English Domestic Season 2025

[Hungry Llama]

Does the 100 actually make money for the ECB?

 

[Third_Man]

Does the 100 actually make money for the ECB?

Haven't they just sold it off and made a packet? Albeit not for themselves as they are mainly giving it away to the first class counties and a little to the "recreational game". Will be interesting see how the recreational game portion is given out / made available.

 

[FBU]

Woke up at 5.30 having a dream the county season had started. Anderson had a catch dropped off his bowling and I didn't have the computer on so couldn't find out more details. Thank goodness it is still two weeks to go.

 

[kevinw]

Grant Bradburn was sacked by Glamorgan for racism and ***ism. Probably thinks it was just bantz.

 

[kevinw]

Speaking of Glamorgan, Shoaib Bashir will be on loan for three CC matches. I'm not sure he should be anywhere near the test team but we are where we are.

 

[Blenkinsop]

And that presumably means he'll keep Mason Crane out of Glamorgan's red ball side? Hmmm.

 

[kevinw]

And that presumably means he'll keep Mason Crane out of Glamorgan's red ball side? Hmmm.

He's injured but Kellaway is an ambidextrous spinner.

 

[Hungry Llama]

Lancs have got 2 quicks called Anderson, Jimmy and a Tobagan. Andersons from both ends?

 

[Yeoman]

Derbyshire to play at Repton School for the first time since 1988.

 

[Silly Point 2.0]

Just my socialist tendencies coming out, but I hate county cricket being played at public schools. Feels really archaic.

 

[chris.hinton]

Part of its charm, And its my Conservative tendencies coming out that i like public schools

Of course i wasn't good enough or my family rich enough to go to them

 

[Durham Fan]

Just my socialist tendencies coming out, but I hate county cricket being played at public schools. Feels really archaic.

Aye I know what you mean. I went down to the Cheltenham festival in 2023 just to check it out really and I felt really out of place. Then again I am from a family of coal miners in the north east so Cheltenham College was like a different world.

 

[Silly Point 2.0]

Aye I know what you mean. I went down to the Cheltenham festival in 2023 just to check it out really and I felt really out of place. Then again I am from a family of coal miners in the north east so Cheltenham College was like a different world.

The thing is as well Derbyshire have the best out ground on the circuit (imo) at Chesterfield so not sure why they need to play at some toff school in the middle of nowhere.

 

[Chubb]

I say we should make counties play one game a year at a comprehensive, on a cigarette-burned artificial wicket in the middle of a football pitch.

 

[Silly Point 2.0]

I say we should make counties play one game a year at a comprehensive, on a cigarette-burned artificial wicket in the middle of a football pitch.

Used to play on the "all weather" pitch at my place. Basically just a big yard of sandy clay that was either dusty or waterlogged depending on the weather. If you could bat on that you could bat on anything!

 

[Hungry Llama]

I saw a match a few years back [on tv] at Sedgeburh school somewhere in the north and it a looked a wonderful setting for cricket.

 

[Third_Man]

I saw a match a few years back [on tv] at Sedgeburh school somewhere in the north and it a looked a wonderful setting for cricket.

Sedbergh does have a beautiful backdrop and they do produce a good wicket to play on. Unfortunately their excellent facilities aren't necessarily available for the County to use.

 

[Yeoman]

Aye I know what you mean. I went down to the Cheltenham festival in 2023 just to check it out really and I felt really out of place. Then again I am from a family of coal miners in the north east so Cheltenham College was like a different world.

I rarely feel more ‘in place’ than at a county championship match. They are frequented by a small number of people of similar interest, similar temperament and no one is there unless they really want to be there.

 

[brandon]

Part of its charm, And its my Conservative tendencies coming out that i like public schools

Of course i wasn't good enough or my family rich enough to go to them

Which would lead me to wonder why on earth you have such conservative tendencies, given that they aren’t there to serve your interests

(Without getting too political)

 

[Hungry Llama]

Unless theyve signed someone recently, hants who are now owned by the Indians, dont seem to have a single Asian background player in their 1st team.