[Cricket] The Hundred

[Luke93]

I enjoyed it. Not my favourite form of cricket, but still provided good entertainment. Was great to see the Sussex players influence the final as they did, and hopefully sees them kick on for the Sharks in their Blast QF
this Tuesday.

 

[sams dad]

Sounds like the official BBC hype, don't forget to mention the fantastic crowds, the wonderful atmosphere and the fantastic crowds! .. I watched for five minutes and saw a bit of a T20/ going through the motions limited overs match. the " Fantastic Crowds " did not seem to be that excited by the flat batted singles through midwicket/ Square leg, or the drives to long on /off for singles either. When Moeen tried to do something " atmospheric " he chipped to deep mid off and was caught..

Ok, so you didn’t enjoy it, but I did.
Live and let live, eh?

 

[Ooh it’s a corner]

I hated the build up ads which were dreadful and as a bit of a purist was not planning to watch much of it at all. However I did get dragged in, much as I have with IPL. It helped that Sussex players played a major part for the winners of course.

 

[vegster]

Ok, so you didn’t enjoy it, but I did.
Live and let live, eh?

Still wondering what the next draft of "The Originals " could be called next season? let's hope the marketing and publicity people can come up with something that really resonates with the focus groups eh?

 

[stewart12]

Oh I take it all back; a few friends that vaguely follow cricket are a bit interested.

That was well worth binning the 4 day County Championship game then...

The County Championship has been struggling for years, it's absolutely nothing to do with The Hundred. The interest for it outside of a very small core is very minimal. There is very little coverage for it in the media and attendances are low. Quite a few Counties aren't prioritising it whatsoever. Those aren't issues that have just sprung up magically because of The Hundred. In fact the two can comfortably coincide.

The format that is actually affected by it is the domestic t20, and that's probably what will be binned off at some point- which will have a big impact on some of the smaller counties (Sussex included I imagine). I guess the domestic 40 or whatever over championship probably has numbered days also.


I think what you're ignoring is that The Hundred isn't being aimed at hardcore cricket fans. Surely you can see that for Cricket to have any future then new, young audiences need to be quite aggressively targeted. Whilst it's undoubtedly important for test side, The County Championship is never, ever going to do that....ever. The beauty of Cricket is the various formats and people will have ones that they prefer. As I said in a previous post I haven't got into The Hundred at all, but I know people who have and I understand why they have.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

But if you throw enough marketing, publicity and resources at it, people will take notice.

Nobody watches the Championship because there is no publicity because nobody watches it. And so on....

If someone wanted to break the circle it could work.

 

[stewart12]

But if you throw enough marketing, publicity and resources at it, people will take notice.

Nobody watches the Championship because there is no publicity because nobody watches it. And so on....

If someone wanted to break the circle it could work.

Yes true, but it would be a very tough sell to try and convince masses of teenagers to attend something that they're not that into for four whole days

Ideally you'd get people into cricket via the shorter forms of the game and then they'd "graduate" to the longer game as they get older, understand the nuances of the game etc.

 

[jakarta]

Yes true, but it would be a very tough sell to try and convince masses of teenagers to attend something that they're not that into for four whole days

Ideally you'd get people into cricket via the shorter forms of the game and then they'd "graduate" to the longer game as they get older, understand the nuances of the game etc.

Here is a surprise, you don't have to watch a County Game for the whole 4 days, you can dip in and out and when you are there you can appreciate the skill and subtlety of what is going on. Minus flame throwers, piped music and cheerleaders I'll admit...

 

[stewart12]

Here is a surprise, you don't have to watch a County Game for the whole 4 days, you can dip in and out and when you are there you can appreciate the skill and subtlety of what is going on. Minus flame throwers, piped music and cheerleaders I'll admit...

yes you can, as I do

for a kid these days, or someone with only a passing interest in Cricket?...not so much

 

[Wozza]

Here is a surprise, you don't have to watch a County Game for the whole 4 days, you can dip in and out and when you are there you can appreciate the skill and subtlety of what is going on.

Oh boy, that's really not going to draw in kids.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Yes true, but it would be a very tough sell to try and convince masses of teenagers to attend something that they're not that into for four whole days

Ideally you'd get people into cricket via the shorter forms of the game and then they'd "graduate" to the longer game as they get older, understand the nuances of the game etc.

It sold itself to me when I was about 12, but that was a very long time ago. It also gave me something to do and somewhere to go during endless school summer holidays.

