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Post by Admin on Jul 22, 2022 10:51:40 GMT
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Post by Butter_Fingers on Jul 22, 2022 22:09:25 GMT
Anything Imran Khan can do I can do better.
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Post by man in the stand on Jul 23, 2022 14:38:54 GMT
Talk is of an extended IPL and a similar competition in Middle East meaning a county player would only become available to his county in June! Half way through the season..
The controlling forces are those with the money; internationally the Indian Cricket Board and overall the TV companies..hence the extended IPL and the Hundred to make more money. The Hundred is the cuckoo in English Cricket's nest and something is going to be thrown overboard...maybe the 50 over competition and some CC games... The whole thing is a mess....
The Lancs TV interview with Rob Key (at 25:15) covers the review, with Paul Allott in favour of 11 CC games, but Rob Key doesn't give any clues as to what might happen...
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Post by chris on Jul 25, 2022 15:35:01 GMT
Interestingly listening to Paul Allott he says there is talk of a knock out 50 over competition including the National Counties next year. That would be 38 teams or maybe the 18 plus the 10 in the National Counties first divisions becomes 28, then 2 promoted sides becomes 30 plus two more? Also heard the lunch interview of Jack Simmons on Lancs TV. I hope they gave some acknowledgement to the Bolton League and Simon Booth when they named Allott’s Lancs TV interviews as Beyond the Boundary. www.youtube.com/channel/UCaOM6F0gj2_FNcYX5N8Qljw/videos |
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Post by man in the stand on Aug 2, 2022 17:26:39 GMT
Statement from LCCC Club Statement: High-Performance Review and future domestic schedule
In light of the High-Performance Review being undertaken by the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and the on-going debate concerning the structure of the domestic schedule for 2023 onwards, Lancashire Cricket would like to update its Members and supporters on the Club’s position.
Lancashire Cricket fully understands and respects the strong feeling from within the Membership and from wider cricket supporters throughout the country regarding the amount of County Championship cricket that is played throughout the English domestic season.
At the time of writing, the Club has not held any formal meetings with the ECB that relate to the High-Performance Review, which is currently being carried out, nor have we had any formal discussions regarding the 2023 domestic schedule.
Tomorrow (Wednesday 3 August), representatives from all 18 First-Class counties will meet with the ECB for a first update session on the High-Performance Review and future domestic schedule.
The decision that will be made later in the year, and ultimately voted for by the First-Class counties, will not be a commercial decision. Rather, it will be one based on the development and welfare of our players, which must always be at the forefront of our minds throughout this process.
We all know the cricket schedule has become increasingly gruelling, both at a domestic and especially at an international level. Covid-19 also impacted the schedule around the world and has had a significant impact on player welfare. Additionally, there is an increasing number of T20 leagues which are being hosted around the world competing for priority slots within the calendar.
The recent retirement of England’s Test captain Ben Stokes from One-Day International cricket provided strong evidence of these pressures with Ben quoting in his statement: 'We're not cars - you can't fill us up with petrol’.
The Club believes that by ensuring our players are at their best, both physically and mentally, they will be able to perform at their highest ability throughout the season, leading to higher quality cricket being played across the board. In this regard, we are supportive of the process being led by Sir Andrew Strauss.
However, it is also vital that cricket listens to the voice of its fans. At Lancashire Cricket, we are committed to ensuring that the voice of our Members and Supporters is heard at the highest levels whilst this review is carried out.
Daniel Gidney, Chief Executive of Lancashire Cricket said: “We are listening to the views of our Membership and, alongside player welfare, these will be at the forefront of the discussions during our upcoming meetings.
“Following the conclusion of the ECB’s High-Performance Review and the meetings, which will take place between all 18 First-Class Counties, we will endeavour to support the creation of a domestic cricket schedule which is suitable for all
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Post by chris on Aug 2, 2022 17:44:33 GMT
Statement from LCCC Club Statement: High-Performance Review and future domestic schedule
In light of the High-Performance Review being undertaken by the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and the on-going debate concerning the structure of the domestic schedule for 2023 onwards, Lancashire Cricket would like to update its Members and supporters on the Club’s position.
Lancashire Cricket fully understands and respects the strong feeling from within the Membership and from wider cricket supporters throughout the country regarding the amount of County Championship cricket that is played throughout the English domestic season.
At the time of writing, the Club has not held any formal meetings with the ECB that relate to the High-Performance Review, which is currently being carried out, nor have we had any formal discussions regarding the 2023 domestic schedule.
Tomorrow (Wednesday 3 August), representatives from all 18 First-Class counties will meet with the ECB for a first update session on the High-Performance Review and future domestic schedule.
The decision that will be made later in the year, and ultimately voted for by the First-Class counties, will not be a commercial decision. Rather, it will be one based on the development and welfare of our players, which must always be at the forefront of our minds throughout this process.
