Men's QFs will be on 3rd-6th September, some six weeks after the Group stages. Finals Day will be on Saturday 13th September. The QFs will clash with the ODI Series against South Africa and the Final will be in the middle of the T20 Series against them too.
Men's QFs will be on 3rd-6th September, some six weeks after the Group stages. Finals Day will be on Saturday 13th September. The QFs will clash with the ODI Series against South Africa and the Final will be in the middle of the T20 Series against them too.
Just another example of trying to cram too much and too many formats into our short English summer.
Jas Singh, coming in at 8 top scored for his Australian club, Adelaide University with 48 (101) out of a team score of 109. He then returned 14-5-42-2 including the wicket of former Sussex cricketer and Brighton footballer, Joe Gatting (son of Charlton's Steve and nephew of Middlesex and England's Mike).
Men's QFs will be on 3rd-6th September, some six weeks after the Group stages. Finals Day will be on Saturday 13th September. The QFs will clash with the ODI Series against South Africa and the Final will be in the middle of the T20 Series against them too.
More ridiculous behaviour from the ECB. So unless you're very lucky any international signings will be gone after the group stages and no chance of anyone with a central contract featuring at all.
County Championship fixtures announced. We start on Friday 4th April away, to Northants and finish on Saturday 27th, home to Derbyshire. All told we have fixtures in April (3), May (4), June (2), July (2) and September (3). So 10/14 fixtures in April, May and September when it's coldest and will least suit spinners. Oh for the days when county cricket was a summer game!
Received the fixtures' info from KCCC this morning & immediately did a double take at the photo of players signing autographs under the header !
Our youngest grandson had attended his first match with us at The Spitfire Ground & witnessed yet another 1 day defeat- character building experience !
In an effort to keep him on side, I took him to the Club Shop during the break & bought him a Spitfire shirt which he wore for the remainder of the game.
Following the early finish, and seeing other youngsters queuing for autographs , I asked if he'd like to get a few & was surprised when he agreed to do so.
So, imagine my surprise when he appears in the centre of the info re next season's matches received today !
NB I have my doubts that he'll be keen to revisit Canterbury during the forthcoming season....He has asked for the Childline number
All CC games played at Canterbury, with just 2 50 over games again at Beckenham and no games at Tunbridge Wells. Yes there are clearly issues with the TW facilities, but it's still a massive shame.
Living in Milton Keynes the Northants fixture was the one I was checking first. Imagine my delight when I see that it's early season as always seems to be the case. However, 4th April is ridiculous! Soup, blankets and balaclava weather! Sadly, the ridiculous scheduling of county fixtures (plus tests too now it seems) is unlikely to change any time soon.
All CC games played at Canterbury, with just 2 50 over games again at Beckenham and no games at Tunbridge Wells. Yes there are clearly issues with the TW facilities, but it's still a massive shame.
There are two Womens' 50 over matches too at Beckenham and I suspect that the 2nd XI will play games there but, as you say, the limited exposure at this end of the county is a pity.
As most will know, levelling the playing field between those attending state schools and private schools is something I've been banging on about for years on here. Which is why I am so pleased that Seb is one of the Kent regional coaches responsible for delivering a new joint initiative between the county and the MCC. In essence, promising young cricketers that are state educated and not already in a Kent age group squad will receive free coaching for 10 weeks starting in January. Details below:
Essex do love a Yorkshireman coaching them don't they? First Silverwood, then McGrath and now Silverwood again. Meanwhile, down in Kent, no announcement as yet as to who our head coach is going to be.
Interesting article in the Telegraph , the ECB are trying to restrict county players going to overseas white ball tournaments during the English summer. No surprise it’s not going down well with the players . It’s a long article but I have put a couple of exerts below
Last week, the England and Wales Cricket Board announced an overhaul of its policy regarding “no-objection certificates” (NoC) – the documentation a player needs from their home board to play in a tournament overseas.
The headline changes were that the ECB would not issue NoCs for tournaments that overlap with the English summer, unless the player is on a white-ball only deal with their county. This includes the Pakistan Super League, which moves to a slot concurrent to the Indian Premier League (which is controversially exempt from the policy) in April and May next year.
In addition, English players will not be issued NoCs at all for tournaments that clash with the Vitality Blast (which has its group stage in two blocks between May and July, before knockouts in September) or the Hundred (in August). Next year, that includes Major League Cricket, Canada’s Global T20 league and the Lanka Premier League, as well as the Caribbean Premier League. The list of leagues clashing with the domestic summer is only likely to grow.
This has elicited dismay among players and their agents, who have held a series of meetings with the Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA) this week. There were two meetings with players on Monday (around 50 players attended), before the agents met the PCA on Wednesday. The PCA, on the back of these meetings, is taking independent legal advice from a KC over whether this is a restraint of trade before issuing a formal response.
