[Cricket] The great Sussex CCC exodus

[sagaman]

The Sussex management are definitely interested in all supporters, just like the Albion

Fact is that Sussex members pay very little to watch a season and thanks to corporate customers they can field decent teams.

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[Cheshire Cat]

The strange thing is that test cricket in England and Australia is still massively popular. But we're not going to build test teams by playing lots of T20

Of course we are. Have you no faith in the management. The Hundred will sort everything out.

 

[smiler]

Of course we are. Have you no faith in the management. The Hundred will sort everything out.

A bit like Brexit

 

[DJ NOBO]

The strange thing is that test cricket in England and Australia is still massively popular. But we're not going to build test teams by playing lots of T20

I’m not sure that Argument stacks up.
The generally high quality Of the england test cricket team in recent years has proved you can still produce a test team people will pay to watch, feeding on a declining regional set up.
Jofra is the classic example. He’s come through, and shown his natural talent, at a failing county. Then he’s plucked out of it, contracted to the national team and developed into a world class player. Similar with Zak Crawley.
Essentially the ECB has found a way of compromising the county game while protecting its golden goose test team. Which is bad news for most of us on this thread.

 

[keaton]

I’m not sure that Argument stacks up.
The generally high quality Of the england test cricket team in recent years has proved you can still produce a test team people will pay to watch, feeding on a declining regional set up.
Jofra is the classic example. He’s come through, and shown his natural talent, at a failing county. Then he’s plucked out of it, contracted to the national team and developed into a world class player. Similar with Zak Crawley.
Essentially the ECB has found a way of compromising the county game while protecting its golden goose test team. Which is bad news for most of us on this thread.

Sorry, I really don't agree. Considering the resources we have England have underperformed at test cricket. With Archer I'm pretty good record at the beginning of his Test career is considerably better than after which doesn't suggest any development. Crawley's performance seems to have been mostly down his father funding his development over a number of winters. I'd struggle to name anyone England have developed, possibly Stokes but he's a freak and a lot of that seems to be down to him

 

[DJ NOBO]

Sorry, I really don't agree. Considering the resources we have England have underperformed at test cricket. With Archer I'm pretty good record at the beginning of his Test career is considerably better than after which doesn't suggest any development. Crawley's performance seems to have been mostly down his father funding his development over a number of winters. I'd struggle to name anyone England have developed, possibly Stokes but he's a freak and a lot of that seems to be down to him

The test team’s record maybe patchy but it is competitive enough to attract high profile sponsorship and decent crowds.
The point being that if you’re the ECB you probably think the test bandwagon is successful enough that you can afford to not really care too much about the decline of the long form, county game. Especially if rich dads are funding their sons’ development, and the odd Jofra or two turns up from nowhere. I don’t have confidence that the ECB is all that motivated to protect the county structure, at least not as it stands . And Sussex is swallowed Up into some regional cluster team, it’s curtains. I’d be out.
I liked your post BTW. It’s an interesting debate and you make some good points