We all know the cricket schedule has become increasingly gruelling, both at a domestic and especially at an international level. Covid-19 also impacted the schedule around the world and has had a significant impact on player welfare. Additionally, there is an increasing number of T20 leagues which are being hosted around the world competing for priority slots within the calendar.
The recent retirement of England’s Test captain Ben Stokes from One-Day International cricket provided strong evidence of these pressures with Ben quoting in his statement: 'We're not cars - you can't fill us up with petrol’.
The Club believes that by ensuring our players are at their best, both physically and mentally, they will be able to perform at their highest ability throughout the season, leading to higher quality cricket being played across the board. In this regard, we are supportive of the process being led by Sir Andrew Strauss.
However, it is also vital that cricket listens to the voice of its fans. At Lancashire Cricket, we are committed to ensuring that the voice of our Members and Supporters is heard at the highest levels whilst this review is carried out.
Daniel Gidney, Chief Executive of Lancashire Cricket said: “We are listening to the views of our Membership and, alongside player welfare, these will be at the forefront of the discussions during our upcoming meetings.
“Following the conclusion of the ECB’s High-Performance Review and the meetings, which will take place between all 18 First-Class Counties, we will endeavour to support the creation of a domestic cricket schedule which is suitable for all
Pulling this bit out:
"The Club believes that by ensuring our players are at their best, both physically and mentally, they will be able to perform at their highest ability throughout the season, leading to higher quality cricket being played across the board. In this regard, we are supportive of the process being led by Sir Andrew Strauss."
There comes a point whether this becomes self defeating, the idea that they are at their best physically and mentally to play cricket - needs them to play cricket. Once a week, or maybe once a fortnight would improve the players physical and mental ability?
and pulling this bit out:
"The decision that will be made later in the year, and ultimately voted for by the First-Class counties, will not be a commercial decision. Rather, it will be one based on the development and welfare of our players, which must always be at the forefront of our minds throughout this process.”
Got to be less T20, then. There must be an irony in that the T20 is probably more strenous than the county championship. Three games a week, travelling between Manchester, Durham and Nottingham compared with travelling to Hampshire and staying in the Hotel on the ground for three or four nights.
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Post by richard on Aug 2, 2022 17:54:43 GMT
4 Day championship Sat, then Mon to Weds. T20 on the Sunday against the same team. And a knockout 50 overs.
Far less travelling. Far less stress on COUNTY players.
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Post by richard on Aug 2, 2022 18:07:14 GMT
A question for Mr Gidney.
How does reducing the number of County Championship matches that Durham play, have any effect on the decision of Ben Stokes to retire from International One Day cricket ?
Has he been escaping from the England team to secretly appear as someone else whenever possible in the Durham team ? Has the Durham coach been kidnapping him and changing his appearance and forcing him to play ?
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Post by chris on Aug 2, 2022 18:23:31 GMT
What are the odds, if they reduce the county championship, on two more franchises being formed to play extra Hundred games to fill the gap created?
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Post by chris on Aug 2, 2022 19:50:07 GMT
A question for Mr Gidney. How does reducing the number of County Championship matches that Durham play, have any effect on the decision of Ben Stokes to retire from International One Day cricket ? Has he been escaping from the England team to secretly appear as someone else whenever possible in the Durham team ? Has the Durham coach been kidnapping him and changing his appearance and forcing him to play ? |
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Post by Admin on Aug 2, 2022 21:33:03 GMT
The voice of the Member and Supporter will be totally ignored it should read
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Post by oldhamexile on Aug 3, 2022 9:54:58 GMT
To suggest this is motivated in anyway by player welfare is hogwash.
Whenever I see a statement like this I know inherently the reverse is true, it will be a completely commercial decision with absolutely no regard to the history and tradition of the game, or those that favour the red ball over the white. When the statement effectively comes out of the mouth of a snake oil salesman like Gidney, I KNOW I should be suspicious:
"The decision that will be made later in the year, and ultimately voted for by the First-Class counties, will not be a commercial decision."
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Post by redandrosy on Aug 3, 2022 12:42:26 GMT
Player welfare wasn't trumpeted as a big concern when a fourth competition was added to the schedule.
Great that ditching loss making four day cricket is done under the banner of concern for the players even in the face of overwhelming membership opinion.
I wonder how many young players hoping to break into the first team and established county players not in the hundred view less opportunities to play?
Citing the England captain as an example of why county cricket should be cut back is ridiculous. Might as well as mentioned Buttler and others who never play county cricket.
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Post by Admin on Aug 3, 2022 13:31:51 GMT
Just a thought, next year’s Ashes are done and dusted by the end of July, all Test players will be available for the 16.4 competition or will they all be tired?
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Post by man in the stand on Aug 3, 2022 18:33:00 GMT
Hopefully some details may leak from today's meeting. I suspect the ECB will ask for 10 CC games a seaon with the intention to agree 12.
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