21-03-2019, 18:51
I see lord David of bumbles has suggest a change in the English cricket season. Not too dissimilar to what I've mentioned in regards to the County championship being three tiers of 6, putting it in par with the rest of the world
Only difference I'd have is making the 50 over Cup more like the champions league in football. Allow some of the minor counties in. A straight knockout system could be counter productive as you'd want as a national selector, you're best white ball players, having more than one game, especially if they're not test players and in some cases don't play much red ball County games. One freak result and you could go into a series where a player say David Willey at Yorks might have played one game in two months or more depending on where t20 fits in. The other thing is more and more players are signing white ball contracts, so make it worthwhile for the counties
Only difference I'd have is making the 50 over Cup more like the champions league in football. Allow some of the minor counties in. A straight knockout system could be counter productive as you'd want as a national selector, you're best white ball players, having more than one game, especially if they're not test players and in some cases don't play much red ball County games. One freak result and you could go into a series where a player say David Willey at Yorks might have played one game in two months or more depending on where t20 fits in. The other thing is more and more players are signing white ball contracts, so make it worthwhile for the counties