all along, They'd never get a new T20 comp passed, so create a new format and create the franchises that way, then change it eventually back to t20 once its established, then the franchises exist with a commercial worth, sell them on make a profit,
No tv company wants a tournament with 18 teams as they cant show all the games or put the production into it,
No tv company wants a tournament with 18 teams as they cant show all the games or put the production into it,
Voice of fair play
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The thing that makes the IPL successful is two fold, each game is a big event fully televised and even more important the best players in the world are there.
Robert Key is right we need and should be able to attract the best players in the world.
I may be in the minority but personally find a summer T20 tournament in a window in the calendar where each game is televised and the best players in the world are pitting their wits against each other very exciting to watch as I do the IPL.
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