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Really really enjoyed watching finals day yesterday, funny coverage, bit of fun, and exciting, good quality cricket

The semis and the quarter were really good

The group stages could do with tweaking posssibly, maybe 2 division and just televise division 1 mostly, but Friday night games work, the crowds are going up and up every year. we get big name international players.

I genuinely have absolutely no idea why they want to rip this product up and do this f***ing franchise thing, I just cant get my head round it

The teams are there, the crowds are there,nearly all teams sell really well (we don't as much but we are youngest county)

Such a shame, I really think its going to put a lot of people off

In my view the cricket standard is much higher than in the Big Bash
 
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You forgot to mention the outstanding 'banter' from Bumble and Flintoff.


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DaveAngel said:
Really really enjoyed watching finals day yesterday, funny coverage, bit of fun, and exciting, good quality cricket

The semis and the quarter were really good

The group stages could do with tweaking posssibly, maybe 2 division and just televise division 1 mostly, but Friday night games work, the crowds are going up and up every year. we get big name international players.

I genuinely have absolutely no idea why they want to rip this product up and do this f***ing franchise thing, I just cant get my head round it

The teams are there, the crowds are there,nearly all teams sell really well (we don't as much but we are youngest county)

Such a shame, I really think its going to put a lot of people off

In my view the cricket standard is much higher than in the Big Bash
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I enjoyed it yesterday although none of the games got to a really tight finish which was a shame, if only that shot from Salter had a couple of more yards on it.

Agree what you say about the tournament, the only thing wrong with it for me is the lack of England players during the tournament. Not sure how to really get around that to be honest.
 
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I enjoyed it yesterday although none of the games got to a really tight finish which was a shame, if only that shot from Salter had a couple of more yards on it.

Agree what you say about the tournament, the only thing wrong with it for me is the lack of England players during the tournament. Not sure how to really get around that to be honest.
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The last bit is true, certainly the test players. People like Buttler, Hales, Roy seem to play it all

Very hard to get the test stars in IMO, Warner and Smith don't play in the Big Bash for example

They do in India but because of their climate they can play longer.
 
Been done to death really, not a dig at the OP - just pointing out that every few weeks we have the discussion about how to make domestic T20 in this country work and to be honest, every time I would say 80% of the ideas are way better than the muppets running the game come up with.

Problem is, FTECB only see ££££££££. It's the only real thing that motivates them and unfortunately, they'll consistently screw cricket, it's players, counties and supporters in order to line their collective pockets.

f***ing scum.
 
brandon said:
Been done to death really, not a dig at the OP - just pointing out that every few weeks we have the discussion about how to make domestic T20 in this country work and to be honest, every time I would say 80% of the ideas are way better than the muppets running the game come up with.

Problem is, FTECB only see ££££££££. It's the only real thing that motivates them and unfortunately, they'll consistently screw cricket, it's players, counties and supporters in order to line their collective pockets.

f***ing scum.
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Yeah true, soz, just think its really entertaining

I know Flintoff is marmite at times, but he is a good addition, and I really like the combination of him Ward, Key, Bumble and the straight man in Nass who they all take the piss out of.

I get what you are saying about the £££££, but my point is, I don't think it will make more money, I think crowds will be down in a lot of areas.

More of a comment of how good the product is, rather than the model for the next one. We already have the model! Its getting bigger and bigger

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You forgot to mention the outstanding 'banter' from Bumble and Flintoff.


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I know some won't approve, but I think they are good value, its over the top, but they don't take themselves too seriously. There are other commentators with other personalities, its a good mix IMO.

I really like Flintoff now, he is totally honest about his previous faults, and seems a canny bloke.
 
If you like Flintoff, get a listen to him with Savage and the Ping Pong Guy on BBC.

I actually quite like Savage on it too, he's hard work at times, but I do quite like him on it.

The Ping Pong guy is a cock like, but you can't have everything :lol:
 
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