The mid 1970s were a bit quiet where I lived.

 

[stewart12]

It sold itself to me when I was about 12, but that was a very long time ago. It also gave me something to do and somewhere to go during endless school summer holidays.

The mid 1970s were a bit quiet where I lived.

yes, I am 34 and like you would go down to the cricket for days on end in the summer holidays...even at that point I was probably one of the few under the age of 80 doing so

unfortunately there are a myriad of quick fix entertainment options for young people now....county championship cricket aint one of them

 

[jakarta]

Made up teams who didn't come from anywhere playing made up sub T20 cricket for people who were given tickets so that the BBC could w*nk themselves over the fact they could show it on TV.

Utter, utter shit, I knew Cricket was dying, just didn't know the ECB would stick in the final dagger.

 

[Wozza]

Made up teams who didn't come from anywhere playing made up sub T20 cricket for people who were given tickets so that the BBC could w*nk themselves over the fact they could show it on TV.

Utter, utter shit, I knew Cricket was dying, just didn't know the ECB would stick in the final dagger.

Love it or hate, you - and I mean, literally, you - can't ignore it!

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

I watched the 100 but prefer the T20 as I follow Sussex.

The counties will suffer big time if this stays as they need bums on seats for the T20 which for me is perfect if it is controlled properly. The time limits per innings need to be adhered to with proper penalties for those that insist on a conference after every delivery.

For me, the county championship should be reduced to a two day game, limited to a 90 over a side game, no other fielding/bowling restrictions, played home and away. You will then get the best out of the longer game, spectators will see a result, the batsmen and bowlers get to play out the longer format. These should include a number of day/night games.

I'd go further and do the same for test matches but this time play two innings each over four days.

 

[vegster]

Made up teams who didn't come from anywhere playing made up sub T20 cricket for people who were given tickets so that the BBC could w*nk themselves over the fact they could show it on TV.

Utter, utter shit, I knew Cricket was dying, just didn't know the ECB would stick in the final dagger.

The costumes were pretty though.

 

[KeegansHairPiece]

Made up teams who didn't come from anywhere playing made up sub T20 cricket for people who were given tickets so that the BBC could w*nk themselves over the fact they could show it on TV.

Utter, utter shit, I knew Cricket was dying, just didn't know the ECB would stick in the final dagger.

Completely disagree. Cricket has been a closed 18 county shop for too long. In 2003 when T20 started, should have been wrestled off the counties then as a separate competition so that they continue to concentrate on the Championship and One Day competitions.

England, India and Australia basically keep Test cricket alive - just. And it needs all 3 countries to continue to produce quality test players so that the format remains relevant.

Unlike India and Australia, we didn't set up a separate limited period T20 competitions with a limited number of teams. We allowed it to balloon and counties have placed it ahead of producing test quality players and they agree schedules to prioritise the format.

The Hundred is an experiment in running a competition outside County control, that it can run parallel with other competitions, and players can come and go to and from counties and back again to it.

The money can still be filtered into and subsidise the county's but they need to be guardians of the longer formats of the game. The future of Test and One Day cricket is effectively in their hands. If we allow them all formats, then it will be the death of the long format because why would a county not prioritise T20 when it makes them all the money? It's basically a conflict of interest.

I'm not a massive fan of T20 or The Hundred, but for the sake of producing top quality longer format cricketers, think we need this kind of drastic action.

 

[stewart12]

Made up teams who didn't come from anywhere playing made up sub T20 cricket for people who were given tickets so that the BBC could w*nk themselves over the fact they could show it on TV.

Utter, utter shit, I knew Cricket was dying, just didn't know the ECB would stick in the final dagger.

every single sporting team in the world is a "made up team"

 

[Cheshire Cat]

I still can't see the alledged huge difference between the 100 and 2020, apart from 20 balls each innings and 100 doesn't divide by six.

Apart from the beer monsters.

 

[stewart12]

I still can't see the alledged huge difference between the 100 and 2020, apart from 20 balls each innings and 100 doesn't divide by six.

Apart from the beer monsters.

there isn't really much of a difference other than branding. It still is essentially the same format (by that I mean there won't be any "Hundred specialists" and it is played the same way as t20)

I might be wrong but I think getting rid of those 20 deliveries takes each innings down to an hour rather than an hour and a half which is roughly what it is in t20 (might be wrong there)

and I wouldn't be surprised if they did some market research with kids and they found the concept of "overs" confusing which is why they got rid