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ECB’s “The Hundred”
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Plus we could have a proper 50 overs competition where the counties play their 1st eleven and not their reserves.Addick Addict said:
Imagine if it is - we could start the season two weeks later, have more CC matches at the height of the season and have 16 of them instead of the 14 and this ludicrous situation where teams play six teams twice and two teams once.blackpool72 said:Hopefully this is the beginning of the end for the most ridiculous competition of all time.4 -
Oh who would ever have thought that the ECB would come to the conclusion that their flagship competition was a disaster - as many predicted it would be. Well rumour has it that they have now done exactly that and are proposing a new competition that would mean re-vamping the Blast. If only they had done that in the first place instead of trying to re-invent the game with Mickey Mouse cricket and KP snacks to boot on the basis that it would become a trail blazing world competition to rival the IPL.7
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I know if you accept a job you have to dance to the tune - to a degree, but the TV commentators and summarisers were so fawning in the 'selling' of everything Hundred it made me queasy.10
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From what I've read it's proposed to be an 18 team league + some Minor Counties but with 1/3 local private investment allowed (No IPL franchises so we don't get Kent Knight Riders and MI Birmingham Bears) , more like Tony Bloom gets a chunk of the Sussex side , someone like Steve Lansdown with Gloucestershire.
Looks like the ECB has realised The Hundred is getting blown out of the water in terms of what they can offer players by the MLC being in the same window and want to change things again.
Although the article does say no changes until potentially 2028 due to the existing TV deal.
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Hope it all goes tits up8
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2028 is when the TV deal runs out and there are no takers , so it’s probably getting binned …. Good2
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What the hundred had going for it was that it was on the TV and gave decent billing to women's cricket. The problem was the format was cack4
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Women's cricket is getting plenty of airtime on sky.
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And it ruined one third of the calendar for county cricket. Effectively, if you are going nowhere in Division 2 of the CC at the start of July, there is no meaningful first team cricket left for the rest of the season. Hopefully, having just the three competitions will mean a later start for the CC too.McBobbin said:What the hundred had going for it was that it was on the TV and gave decent billing to women's cricket. The problem was the format was cack5 -
Sky will surely be amenable to rewriting their 100 contract. They'll know it's a tarnished competition, and would surely be happy if it was replaced with something more popular.MarcusH26 said:From what I've read it's proposed to be an 18 team league + some Minor Counties but with 1/3 local private investment allowed (No IPL franchises so we don't get Kent Knight Riders and MI Birmingham Bears) , more like Tony Bloom gets a chunk of the Sussex side , someone like Steve Lansdown with Gloucestershire.
Looks like the ECB has realised The Hundred is getting blown out of the water in terms of what they can offer players by the MLC being in the same window and want to change things again.
Although the article does say no changes until potentially 2028 due to the existing TV deal.1 - Sponsored links:
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Reserves? At times, Kent were playing their thirds plus some other players from Tunbridge Wells!blackpool72 said:
Plus we could have a proper 50 overs competition where the counties play their 1st eleven and not their reserves.Addick Addict said:
Imagine if it is - we could start the season two weeks later, have more CC matches at the height of the season and have 16 of them instead of the 14 and this ludicrous situation where teams play six teams twice and two teams once.blackpool72 said:Hopefully this is the beginning of the end for the most ridiculous competition of all time.
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MarcusH26 said:From what I've read it's proposed to be an 18 team league + some Minor Counties but with 1/3 local private investment allowed (No IPL franchises so we don't get Kent Knight Riders and MI Birmingham Bears) , more like Tony Bloom gets a chunk of the Sussex side , someone like Steve Lansdown with Gloucestershire.
Looks like the ECB has realised The Hundred is getting blown out of the water in terms of what they can offer players by the MLC being in the same window and want to change things again.
Although the article does say no changes until potentially 2028 due to the existing TV deal.
Kind of poetic should the MLC go on to be the better competition, if the ECB decide to try to compete directly against it... they completely cocked it up didn't they?
