The Hundred Draft. It's so exciting. I love this traditional, late-October highlight of the cricket season. It's such great way to break up the gap between the end of the last season a few weeks ago and the start of next season which is now only six months away.
And what a great idea to have lots of people sitting, chatting about a sport that has no history, no statistics and no previous results.
Some people say it's a bit manufactured. But what's wrong with that? I mean, some of the best forms of entertainment that ever existed were "manufactured". And without manufactured entertainment we wouldn't have Hear'Say, would we?
@The_President serious questions here as given your posts on this thread you are obviously all for this competition.
Do you not think it would've been better if the money had instead gone on making the T20 blast better? Attracting better overseas players, making England players available, better marketing, slightly shorter format etc.
To me (and it seems most others) it offers no real benefit to cricket in this country. By moving county and T20 fixtures for the 100 and downgrading the 50 over competition, the ECB is surely harming not helping the game. Made up team names and not proper county sides? 10 ball overs? Every side sponsored by crisp/snack companies? The most northern team based at Leeds? And they didn't pick Root or Bairstow? Bairstow now the captain of the Welsh side?! The Somerset player who is named as the 'local icon'........for the Welsh Fire. Somerset fans won't go and support a Welsh team.
I'd love to know what you honestly feel the positives of this competition are?
Chris,
My simple view is that if you look at the models of IPL and Big Bash, with their City based formats, the format clearly works.Attendances are high,cricket is good and high quality with high quality overseas stars, and its obviously a very marketable product. If's something that clearly had to be emulated in the English league.We couldn't stand back and be the last ones out of the block again.
Now,believe it or not, i'm probably in favour of retaining the T20 format and turning it into ,say, a 2 division format, with the county teams playing in a sortof 2nd division. There are obviously marketing and business related decisions that have created this '100' contest - , but, as Canters has his (very valid and well researched) opinions on this, but, i trust the people like Vaughan,Hussain,Giles,Strauss who have all come out in support of the competition more than i do Cantersaddick (nothing personal , Canters). I know very little about the construct of the game, like 10 ball overs and no lbw's etc, but am just excited about the prospect of having so many high class players playing in 1 game,under lights, and on terrestrial too. However, i dont like the snack company sponsorship thing. TBH, when the 20/20 comp first came out, everyone just ridiculed it and said it was just hit-and giggles - look at it now, probably the most importanat (financially) format in the planet.
In my view England players will improve as will the English players on the fringe (and before someone comes on , and say 'they' will only play 3 games' - its not just game time, its also being around and in the nets with these guys.
But, to just slag it off dismiss it and say things like 'i'll go to the game if i get a free ticket, and just drink' or 'hope it crashes and burns' is just plain crass and childish
Mate I've said before these people are either paid by the ECB or sky who have put money into it. They're not allowed to not support it. Hardly impartial. Plenty of former players and some current ones (see my comments on the first page) and journos have come out against it.
I give up - either its a shit idea or now its coz they are in the pay of the broadcaster. ffs.
It's a shit idea that some players are having to support because they are being paid to. It's not rocket science.
Aw gawd.
Look on the bright side. You're the one person in the country that's going to enjoy this circus.
Lol, you do realise i've made a mental note of this post for next summer. >Actually i wont bother wasting my time.
The Hundred Draft. It's so exciting. I love this traditional, late-October highlight of the cricket season. It's such great way to break up the gap between the end of the last season a few weeks ago and the start of next season which is now only six months away.
And what a great idea to have lots of people sitting, chatting about a sport that has no history, no statistics and no previous results.
Some people say it's a bit manufactured. But what's wrong with that? I mean, some of the best forms of entertainment that ever existed were "manufactured". And without manufactured entertainment we wouldn't have Hear'Say, would we?
Oh well, Chizz, then no need for you to interrupt your bedtime reading of Wisden then ! If you dont like it, then its simple, dont watch it or moan about it, i'm sure there's a episode of Coronation Street on the other channel for you- or you go along with McB , hold hands with your back to the play, drink yourself to oblivion and throw Pink foam pigs on the pitch.
The Hundred Draft. It's so exciting. I love this traditional, late-October highlight of the cricket season. It's such great way to break up the gap between the end of the last season a few weeks ago and the start of next season which is now only six months away.
And what a great idea to have lots of people sitting, chatting about a sport that has no history, no statistics and no previous results.
Some people say it's a bit manufactured. But what's wrong with that? I mean, some of the best forms of entertainment that ever existed were "manufactured". And without manufactured entertainment we wouldn't have Hear'Say, would we?
Oh well, Chizz, then no need for you to interrupt your bedtime reading of Wisden then ! If you dont like it, then its simple, dont watch it or moan about it, i'm sure there's a episode of Coronation Street on the other channel for you.
