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Post by stoke111 on Mar 28, 2017 11:14:09 GMT
I think it could work. Especially if some are shown on terrestrial TV. I would do away with the other T20 league as well though, 2 T20 competitions is overkill and would soon get boring. Interesting how they would format and allocate players. I think it should be based on a draft system each year and (after the first year) teams can hold onto say 4 players and the rest go back into the "draft pot." Lowest place team picks first etc. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/39407046 |
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Post by followyoudown on Mar 28, 2017 12:02:09 GMT
I think it could work. Especially if some are shown on terrestrial TV. I would do away with the other T20 league as well though, 2 T20 competitions is overkill and would soon get boring. Interesting how they would format and allocate players. I think it should be based on a draft system each year and (after the first year) teams can hold onto say 4 players and the rest go back into the "draft pot." Lowest place team picks first etc. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/39407046I think it's a crap idea, playing the games in such a short space of time in the UK leaves you hostage to the weather which isn't an issue for the IPL or the Big Bash League. The Big Blast is doing ok attendances are up and they've mostly moved back to how it was when first started with games on Friday nights and weekends, you don't get the big name stars because of the period it's split over but again when they bunched it up they found it was too expensive for people as well as weather problems I already mentioned. I think UK sports fans are much more parochial too while say Somerset sell out every game will they turn up to watch a team called West Country? |
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Post by salopstick on Mar 28, 2017 17:25:41 GMT
Test Cricket RIP
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Post by salopstick on Mar 28, 2017 17:28:04 GMT
I think it could work. Especially if some are shown on terrestrial TV. I would do away with the other T20 league as well though, 2 T20 competitions is overkill and would soon get boring. Interesting how they would format and allocate players. I think it should be based on a draft system each year and (after the first year) teams can hold onto say 4 players and the rest go back into the "draft pot." Lowest place team picks first etc. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/39407046I think it's a crap idea, playing the games in such a short space of time in the UK leaves you hostage to the weather which isn't an issue for the IPL or the Big Bash League. The Big Blast is doing ok attendances are up and they've mostly moved back to how it was when first started with games on Friday nights and weekends, you don't get the big name stars because of the period it's split over but again when they bunched it up they found it was too expensive for people as well as weather problems I already mentioned. I think UK sports fans are much more parochial too while say Somerset sell out every game will they turn up to watch a team called West Country? I assume the cities will be: Birmingham Bristol Cardiff Manchester Leeds Nottingham London Newcastle Maybe drop Newcastle for a second London team |
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Post by The Drunken Communist on Mar 28, 2017 17:44:47 GMT
I assume the cities will be: Birmingham Bristol Cardiff Manchester Leeds Nottingham London Newcastle Maybe drop Newcastle for a second London team Biggest grounds surely? London x2 Birmingham Nottingham Manchester Leeds Cardiff Southampton. Nice spread aswell, 2 in the south east, 2 in the south west, 2 midlands, 1 in the north west, 1 in the north east. |
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Post by followyoudown on Mar 28, 2017 18:29:22 GMT
Two T20 competitions and the kids will get to see no England players, how will that increase interest? Better to bin off the meaningless early 3 test series and let them play in one of the T20s. |
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Post by followyoudown on Mar 28, 2017 18:32:12 GMT
I assume the cities will be: Birmingham Bristol Cardiff Manchester Leeds Nottingham London Newcastle Maybe drop Newcastle for a second London team Biggest grounds surely? London x2 Birmingham Nottingham Manchester Leeds Cardiff Southampton. Nice spread aswell, 2 in the south east, 2 in the south west, 2 midlands, 1 in the north west, 1 in the north east. I think that's the split I saw mentioned with the teams rotating grounds for a few games so the West Country team would play at Glamorgan, Gloucester and Somerset. Birmingham would play at Worcester too. Ironically I think Warwickshire and Glamorgan are two of the worst for attendances currently. |
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Post by partickpotter on Mar 29, 2017 17:09:20 GMT
Can't help feeling we're jumping on the bandwagon just as the wheels are about to come off.
The IPL snooze fest is about to start - this may be the year they realise the economics don't work which will have a knock on around the world as sponsors reevaluate how much cash they should be paying.
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Post by kingdong on Mar 29, 2017 21:13:18 GMT
Can't help feeling we're jumping on the bandwagon just as the wheels are about to come off. The IPL snooze fest is about to start - this may be the year they realise the economics don't work which will have a knock on around the world as sponsors reevaluate how much cash they should be paying. This isn't the case for the Big Bash in Australia. In the last competition, 5 of the 8 teams averaged over 30,000 attendances with the Melbourne Stars averaging closer to 50,000. Perth will probably average over 30,000 next year when they move from the WACA to the new stadium as well. The big bash is fast becoming an integral part of the Aussie summer. |
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Post by woodstein on Mar 29, 2017 21:30:20 GMT
T20, its just not cricket. We used to play 20 overs on evening junior games and we wanted more.
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Post by followyoudown on Mar 30, 2017 7:15:57 GMT
Can't help feeling we're jumping on the bandwagon just as the wheels are about to come off. The IPL snooze fest is about to start - this may be the year they realise the economics don't work which will have a knock on around the world as sponsors reevaluate how much cash they should be paying. I hope so, the BCCI seriously need taking down a peg, some of the stuff they got involved in during the test series v Australia (leaking stump recordings etc) made the Aussies look classy. They pretty much bully the ICC so none of their players ever get charged no matter how badly they behave. Virat Kohli is undoubtedly one of the best batsman in the world in all forms of cricket but he's also fast becoming the biggest knob in the game. |
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