On a micro level, the ECB may well be firing a bullet for the counties, who are the ones losing the players. A couple of influential counties have expressed frustration over the issue. In October, Surrey’s outgoing director of cricket Alec Stewart told Telegraph Sport that the ECB had to step in on the PSL, because control was “drifting rapidly” away from the counties. Lancashire’s CEO Daniel Gidney accused agents of being the main threat to the future of the Championship. Counties come in all shapes and sizes and have differing levels of control on their players, so were happy that the ECB stepped in with a one-size-fits-all approach.
Player like Roy and Hales will be affected by this.
If a player had no county contract at all, surely they couldn't be legally stopped from playing overseas?
For most of the season it’s only if they have a red ball contract I believe so those players you mentioned might even be ok, as would Billings for example.
Of course, the ECB can do what they want with those centrally contracted but on what basis do the ECB grant exemptions to those in the IPL but not the PSL when both are running concurrently?
One suspects that the ECB's concerns aren't as much about the Billings, Roy and Hales but those young players that are in either the early stages of their careers or ones that are still on the radar of England. One such player would be Banton who isn't centrally contracted, but for the first time in several seasons, actually got himself back into the Somerset County Championship team. He wouldn't get a contract in the IPL but certainly would in the PSL. Surely it's up to his county to negotiate the terms on the player's contract and has nothing whatsoever to do with the ECB.
Of course, the ECB can do what they want with those centrally contracted but on what basis do the ECB grant exemptions to those in the IPL but not the PSL when both are running concurrently?
One suspects that the ECB's concerns aren't as much about the Billings, Roy and Hales but those young players that are in either the early stages of their careers or ones that are still on the radar of England. One such player would be Banton who isn't centrally contracted, but for the first time in several seasons, actually got himself back into the Somerset County Championship team. He wouldn't get a contract in the IPL but certainly would in the PSL. Surely it's up to his county to negotiate the terms on the player's contract and has nothing whatsoever to do with the ECB.
The real concern is about boosting monetary value in the hundred. Scarcity of seeing English players could (in theory) make the hundred seem a value asset. It won’t work of course but I suspect that’s the key idea behind it all
Player like Roy and Hales will be affected by this.
If a player had no county contract at all, surely they couldn't be legally stopped from playing overseas?
For most of the season it’s only if they have a red ball contract I believe so those players you mentioned might even be ok, as would Billings for example.
Is tricky for clashes with blast/hundred though
I mentioned them as they missed Blast games to play in overseas leagues last season, so contravening the new ECB "rules".
Billings is different, as he played a full Blast for Kent (and captained the OI in the other competition)
I suppose what the counties are worried about is keeping hold of their players for the whole season. If the players aren’t centrally contracted the money on offer to be a travelling gun for hire would dwarf a county salary.
The restraint of trade is an interesting one , especially if they are under contract to their counties with no release clauses. Wonder how many agents will be advising their clients to sign white ball contracts in future or insist on release clauses ?
Of course, the ECB can do what they want with those centrally contracted but on what basis do the ECB grant exemptions to those in the IPL but not the PSL when both are running concurrently?
One suspects that the ECB's concerns aren't as much about the Billings, Roy and Hales but those young players that are in either the early stages of their careers or ones that are still on the radar of England. One such player would be Banton who isn't centrally contracted, but for the first time in several seasons, actually got himself back into the Somerset County Championship team. He wouldn't get a contract in the IPL but certainly would in the PSL. Surely it's up to his county to negotiate the terms on the player's contract and has nothing whatsoever to do with the ECB.
Think they'd be looking at the likes of Will Smeed too who are exclusively on white ball contracts already and therefore would be easy pickings for a PSL deal.
(Think Tymal Mills would be okay as he's Sussex skipper in T20 so hopefully wouldn't ditch us for PSL)
Of course, the ECB can do what they want with those centrally contracted but on what basis do the ECB grant exemptions to those in the IPL but not the PSL when both are running concurrently?
One suspects that the ECB's concerns aren't as much about the Billings, Roy and Hales but those young players that are in either the early stages of their careers or ones that are still on the radar of England. One such player would be Banton who isn't centrally contracted, but for the first time in several seasons, actually got himself back into the Somerset County Championship team. He wouldn't get a contract in the IPL but certainly would in the PSL. Surely it's up to his county to negotiate the terms on the player's contract and has nothing whatsoever to do with the ECB.
Think they'd be looking at the likes of Will Smeed too who are exclusively on white ball contracts already and therefore would be easy pickings for a PSL deal.
(Think Tymal Mills would be okay as he's Sussex skipper in T20 so hopefully wouldn't ditch us for PSL)
The PSL is over by the middle of May, so can do that and the Blast
It's the competitions in July/August which are the real issue, but then Mills does BBC punditry work on the Hundred, so I can't see him flying off.
