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Joe Root MBE

Mahatmafoot said:
Spot on just another money spinner to con the public.
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Allegedly created to bring in a wider, younger audience and to provide the funds to support the county game.It's costing the ECB millions.
The franchises are up for auction next year so we'll see how it's valued when commercial enterprises are invited to cough up.
The ECB have said that - (and we think the FA are stupid)- it makes money IF YOU DON'T TAKE THE PLAYER'S WAGES into account!
I think it will be a short lived, mad, experiment and, whilst not liking the T20 it is at least county based with some supporter loyalty.

Imagine football having a regional franchise base with the South Yorkshire Yeoman, made up of SUFC, SWC, RUFC,BFC and DRFC making up the core of the team.Would anyone want to watch that????
 
Shatner's Bassoon said:
Is it just me who can't stand T20 and the Hundred? I love test cricket and normal one dayers but these seem to be slogging for sloggings sake.
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I’m not keen on the T20 and have never watched a game of the 100 I don’t know the rules and don’t want to it’s not cricket and there’s no team I can get behind as Yorkshire players are spread far and wide so I have no affinity to the local side
Love test cricket unfortunately the ECB price everyone out of the market nearly 100 notes for a days play I get compared to footy you get about 6hrs play instead of 90mins weather permitting but it’s steep to shell out and then you’re captive to their food and drink prices which are through the roof
I’ll stick to the tv 🤷‍♂️
 
Bulmer1889 said:
I’m not keen on the T20 and have never watched a game of the 100 I don’t know the rules and don’t want to it’s not cricket and there’s no team I can get behind as Yorkshire players are spread far and wide so I have no affinity to the local side
Love test cricket unfortunately the ECB price everyone out of the market nearly 100 notes for a days play I get compared to footy you get about 6hrs play instead of 90mins weather permitting but it’s steep to shell out and then you’re captive to their food and drink prices which are through the roof
I’ll stick to the tv 🤷‍♂️
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Talking of steep prices for captive audiences the new CO-OP arena in Manchester which opened a month or so ago has beer at £8.95 per pint
Add a pie for just £8.35!
 
FFS just got in put cricket on and stokes falls for the same trap he did in the last test why does he leave his brain cell back in the pavilion when he goes out to bat 🙄
 
What a spell from mark wood since lunch 6 overs and 5wkts for 9 runs
Windies all out for 175 England need just 82 to win
 
Very entertaining game. I can't help thinking that the Windies are individually better than what they're showing us in games. They seem a bit naive TBH, more a problem with their coaching than the squad...where have I heard that before?
 
tomytony said:
Imagine football having a regional franchise base with the South Yorkshire Yeoman, made up of SUFC, SWC, RUFC,BFC and DRFC making up the core of the team.Would anyone want to watch that????
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That would be bad enough but at least we might know/relate to a few more of the players. They're all over the shop in the Hundred franchise. Jonny B plays for Welsh Fire.
 
Grayblade said:
Very entertaining game. I can't help thinking that the Windies are individually better than what they're showing us in games. They seem a bit naive TBH, more a problem with their coaching than the squad...where have I heard that before?
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I think they’ve concentrated on the white ball too much at the expense of the red seems to be a common problem 🫤
 
Bulmer1889 said:
I think they’ve concentrated on the white ball too much at the expense of the red seems to be a common problem 🫤
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Their ruling board is skint, no one watches test cricket in the Windies- it doesn't have the pull of other countries as, basically, they are a collection of different island nations wo have no real allegiance to each other.

Many of their best players just play franchise cricket with the attendant monetary benefits, which is why the ECB hand out such lucrative central contracts to our players ( Joe and Harry being the only ones who have 3 yr contracts) to keep them tied as there is such an appetite for test matches in England- with vast , expensive hospitalty and exorbitant ticket prices for the ordinary spectator.

The only way to make test cricket viable worldwide is for the wealthier nations- us, India and partly Aus- to subsidise the smaller nations.

Can't see the greedy ECB doing that which is why the dreaded 100 was created- to allow them to sell off 49% of the 100 teams to outside investors next year to keep filling the coffers.
There's an article in the ST today saying that the Suadi PIF - the owners of Newcastle Uttd - are considering setting up another team based in Durham. It also says that the IPL owns 20 of the worldwide cricketing franchises which is where the real money is i.e the IPL- can't see them chucking much into the pot either.
 
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