English Domestic Season 2025

[Blenkinsop]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1878818751900176812

This has literally made my day. Hope he rips through the CC and takes a hundred wickets. I am so going to go to the Roses match this year.

 

[Third_Man]

Reports seem to indicate there is a 'loop hole' - as long as the county is prepared to negotiate white ball only contracts. Players can then play red ball in second half of season 'pay as you play':

Why James Vince's PSL Deal Poses A Problem For English Cricket

James Vince will reportedly miss the 2025 County Championship in order to fulfill his Pakistan Super League deal, after the ECB tightened up their policy regarding NOCs.

www.wisden.com

Vince on £100k from the PSL, TKC £140K reportedly

 

[Third_Man]

This has literally made my day. Hope he rips through the CC and takes a hundred wickets. I am so going to go to the Roses match this year.

Aren't they in different divisions?

 

[Blenkinsop]

Aren't they in different divisions?

Ach, yes I forgot Lancs got relegated.

 

[mackembhoy]

This has literally made my day. Hope he rips through the CC and takes a hundred wickets. I am so going to go to the Roses match this year.

Shame it's division two as Crawley is the only incumbent England player in that division.

Would have been interesting if he'd have found joy with the ball against the batsman/seen how his stats compared to incumbent bowlers.

 

[Blenkinsop]

Well it's not like any of the incumbent bowlers will send down more than a handful of overs in the CC this year. Can't see Mark Wood playing for Durham at all even if he's fit.

 

[mackembhoy]

Well it's not like any of the incumbent bowlers will send down more than a handful of overs in the CC this year. Can't see Mark Wood playing for Durham at all even if he's fit.

Stokes, Atkinson, Woakes, Stone, Potts, Bashir and Hull all played CC and Test cricket last summer.

Wood was the only one not to play in both.

 

[chris.hinton]

While I agree, It is curious that there is a carve out for white ball only contracts. This distinction could simply encourage more players to go white ball only and ‘have their cake and eat it’.

The Sport is heading that direction anyway

 

[mackembhoy]

A good imitative from Notts

NCCC News : WATCH CRICKET AT SEVEN OTHER COUNTIES AS A NOTTS MEMBER

Edit: although the T's and C's make it perhaps not so good "Valid membership cards will entitle members to free entry for County Championship fixtures at Somerset, Essex, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Leicestershire, Hampshire and Lancashire (Emirates Old Trafford only), excluding when Notts are the visitors."

Which Notts member is driving to say Taunton to watch Somerset play Durham

 

[mackembhoy]

Another nail in the coffin for the County Championship

Can't blame Vince at all. Just sad for what will come next.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1879483679136776470

 

[ImpatientLime]

calls to sack him absolutely ridiculous. vince has scored 13k runs for hampshire at 40 over 15 years. absolutely no one can begrudge him looking to cash in during the twilight of his career. he's been a tremendous servant for hampshire.

ecb are just doing their paymasters bidding. this is no great moral stand against the ever increasing franchise calendar.

 

[Yeoman]

On reflection I think that the ECB is right to take a stance on this. It is probably better to lose a couple of players entirely than for a much larger number to pick and choose and miss chunks of the season. In an ideal world county contracts for England qualified players require exclusivity for April-September but what we have is at least a start.

Professional cricketers of course have the right to choose where they play. One can understand why some choose franchise T20 over first class, however by so doing they show themselves to be primarily professionals rather than cricketers.

 

[SeamUp]

calls to sack him absolutely ridiculous. vince has scored 13k runs for hampshire at 40 over 15 years. absolutely no one can begrudge him looking to cash in during the twilight of his career. he's been a tremendous servant for hampshire.

ecb are just doing their paymasters bidding. this is no great moral stand against the ever increasing franchise calendar.

I absolutely agree but it's still why domestic First-Class cricket around the world has lost a bit of edge. It can be a breeding ground for future test cricketers but you also need these guys showing the next gen what it takes to be a top player/professional.

 

[kevinw]

This tournament is in April until mid May. It the ECB wasn't shoehorning so much 4 day cricket into the earlier part of the season then players wouldn't have to make these kinds of decisions.