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To be fair, this edition is only two days longer than the 2015 tournament, which did divide the teams into proper groups.  But I absolutely agree about the TV coverage.  The ECB went for short-term financial gain over the long-term health of the sport, and as a result, less than fifteen years after the 2005 Ashes sent the country cricket-mad, there's more interest in women's football right now than what was once the nation's second most popular sport.  (Not that I'm unhappy to see the rise of women's football, but this isn't a zero-sum game, so it needn't happen at the expense of cricket).  The good news is that the ECB at least recognise the problem.  The bad news is that their solution is The Hundred

If it's not too late, I think they have to put plans in place to try and give terrestrial broadcasters at least some of next year's World T20 matches.  It's in Aus, so unfortunately they'd be screening it first thing in the morning, but better than nothing.