Blenkinsop
U19 Captain
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.
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English Domestic Season 2025
- Thread starter Third_Man
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Third_Man
First Class Debutant
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':
www.wisden.com
Vince on £100k from the PSL, TKC £140K reportedly
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
First Class Debutant
Aren't they in different divisions?
Blenkinsop
U19 Captain
Ach, yes I forgot Lancs got relegated.
mackembhoy
International Regular
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
U19 Captain
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
International Regular
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
International Captain
The Sport is heading that direction anyway
mackembhoy
International Regular
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
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
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mackembhoy
International Regular
Another nail in the coffin for the County Championship
Can't blame Vince at all. Just sad for what will come next.
Can't blame Vince at all. Just sad for what will come next.
ImpatientLime
International Regular
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.
ecb are just doing their paymasters bidding. this is no great moral stand against the ever increasing franchise calendar.
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.
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
International Coach
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.
chris.hinton
International Captain
In fairness you do make an excellent point. Sadly this is the same across the world aside from Australia. The 1st class domestic competition do tend to be inside a 6-8 week window (West Indies, Pakistan etc)
Third_Man
First Class Debutant
Need no more than 8 first class counties to fit it inside an 8 week window. Double the number of counties and 2 x 8 week windows are needed.
chris.hinton
International Captain
Who will be the 8 sides. England is unique that it doesn't have few states/Provisional teams etc
The Red Telephone
Cricket Spectator
On the subject of Mark Wood - I attended a Durham Members Meeting on the day the fixtures were released and Marcus North announced that he is confident that Woody will actually be allowed to make some appearances for us in 2025.