*Official* Second Test (Lord's, London) 28 June–2 July

[chris.hinton]

Huh?

Every state has a team

Northern Territory & Australian Capital Territory?

 

[andruid]

Are substitutions still a thing or are Australia finishing this game with 10 batters?

 

[Spark]

Northern Territory & Australian Capital Territory?

The word "Territory" should be a hint

 

[Kraken]

More teams = more chance of finding top class players. Durham have produced many international players in their short time as a county. How many of them would have made it had they not had FC status?

Would Rehan Ahmed have been discovered if Leicestershire were culled like some suggest they should be?

They could travel to another county but it's not always that simple.

nah man, that ain’t it. More teams = more substandard players getting a gig. The good players would always rise to the top imo. The Aus system works imo - 6 teams (and even then there’s a couple of weak ones atm)

 

[social]

Northern Territory & Australian Capital Territory?

The clue is in their name

 

[chris.hinton]

Oh I know it wouldn't work, the County system has too much tradition behind it. But it still contributes to a reduced quality of Test cricketers

There needs to be changes to the system still. But lesser teams isn't the answer. Besides we are getting the elite signing all the talent now. So in the next few years 5-6 sides will be stronger then the rest put together

 

[Prince EWS]

Northern Territory & Australian Capital Territory?

Australian Antarctic Territory doesn't have a team either. Scandalous.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Explain Indian Domestic Cricket then which has 28 sides

Yeah and their Test side is nowhere near as strong as it should be with 1.4 billion people in the country who do nothing else but play cricket

 

[chris.hinton]

The clue is in their name

They both should have some form of a side

 

[Nintendo]

Would be nice if england had a keeper who was actually competent enough to be up to the stumps vs the pacers with all the AUS bats being so far out of their crease, huh?

 

[Spark]

They both should have some form of a side

There are medium sized cities with a higher population than NT

 

[Burgey]

Explain Indian Domestic Cricket then which has 28 sides

I think even a lot of Indian supporters take Ranji Trophy records with a grain of salt tbh.

They also have 1.3 billion people to draw players from

 

[Kraken]

There needs to be changes to the system still. But lesser teams isn't the answer. Besides we are getting the elite signing all the talent now. So in the next few years 5-6 sides will be stronger then the rest put together

sure, but the only one way some of the counties are strong is because of overseas players

 

[TheJediBrah]

Would be nice if england had a keeper who was actually competent enough to be up to the stumps vs the pacers with all the AUS bats being so far out of their crease, huh?

Would the egos of Broad and Anderson allow it

 

[Spark]

Australian Antarctic Territory doesn't have a team either. Scandalous.

Where's the Macquarie Island Shield team?!

 

[Prince EWS]

There are medium sized cities with a higher population than NT

Yeah NT having a team would be ridiculous. Way too hot to play cricket there regularly through the Australian summer anyway - they have their local competition in the winter for this reason.

 

[Coronis]

They both should have some form of a side

ACT literally exists so Victoria won’t whinge every day about NSW superiority.

 

[Kraken]

Would be nice if england had a keeper who was actually competent enough to be up to the stumps vs the pacers with all the AUS bats being so far out of their crease, huh?

didn’t you know,‘it’s a sign of weakness and being spooked if the keeper comes up to a quick

 

[Preed]

Anderson innocuous all great players come to an end

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Are substitutions still a thing or are Australia finishing this game with 10 batters?

Subs only permitted for concussion or COVID I think, so 10 batters.