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Post by Phil on Nov 15, 2022 17:56:12 GMT
Anyone know when these are likely to be published?
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Post by John W on Nov 16, 2022 7:51:09 GMT
Anyone know when these are likely to be published? At the Yorkshire EGM last week it was mentioned that hopefully the fixtures will be released on Tuesday 22 November. |
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Post by man in the stand on Nov 17, 2022 19:48:59 GMT
Will the fixtures be the same as the last season...i.e. 50 over competition in August and CC at the beginning and the end???
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Post by lancsdes on Nov 18, 2022 1:03:58 GMT
Used to so look forward to this every year. It’s a real indication of the way that cricket has gone that for the last 7/8 years, I have hardly bothered.
Went to see journalist George Dobell tonight at Sefton Cricket club. He was absolutely superb as I thought he would be, as integrity shines out from his writing. He thought that the present fixture list was a mess as it was a nonsense for the county champions to have played the bottom club twice and the next to top once. Whilst I agree with him on that, it is something that we’ve had many times in cricket down the years. I suspect that the years of playing every team equal number of times have been very much in the minority but do agree it is desirable.
He is hopeful about the ECB now with the two men in charge although he doesn’t agree with them all the time. He thought under Graves and Harrison that the ECB was a corrupt organisation as many of us thought. I didn’t agree with everything he said; he likes the Barmy Army for instance. If I was a journalist who, as he says about himself, could pick what cricket he wants to watch, I wouldn’t have been there for the 2020 final in Australia. However, he is on the side of the cricket supporter who pays to watch county cricket and has no time for the franchise set up.
He was ruthless about Yorkshire, although he thinks they are one of the world’s great cricket clubs ( I agree with him on that)and just wants them to be more inclusive. Said he has had death threats about his reporting on the Rafiq affair and there is a lot more to come out.
He said that the high performance review not even mentioning hundred was similar to an account of the Titanic without mentioning the iceberg.Felt that Strauss had no empathy for the average paying cricket supporter.
He said he was aware that people had problems with the set up at Lancs but he thought it is a really well run club producing some great talent ( my take is it really should from the catchment area ). He said how great the ground was. I will always think it should’ve been done so much better for both county and Test cricket. It is a great Test ground but not a place at which I want to watch County Cricket unlike Trent Bridge.
He said that Lancashire fans bemoaning finishing second in every competition, had no idea of the agony of being a Somerset fan. I can’t remember the figures he gave but a few years back, they were averaging 1 1/2 runners up per season.
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Post by oldhamexile on Nov 21, 2022 11:12:35 GMT
Thanks for the write up Des. Big fan of Dobell, agree that there's room for optimism with Thompson and Gould in charge. Surrey were the only county with a Test ground that opposed the Hundred and have consistently been on the side of championship cricket.
Harrison was the worst kind of snake oil salesman with his talk of "product" and his failure to take responsibility for anything, we're well shot of him.
Let's hope things improve from here.
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Post by John W on Nov 22, 2022 11:44:44 GMT
Update - apparently fixtures now being announced November 30, this from the DCCC meeting last night.
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Post by Admin on Nov 22, 2022 16:22:24 GMT
Think people's interests have wained since Covid lockdown, wasn't bothered about us winning the T20, at one time would have watched every World Cup Final match going, not watched one at this tournament, zero interest, wall to wall coverage of everything these days from news to sport has just made me even less interested. Modern day life lets beat the viewer into submission. As for the fixtures just to come out in July/August now they dick around with everything and wh knows what we will get the season after next
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Post by richard on Nov 22, 2022 20:53:39 GMT
Think people's interests have wained since Covid lockdown, wasn't bothered about us winning the T20, at one time would have watched every World Cup Final match going, not watched one at this tournament, zero interest, wall to wall coverage of everything these days from news to sport has just made me even less interested. Modern day life lets beat the viewer into submission. As for the fixtures just to come out in July/August now they dick around with everything and wh knows what we will get the season after next I “took a break” from cricket when my children were very young. I always expected to come back either if one of them showed any interest and certainly when I was “relatively” free to do my own thing again. Though one of my sons likes T20 (his third favourite sport!) and we are members and come to a few games, despite all my great plans at the start of the season I rarely get to any other games. Did you mention a recent tournament? I did notice that England lost to Ireland and was delighted that my Irish wife didn’t notice. Or maybe she did but realised that I wasn’t interested. I rather suspect that by the time I retire that there will be little county cricket left and that I won’t care anyway. And I will certainly not be at OT (or even at the TV) for internationals. |
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Post by hariseldon on Nov 23, 2022 13:51:17 GMT
 Fixture lists will be out next Wednesday and announced a Blast double header at Edgbaston on 20th May. |
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Post by chris on Nov 23, 2022 17:46:53 GMT
View AttachmentFixture lists will be out next Wednesday and announced a Blast double header at Edgbaston on 20th May. |
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Post by ross on Nov 23, 2022 21:42:10 GMT
Probably Derbyshire for whom this will be a money spinner. Time for speculation about the other fixtures. Will we play twice against those we only saw once last time?
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Post by Admin on Nov 23, 2022 21:52:37 GMT
Just seen this from an ESPN journalist Blast starts 20/5/23
Sky doing a double header with both games played at Edgbaston
Derby v us Warwickshire v Yorkshire
Take this with a pinch of salt could be totally nonsense
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Post by Phil on Nov 24, 2022 14:45:32 GMT
View AttachmentFixture lists will be out next Wednesday and announced a Blast double header at Edgbaston on 20th May.
It's Derby's home game, its included in their Blast membership. |
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Post by Phil on Nov 24, 2022 14:46:19 GMT
Just seen this from an ESPN journalist Blast starts 20/5/23 Sky doing a double header with both games played at Edgbaston Derby v us Warwickshire v Yorkshire Take this with a pinch of salt could be totally nonsense It's true! |
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Post by Admin on Nov 24, 2022 17:36:50 GMT
Just seen this from an ESPN journalist Blast starts 20/5/23 Sky doing a double header with both games played at Edgbaston Derby v us Warwickshire v Yorkshire Take this with a pinch of salt could be totally nonsense It's true! So Derby play a home game in Birmingham well you see a pattern emerging, let’s guess smaller counties will also get some games moved to larger venues |
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