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The Hundred 2023


Eggman said:
The Hundred is proving itself to be a waste of time as each game passes. There's little difference in the product and 10 venues/counties have been denied access
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If you’re running that argument you should get your maths right. 44 counties (or 30 ECB county boards if you prefer) have been denied access to games compared with the 34 (or 20) that don’t get a go in the Blast.
 
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brandon said:
Possibly, but it isn’t on ‘life support’ because of any other reason than the mishandling and sheer incompetence of the ECB - some would argue intentionally.
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What are the ECB to do with County Cricket? its feeder system for the Test team and nothing more, test cricket seems to be thriving, County Cricket has been the ginger step child since i started following it in the early 90's
brandon said:
Just look at what they’ve done to the 50 over competition, we’re world champions and we’re about to go an defend that title - yet the domestic 50 over competition, just like the T20 has been downgraded too. Intentionally.
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Do many other countries put resource behind it?? Couldnt even name a 50 over competition in another country or identify a team by a kit
brandon said:
Come again?
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To watch the Ashes you either needed Now tv at £20 month or a Sky Sports subscription at £20 a month on top of a basic sky package, the majority of the Hundred is free
 
Fleagle said:
If you’re running that argument you should get your maths right. 44 counties (or 30 ECB county boards if you prefer) have been denied access to games compared with the 34 (or 20) that don’t get a go in the Blast.
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There aren’t 44 First Class counties, so what are you on about ?
 
brandon said:
They do.


There was nothing about ‘enjoying yourself’ in the post. You don’t need to make shit up to make your point, the rest would’ve sufficed.


You’re right, they don’t have to justify it to anyone - but then you’ve never supported Durham so it wouldn’t matter to you anyway.


So go on then. Argue it, but there a cleverer people than me who think it’ll be the death of county cricket.


Compare it to what the Blast attendance would’ve been if it had the money and time invested into it that this competition has and then you’ll have a fairer comparison.


It won’t offer anything extra.


Yet it won’t attract anywhere near the numbers that the excellent Ashes Series that has just finished did.
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Doesn’t matter who I or any other individual supports, everybody as an individual is allowed to spend their hard earned money on what team or any match they want to watch.

Without another individual calling them a traitor!
 
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GordonMuchallNo1Fan said:
According to BBC figures Trent bridge capacity is 17500. The mens game had 12000 in and the women's game had 8000 in. They will promote that as "good numbers", but first game, all the money pumped into this, propaganda, advertising etc that's pretty poor I reckon
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So less than what every Football team in the top 2 tiers and both Prem Rugby teams in the catchment area get.
 
Sillypoint said:
What are the ECB to do with County Cricket? its feeder system for the Test team and nothing more, test cricket seems to be thriving, County Cricket has been the ginger step child since i started following it in the early 90's


Do many other countries put resource behind it?? Couldnt even name a 50 over competition in another country or identify a team by a kit

To watch the Ashes you either needed Now tv at £20 month or a Sky Sports subscription at £20 a month on top of a basic sky package, the majority of the Hundred is free
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Of course it’s clear as day rightly or wrongly that other countries are not playing as much 50 over cricket domestically, Ashwin from India mentioned the other day he hardly plays it.

It’s a Worldwide pattern that other countries are playing less 50 over cricket and more T20 and definitely not exclusive to England

However of course it’s just the fault of the ECB!
 
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Sillypoint said:
What are the ECB to do with County Cricket?
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Is this a genuine question?? The ECB created the 16.4 at the detriment of the county game. Not remember the bribe they paid the counties to shepherd it through?
Voice of fair play said:
Doesn’t matter who I or any other individual supports, everybody as an individual is allowed to spend their hard earned money on what team or any match they want to watch.
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Yep. Never once said otherwise. This isn’t the Third Reich.

Voice of fair play said:
Without another individual calling them a traitor!
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You’re not a Durham supporter so you’re not in the firing line, stop worrying about it.
 
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50 over cricket is finished unless this year's world cup reignites some interest

The hundred is absolute bollocks and needs parked (at least the men's version does). Perhaps the ECB can save face by leaving the women's 100 games as a double header with the new T20 competition that's inevitable.

I've just had 5live sports extra on the radio and what naffs me off more than anything is the constant lies and hyperbole about the hundred.

Some woman on (not a clue who it was) saying that the Hundred has meant that many of the players are now household names. Speaking almost as much shite as Rees Mogg.
 
brandon said:
Is this a genuine question?? The ECB created the 16.4 at the detriment of the county game. Not remember the bribe they paid the counties to shepherd it through?


Yep. Never once said otherwise. This isn’t the Third Reich.



You’re not a Durham supporter so you’re not in the firing line, stop worrying about it.
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It’s the pettiness and childish statements that gets me from adults on this board

I can safely say when Durham next play hope the weather nice they win and all concerned have a good time.

Yet you have posters on here saying they wish games are rained off in the hundred and taking delight when games spoiled, which will spoil the day of thousands of people looking forward to it.
 
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