TheRey
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7 cities. 2 in London. Which was definitely necessary.For all the kids who live outside of 8 cities that don't get free tickets to go aye
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7 cities. 2 in London. Which was definitely necessary.For all the kids who live outside of 8 cities that don't get free tickets to go aye
Good point well made.7 cities. 2 in London. Which was definitely necessary.
7 cities. 2 in London. Which was definitely necessary.
Personally I think most of the games at the moment are entertaining and good quality especially the recent positive approach our test team has took lately has been great.The only bits I've seen have been on bulletins and maybe 2 minutes the other night. 3rd or 4th ball I watched, a thick edge flies over a tiny boundary for 6 and the commentators lose their minds over how utterly amazing it was. Immediately turned over, load of shit.
Apart from that, I can't comment.
And yes, it's because cricket has been taken away from half the country due to this shite and because the game is being murdered in front of our eyes. You're fine with that, I'm not.
Problem is I doubt it change much. Controversial opinion but FTA does very little for Cricket.Wonder what figures you'd get if a RLODC fixture was televised instead, or more realistically a t20 blast live or highlights package
Problem is I doubt it change much. Controversial opinion but FTA does very little for Cricket.
Problem is I doubt it change much. Controversial opinion but FTA does very little for Cricket.
That's my take on it also.This is getting like the Politics board, people arguing about stats and crowds and putting different arguments and spins on figures.
Personally I am just over the moon that coming home from work that I can enjoy quality entertaining live cricket every night.
I can sit back and enjoy!!
Rather than those on here that seem to want to twist night after night that cricket is on live every night!!!
It’s a mystery to me where cricket fans just can’t enjoy cricket!!
That's my take on it also.
Personally I think most of the games at the moment are entertaining and good quality especially the recent positive approach our test team has took lately has been great.
Personally I think most of the games at the moment are entertaining and good quality especially the recent positive approach our test team has took lately has been great
The only incredibly boring cricket been played this season imo has been in the county championship..., no more than in the games effecting Durham, terrible entertainment imo.
No the good test cricket has nothing to do with the hundred??All of wish perfectly demonstrates one of many reasons it was so Shirley thought out. It's not just this board, cricket people all around the country are at each others throats over this.
Divide and conquer from ftecb
Ah so
Right so the good test cricket is all thanks to the hundred (the one mccullum has never played and stokes has skipped this year)
Meanwhile you'd rather watch meaningless teams play 16.4 that support the county you presumably born/followed.
Says it all tbh, I think you're deliberately being a wum about this
No the good test cricket has nothing to do with the hundred??
Some posts just get worse and worse on these threads.It’s basically just baseball, just see how far you can hit it. At least I think never have or will watch a ball of it
I can see the scores I don’t need to watch it. For some reason it’s all over the bbc cricket pages.Some posts just get worse and worse on these threads.
It’s just basically baseball, see how far you can hit it.
But by the way I have never watched any of it???
Here's where the 'viewing figures halved' point comes from - Broadcast Now (see below). It's for this year's men's opener compared to last year's. Which is pretty bad to be honest, as the tournament's success on its own terms is predicated on growth. If it doesn't greatly boost interest and viewing figures - and/or attract a larger overseas TV deal, then it's in trouble as the running costs (not to mention the well documented costs to the wider game, such as, say, a reduction in Blast crowds due to the squashed schedule and lack of promotion) are so high. The marketing/entertainment budget outweighs its ticket sales. The salaries are larger than counties but already being blown out the water by other upstart leagues. So already faces a poor relation status it was apparently designed to avoid - and you're basically replicating The Blast but having alienated and disenfranchised lots of existing fans, with no guarantee you can keep up the marketing spend to keep attracting some new ones to replace them - as at the moment, including payments to counties it's loss making. Ultimately, it's why you were better off (and still are) spending half or a third as much revamping the Blast with a finals league stage that lasted a few weeks before finals day or two divisions, and a parallel women's competition. Because you could attract the new fans, keep it sustainable without screwing up everything else and by using your money more judiciously to gain new supporters and players across the game.
The Hundred hits 550,000
WEDNESDAY: Return of cricket tournament fails to reach last year's high of 1mwww.broadcastnow.co.uk
Each to their own mate, but think you have to watch it to know what’s it’s like.I can see the scores I don’t need to watch it. For some reason it’s all over the bbc cricket pages.
love a day watching a proper test instead
I can’t read that mate. I assume it’s comparing the opening women’s game last year to the opening one this year though? If it is it’s a meaningless comparison. Not like for like at all.
It makes a point opposite to yours, so obviously it's a "meaningless comparison". Course it is
FTA definitely matters. The BBL and Ashes are both FTA here in Aus, and whilst the BBL has waned a bit in recent years, it's still part of the national sporting conversation.It’s absolutely everything for cricket imo. It gets multiple more eyes on it when it’s on there. A whole load of stats prove that out.
Adults put BBC2 on and kids will be exposed to it, even in passing. Stops cricket being an invisible sport.