Of course, the ECB can do what they want with those centrally contracted but on what basis do the ECB grant exemptions to those in the IPL but not the PSL when both are running concurrently?
One suspects that the ECB's concerns aren't as much about the Billings, Roy and Hales but those young players that are in either the early stages of their careers or ones that are still on the radar of England. One such player would be Banton who isn't centrally contracted, but for the first time in several seasons, actually got himself back into the Somerset County Championship team. He wouldn't get a contract in the IPL but certainly would in the PSL. Surely it's up to his county to negotiate the terms on the player's contract and has nothing whatsoever to do with the ECB.
Think they'd be looking at the likes of Will Smeed too who are exclusively on white ball contracts already and therefore would be easy pickings for a PSL deal.
(Think Tymal Mills would be okay as he's Sussex skipper in T20 so hopefully wouldn't ditch us for PSL)
Think it says that they won’t stop white ball only players from going. It’s the red ball guys they want to stop.
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https://www.kentcricket.co.uk/fixtures-and-results/page/3/?team-category&competition-category&venue-category
Our youngest grandson had attended his first match with us at The Spitfire Ground & witnessed yet another 1 day defeat- character building experience !
In an effort to keep him on side, I took him to the Club Shop during the break & bought him a Spitfire shirt which he wore for the remainder of the game.
Following the early finish, and seeing other youngsters queuing for autographs , I asked if he'd like to get a few & was surprised when he agreed to do so.
So, imagine my surprise when he appears in the centre of the info re next season's matches received today !
NB I have my doubts that he'll be keen to revisit Canterbury during the forthcoming season....He has asked for the Childline number
Sadly, the ridiculous scheduling of county fixtures (plus tests too now it seems) is unlikely to change any time soon.
https://www.kentcricket.co.uk/news/kent-cricket-partners-with-mcc-foundation-to-provide-free-coaching-for-state-school-cricketers/
So I don't think too many would want to upset him.
Last week, the England and Wales Cricket Board announced an overhaul of its policy regarding “no-objection certificates” (NoC) – the documentation a player needs from their home board to play in a tournament overseas.
The headline changes were that the ECB would not issue NoCs for tournaments that overlap with the English summer, unless the player is on a white-ball only deal with their county. This includes the Pakistan Super League, which moves to a slot concurrent to the Indian Premier League (which is controversially exempt from the policy) in April and May next year.
In addition, English players will not be issued NoCs at all for tournaments that clash with the Vitality Blast (which has its group stage in two blocks between May and July, before knockouts in September) or the Hundred (in August). Next year, that includes Major League Cricket, Canada’s Global T20 league and the Lanka Premier League, as well as the Caribbean Premier League. The list of leagues clashing with the domestic summer is only likely to grow.
This has elicited dismay among players and their agents, who have held a series of meetings with the Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA) this week. There were two meetings with players on Monday (around 50 players attended), before the agents met the PCA on Wednesday. The PCA, on the back of these meetings, is taking independent legal advice from a KC over whether this is a restraint of trade before issuing a formal response.
On a micro level, the ECB may well be firing a bullet for the counties, who are the ones losing the players. A couple of influential counties have expressed frustration over the issue. In October, Surrey’s outgoing director of cricket Alec Stewart told Telegraph Sport that the ECB had to step in on the PSL, because control was “drifting rapidly” away from the counties. Lancashire’s CEO Daniel Gidney accused agents of being the main threat to the future of the Championship. Counties come in all shapes and sizes and have differing levels of control on their players, so were happy that the ECB stepped in with a one-size-fits-all approach.
If a player had no county contract at all, surely they couldn't be legally stopped from playing overseas?
Is tricky for clashes with blast/hundred though
One suspects that the ECB's concerns aren't as much about the Billings, Roy and Hales but those young players that are in either the early stages of their careers or ones that are still on the radar of England. One such player would be Banton who isn't centrally contracted, but for the first time in several seasons, actually got himself back into the Somerset County Championship team. He wouldn't get a contract in the IPL but certainly would in the PSL. Surely it's up to his county to negotiate the terms on the player's contract and has nothing whatsoever to do with the ECB.
Billings is different, as he played a full Blast for Kent (and captained the OI in the other competition)
The restraint of trade is an interesting one , especially if they are under contract to their counties with no release clauses. Wonder how many agents will be advising their clients to sign white ball contracts in future or insist on release clauses ?
Think they'd be looking at the likes of Will Smeed too who are exclusively on white ball contracts already and therefore would be easy pickings for a PSL deal.
(Think Tymal Mills would be okay as he's Sussex skipper in T20 so hopefully wouldn't ditch us for PSL)
It's the competitions in July/August which are the real issue, but then Mills does BBC punditry work on the Hundred, so I can't see him flying off.