You wouldn't put it into the same category as the ICC tournaments, calendar space wise?Can blame the hundred for plenty of things with the current schedule but I don't think the start time is one of them.
CA just withdrawn Bartlett.Cricket Australia put up a list of Australians playing County Cricket this year.
Player County CC One Day Cup T20 Blast Wes Agar Kent 10 - early season ? group stage Cameron Bancroft Gloucestershire 'most of season' " " " " Xavier Bartlett Kent 5 (of 7 due to workload) early season ? first eight Scott Boland Durham end of July ? " " Peter Handscomb Leicestershire whole season " " " " Aaron Hardie Surrey 3 ? group stage Dan Hughes Sussex 'from beginning of T20 Blast' ? " " Marnus Labuschagne Glamorgan whole season " " " " Nathan Lyon Lancashire whole season " " " " Nathan McAndrew Sussex 2 3 group stage Ben McDermott Hampshire 0 0 season Will Pucovski Leicestershire 5 0 0 Michael Neser Hampshire during T20 Blast stint ? 8 Daniel Sams Essex 0? " " 8 Will Sutherland Somerset "start" ? group stage Chris Tremain Northamptonshire 4 0? 0
Two of those tournaments happen at the same time though.You wouldn't put it into the same category as the ICC tournaments, calendar space wise?
Three tournaments in the English summer and we could start a week later on those dates. But all the starts prior to 10th April are with a fourth tournament crowbarred in.
that's true, but I suspect it's still down to that crowbar work somehow.Two of those tournaments happen at the same time though.
Especially as sitting outside for a few hours in the evening in April and September (not much more than Rugby and football crowds do) is more bearable than seven Hours for a CC match.The Hundred and the Blast. You could probably sneak these one day games in early doors then allow the CC to have the warmer weather.
Exactly my thoughts, even more so with some of these "hybrid" pitches where they could perhaps play in more drizzly weather, but hey what would use longer term fans really know?Especially as sitting outside for a few hours in the evening in April and September (not much more than Rugby and football crowds do) is more bearable than seven Hours for a CC match.
leaving days in high summer empty until the evening, be it for the hundred or blast is illogical and not playing to cricket’s strengths.
So only 3 matches expected to start on time!Derby v Glos @ Derby, already abandoned for the day, even with 40 minutes until play would have started at 11.00am
3 other matches with a delayed start, or no play before lunch ( Canterbury)
The immovable feastI don't get the inspection at 12:30 nonsense, just take an early lunch and aim to start for 1 if the inspection goes well.
But of course tradition dictates lunch at 1.
Same stupid tradition that sees them starting at 11 instead of 1030 in the middle of summer.