The thing is, that standpoint would be fine if it was a completely standalone thing - like on the Vlogging thread.
But this WILL have an impact on cricket per se - good or bad. Therefore in my view you can't just say "if you don't like it then don't watch it".
The Hundred Draft. It's so exciting. I love this traditional, late-October highlight of the cricket season. It's such great way to break up the gap between the end of the last season a few weeks ago and the start of next season which is now only six months away.
And what a great idea to have lots of people sitting, chatting about a sport that has no history, no statistics and no previous results.
Some people say it's a bit manufactured. But what's wrong with that? I mean, some of the best forms of entertainment that ever existed were "manufactured". And without manufactured entertainment we wouldn't have Hear'Say, would we?
Oh well, Chizz, then no need for you to interrupt your bedtime reading of Wisden then ! If you dont like it, then its simple, dont watch it or moan about it, i'm sure there's a episode of Coronation Street on the other channel for you- or you go along with McB , hold hands with your back to the play, drink yourself to oblivion and throw Pink foam pigs on the pitch.
Still jealous of CARD after all these years, a deep deep wound.
The Hundred Draft. It's so exciting. I love this traditional, late-October highlight of the cricket season. It's such great way to break up the gap between the end of the last season a few weeks ago and the start of next season which is now only six months away.
And what a great idea to have lots of people sitting, chatting about a sport that has no history, no statistics and no previous results.
Some people say it's a bit manufactured. But what's wrong with that? I mean, some of the best forms of entertainment that ever existed were "manufactured". And without manufactured entertainment we wouldn't have Hear'Say, would we?
Oh well, Chizz, then no need for you to interrupt your bedtime reading of Wisden then ! If you dont like it, then its simple, dont watch it or moan about it, i'm sure there's a episode of Coronation Street on the other channel for you- or you go along with McB , hold hands with your back to the play, drink yourself to oblivion and throw Pink foam pigs on the pitch.
Does my post say that I don't like it? Or, are you getting a bit defensive?
You've just missed it. But, hopefully there will be a highlights programme on BBC at some stage. And I would think the papers will be full of it. Especially as we are right at the height of the cricket season now.
(Failing that, there might be something on CBBC...)
The Hundred Draft. It's so exciting. I love this traditional, late-October highlight of the cricket season. It's such great way to break up the gap between the end of the last season a few weeks ago and the start of next season which is now only six months away.
And what a great idea to have lots of people sitting, chatting about a sport that has no history, no statistics and no previous results.
Some people say it's a bit manufactured. But what's wrong with that? I mean, some of the best forms of entertainment that ever existed were "manufactured". And without manufactured entertainment we wouldn't have Hear'Say, would we?
Oh well, Chizz, then no need for you to interrupt your bedtime reading of Wisden then ! If you dont like it, then its simple, dont watch it or moan about it, i'm sure there's a episode of Coronation Street on the other channel for you- or you go along with McB , hold hands with your back to the play, drink yourself to oblivion and throw Pink foam pigs on the pitch.
Still jealous of CARD after all these years, a deep deep wound.
You've just missed it. But, hopefully there will be a highlights programme on BBC at some stage. And I would think the papers will be full of it. Especially as we are right at the height of the cricket season now.
(Failing that, there might be something on CBBC...)
The Hundred Draft. It's so exciting. I love this traditional, late-October highlight of the cricket season. It's such great way to break up the gap between the end of the last season a few weeks ago and the start of next season which is now only six months away.
And what a great idea to have lots of people sitting, chatting about a sport that has no history, no statistics and no previous results.
Some people say it's a bit manufactured. But what's wrong with that? I mean, some of the best forms of entertainment that ever existed were "manufactured". And without manufactured entertainment we wouldn't have Hear'Say, would we?
Oh well, Chizz, then no need for you to interrupt your bedtime reading of Wisden then ! If you dont like it, then its simple, dont watch it or moan about it, i'm sure there's a episode of Coronation Street on the other channel for you- or you go along with McB , hold hands with your back to the play, drink yourself to oblivion and throw Pink foam pigs on the pitch.
Still jealous of CARD after all these years, a deep deep wound.
Wot the fuck are you talking about, you pompous, patronising prick?
We've just won the 50 over World Cup and seen one of the great Ashes test matches. The 100 doesn't seem to add anything to 20/20. I think and hope that it will be a one season wonder.
I very much doubt it will be a 1 season wonder with the money that is 1) going to be available and 2) The financial input into the game - really cant see why you would 'hope' that it is so- so negative, as are so many peoples views on the 100 on here.
However, its not the time for negative comments...
1) Its here. 2) Its not going away. 3) Its going to be really entertaining, with top overseas stars playing. 4) Its going to be different 5) Its on Terrestrial TV 6) Embrace it instead of being negative towards it.
