- 40 over competion changes to 50 overs.
- T20 spread out over the summer on fridays/saturdays.
- 16 game County Championship retained.
First-class counties ready to help England with switch back to 50-over one-day format - Telegraph
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Proposed changes to County Cricket for 2013
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First-class counties ready to help England with switch back to 50-over one-day format - Telegraph
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They should FINISH the 20/20 tournament before the footy season starts. Its ANNOYING having to make a choice when Sussex get there.
seagullondon
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- Mar 15, 2011
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Spreading the t20 across the whole season will make it very hard for counties to attract top class international players which will affect attendances even more. Not a good move IMO
Yes great idea, scrap the form of the game that makes money and gets people interested in the game
or have the final in a Sunday
mikeyjh
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Sensible, playing 40 rather than 50 overs is utterly pointless. The 50 over format has the ebb and flow without the time commitment to the 4 day game that the casual spectator can't afford. T20 is fine, and it does bring in some money, but as far I know it's still test cricket that brings in the big bucks and we shouldn't forget that.
I wish 20/20 would piss off, however counties are now completely reliant on the income it generates so they have to retain it in their plans. But there still is a balancing act and the crowds have dropped recently due to a combination of our summer's and the complete overkill of this form of the game.
albion534
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I like the idea of spreading the T20 out, you can always see once its over, teams struggling to realise they have 4 days to bat
Uncle Buck
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- Jul 7, 2003
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Could we stop playing 9 Championship games by mid May?
It is correct to extend the one dayers to 50 overs so that they fall in line with ODI's. However the 40 overs makes for a better game, not sure why, but it does. Also it will be a pain to have day / night 50 over games, which will start at 230pm. The 40 over games start at 4.40pm, which tends to mean not having to take time off to see the whole game.
It is correct to extend the one dayers to 50 overs so that they fall in line with ODI's. However the 40 overs makes for a better game, not sure why, but it does. Also it will be a pain to have day / night 50 over games, which will start at 230pm. The 40 over games start at 4.40pm, which tends to mean not having to take time off to see the whole game.
Uncle Buck
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- Jul 7, 2003
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Ideally Championship games should be played Friday to Monday and then Pro 40's as Day / Night games.
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That would be the sensible thing to do, so no chance of it actually happening.
Its not Cricket IMO...but it has bought money into the game (and all the ills that go with that!) I had the feeling T20 was slowly lossing it appeal anyway, grounds did not look that full this season. 50 overs is a slightly better format than 40, and 4 day cricket is needed to show batsmen that its not all wham bam thank you mam, and a innings can be slowly built, and the bowler can find line and length in their own time and winkle a batsman out by using skill.
Mind you test cricket is king and always will be.
Uncle Buck
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- Jul 7, 2003
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Of course not. But that means that people like me will buy one day memberships and blag tickets for the days of Championship cricket I can make. If there was more cricket over weekends I would invest in membership for the Excutive Club.
Common as Mook
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- Jul 26, 2004
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Schedule 20/20 for May/June so it's done and dusted.
Then give the CC prominence in the key July and August slot.
Then give the CC prominence in the key July and August slot.
Blues Rock DJ
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how about not giving each team a point for an abandoned game?