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Callumcafc said:MarcusH26 said:From what I've read it's proposed to be an 18 team league + some Minor Counties but with 1/3 local private investment allowed (No IPL franchises so we don't get Kent Knight Riders and MI Birmingham Bears) , more like Tony Bloom gets a chunk of the Sussex side , someone like Steve Lansdown with Gloucestershire.
Looks like the ECB has realised The Hundred is getting blown out of the water in terms of what they can offer players by the MLC being in the same window and want to change things again.
Although the article does say no changes until potentially 2028 due to the existing TV deal.
Kind of poetic should the MLC go on to be the better competition, if the ECB decide to try to compete directly against it... they completely cocked it up didn't they?
Oh I think they've already cocked it up - they just aren't going to get the big name players when MLC is offering a lot more money , looks like Steve Smith is potentially going to play for Washington next year too.
Had a quick flick through the squads and I'd be surprised if any of the test squad played a game in it this year.1 -
If the 100 is binned then the county game is going to be battling the MLC. If it takes off in the US and the Indian franchises throw huge money at it , it will become more difficult to attract the best players to play here , unless the counties have deep pockets, which we all know isn’t the case.We need a product and the financial backing to compete.1
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I seem to remember that part of the reason we have this 100 ball nonsense is because of time constraints on terrestrial TV? If that can be sorted and we have an actual T20 competition that people without sky can actually watch, that would be a good thing.6
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Well I'm off to Blighty today & all being well with the weather I shall be at the double header on Wednesday at Sofia Gardens 😁3
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And now Rashid Khan has pulled out of the tournament and isn't going to play for Trent Rockets3
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Chizz normally has his say on this subject0
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Awful artificial unwanted competition which no self respecting cricket fan is anything but scornful for. Losing money hand over fist and doing nothing constructive for any of the formats of the game.
And I understand that this is the reason five tests were squeezed into a few weeks……5 -
So absolutely loathe it!IAgree said:Awful artificial unwanted competition which no self respecting cricket fan is anything but scornful for. Losing money hand over fist and doing nothing constructive for any of the formats of the game.
And I understand that this is the reason five tests were squeezed into a few weeks……0 - Sponsored links:
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Agreed. Too hard on the players with the matches in the best cricket series squeezed in to too short a timescale for a stupid tournament. I'm going to so miss the cricket but no way will I watch that feckin excuse for cricket!IAgree said:
So absolutely loathe it!IAgree said:Awful artificial unwanted competition which no self respecting cricket fan is anything but scornful for. Losing money hand over fist and doing nothing constructive for any of the formats of the game.
And I understand that this is the reason five tests were squeezed into a few weeks……2 -
my lad has decided he wants to go to a Hundred game, so gateway drug hopefully2
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Can't believe they rushed through an amazing Ashes series for the Hundred.5
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Part of the problem is how slow T20s are these days, I'm sure the old Sunday League 40 over matches didn't take much longer to complete!McBobbin said:I seem to remember that part of the reason we have this 100 ball nonsense is because of time constraints on terrestrial TV? If that can be sorted and we have an actual T20 competition that people without sky can actually watch, that would be a good thing.0 -
All competitions are artificial…IAgree said:Awful artificial unwanted competition which no self respecting cricket fan is anything but scornful for. Losing money hand over fist and doing nothing constructive for any of the formats of the game.
And I understand that this is the reason five tests were squeezed into a few weeks……1 -
Have no intention of watching this completely useless competition. Didn't watch it last year either! Hope it gets binned as soon as possible!4
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I think that unfortunately the viewing figures will be distorted by those pining some form of cricket after the Ashes. But hopefully it is still doomed. And very soon! And hopefully they will turn off when it isn't remotely as good or indeed cricket at all!Redmidland said:Have no intention of watching this completely useless competition. Didn't watch it last year either! Hope it gets binned as soon as possible!1 -
Bar Shaheen Shah Afridi it really lacks the big star overseas talents now it's got MLC for competition.0
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I can't see the England Test players figuring much either, as they'll be shattered or recovering from injuries after the Ashes. Poor Moeen is commentating tomorrow on the BBC, rather than putting his feet up!1
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What a come down after the Ashes. Hope it is the final year and will be put to bed as a failed experiment…5
