English Domestic Season 2024

[Pothas]

Is not exactly a huge difference is it?

 

[Pothas]

Can blame the hundred for plenty of things with the current schedule but I don't think the start time is one of them.

 

[Third_Man]

Can blame the hundred for plenty of things with the current schedule but I don't think the start time is one of them.

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.

 

[Third_Man]

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

CA just withdrawn Bartlett.

 

[Pothas]

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.

Two of those tournaments happen at the same time though.

 

[Third_Man]

Two of those tournaments happen at the same time though.

that's true, but I suspect it's still down to that crowbar work somehow.

 

[Hungry Llama]

CC starts Friday. Sorry for the deliberate mistake.

I agree Surrey look the strongest again, even if theyr without Curran for most of the season, theyl
have Pope, Lawrence and Foakes until July probably unless injury intervenes. And as for seamers they
have a choice of Worral, Abbot, Roach, Atkinson [perhaps he'll be off to the WC in June], Lawes,
Joverton and Clark as well as Jordan and Topley [even if they are unlikely to play much CC cricket]

 

[Yeoman]

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.

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.

 

[Baldrick]

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.

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?

 

[tony p]

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)

 

[Baldrick]

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)

So only 3 matches expected to start on time!

 

[mackembhoy]

Lords and Edgbaston look like the only ones that will get play before lunch.

 

[Third_Man]

Only Middlesex v Glamorgan and Warwickshire v Worcestershire to start on time.

 

[tony p]

Bazzball start by Worcestershire.
10 off the first over by OHD.

 

[Baldrick]

The Lords wicket is looking awful. Not confident with us going in without a front line spinner and with a makeshift opening pair.

 

[mackembhoy]

I 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.

 

[Chin Music]

I am guessing that once teams do get on the pitch then it will be very much bowl first if you win the toss. Oh and what mackembhoy says with regards hours of play.

 

[Starfighter]

I 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.

The immovable feast

 

[Baldrick]

Crazy short boundary one side of the pitch, stupidly long boundary the other side, awesome stuff

 

[wpdavid]

I'd expect TRJ to enjoy himself in these conditions.