Give it a chance- you might like it.
You are literally the first person to have spoken positively about it that I have heard. Let's see how it goes, I think it's a bit pointless and a desperate attempt to catch up with the IPL, big bash etc.
My 13 year old son is interested in it , I said pick a team before the draft to support but btw I’ll only take you to Lords to watch it , so London Spirit he chose !
Sussex lose 12 players to The Hundred. I’m wondering if I’ll get a game for Sussex in the RLODC if I clean my boots. It feels like a month removed from the cricket season.
I've said before many times that The Hundred is bad for county cricket and now I'm beginning to see just how it's going to effect the game.
I received a letter from Kent CCC the other day. Thanks to The Hundred, they are discontinuing the one day membership I always used to buy. Where I used to be able to go to every 50 over and T20 game, that's been binned and is being replaced by an "offer" of a ticket for 6 days cricket for £90. While that might on the face of it seem a bargain, £15 a game, it strikes me as sharp practice to offer a discounted rate on 6 games when the T20 season has 7 home games, so I would have to pay full whack for the last and possibly most important game of the T20 regular season. And what if I want to watch a one day game? Now I'm forced to pick and choose and pay extra.
Not only have the ECB devalued the 50 over game but turning it into some sort of 'development' league and taking away the competition's Lords final, Kent seem to think it isn't worth bothering with either by discontinuing their one-day membership. In the year that England won the 50 over world cup, the ECB and counties have decided to cast the competition aside in order to accommodate the mutated Hundred version of cricket.
So Kent, not only have they lost out on the £200 membership they decide to delete, they've also lost out on the £90 they tried to fob me off with too. I won't be going to Lords or the Oval to watch random pick up teams I don't care about and I won't be going to Canterbury either if that's what they think of me as a member.
I guess they don't need my money anyway, they took The Hundred's bribe after all.
Just looked at the squads to see just how packed full of household names they are. Oh dear. Not very. At least the 'local icon' thing is good for a laugh.
My 13 year old son is interested in it , I said pick a team before the draft to support but btw I’ll only take you to Lords to watch it , so London Spirit he chose !
I think it might do well with kids, but the 'pick a team' thing says it all, doesn't it.
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English cricket fans going along to support a team coached by Darren Lehmann need to have a look at themselves.
Great article this.
Pres you can add Virat Kohli to the list of players who think it's bullshit
might go for Manchester Originals as like the name.
It's just not cricket.
And what a great idea to have lots of people sitting, chatting about a sport that has no history, no statistics and no previous results.
Some people say it's a bit manufactured. But what's wrong with that? I mean, some of the best forms of entertainment that ever existed were "manufactured". And without manufactured entertainment we wouldn't have Hear'Say, would we?
Ah,Virat Kohli, the self-effacing,self-deprecating, well-liked Indian captain, who hasn’t put himself up for The Draft.
Bayliss,Gillespie,DiVenuto,Stuart Law,Eddie Jones even Sven Goran fucking Eriksson.
If you dont like it, then its simple, dont watch it or moan about it, i'm sure there's a episode of Coronation Street on the other channel for you- or you go along with McB , hold hands with your back to the play, drink yourself to oblivion and throw Pink foam pigs on the pitch.
But this WILL have an impact on cricket per se - good or bad. Therefore in my view you can't just say "if you don't like it then don't watch it".
(Failing that, there might be something on CBBC...)
I received a letter from Kent CCC the other day. Thanks to The Hundred, they are discontinuing the one day membership I always used to buy. Where I used to be able to go to every 50 over and T20 game, that's been binned and is being replaced by an "offer" of a ticket for 6 days cricket for £90. While that might on the face of it seem a bargain, £15 a game, it strikes me as sharp practice to offer a discounted rate on 6 games when the T20 season has 7 home games, so I would have to pay full whack for the last and possibly most important game of the T20 regular season. And what if I want to watch a one day game? Now I'm forced to pick and choose and pay extra.
Not only have the ECB devalued the 50 over game but turning it into some sort of 'development' league and taking away the competition's Lords final, Kent seem to think it isn't worth bothering with either by discontinuing their one-day membership. In the year that England won the 50 over world cup, the ECB and counties have decided to cast the competition aside in order to accommodate the mutated Hundred version of cricket.
So Kent, not only have they lost out on the £200 membership they decide to delete, they've also lost out on the £90 they tried to fob me off with too. I won't be going to Lords or the Oval to watch random pick up teams I don't care about and I won't be going to Canterbury either if that's what they think of me as a member.
I guess they don't need my money anyway, they took The Hundred's bribe after all.
Oh dear. Not very.
At least the 'local icon' thing is good for a laugh.