[Lord Snooty]

To make it work, we would have to shut down everything else, Championship, test matches, and get the competition in and over in a three week period in July/August, when the schools are on holiday. As it is now, and they have tried to compact it, it goes on too long and the finals day is usually in poor weather. The trouble is that if you do compact it into a fortnight, it could be the wettest two weeks on record, or it could be brilliantly sunny. Nobody can tell.
It's like having a winter break in football. You just can't tell when it's gonna be bad.