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Please piss off ECB

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GirtBySea

U19 12th Man
Oh great. And WTF about weather? Yeah, four day Tests are great for getting result oriented cricket.
Could have sworn 40-over cricket has not been all that well received in the first country it was played in. Um, England.
Oh well, guess because they cannot win the 50-over major thing they want change as well.:)
 
Xuhaib

Xuhaib

International Coach
50 overs odi's is one of the best forms of the game both from the commercial aswell as purist pov, too many meaningless bliaterial odi series has diluted odi's charm. I believe the 50 over format has the most potential among all 3 forms of the game if is marketed and handled properly.Test cricket is probably the best format but it is for an aquired taste and commercially comes with a low ceiling while T-20's just comes across as baseball's ugly cousin.
 
longranger

longranger

U19 Cricketer
Absolutely ridiculous suggestions. Firstly, Test cricket needs innovation perhaps in terms of timing (day-nighters) or a Test Championship, but it certainly doesn't need to be shortened from 5 days to 4 days. Rain in a 4 day match would probably cause a draw, and removal of a 5th day would probably result in games like India's win over Aus in 2001 not happening again.

As for 40 over ODIs, **** off. Shaving 10 overs on each side is not going to change much of the game. It won't suddenly get new fans to the game - if that's the intention.

Keep the 3 formats separate, they all have a place in today's day and age. The only thing I'd suggest is have longer tours - with enough practice games to ensure that the visiting team has a reasonable chance against the host team.
 
fredfertang

fredfertang

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Surely you haven't forgotten what mooting involves Jono?

ie the spouting of absolute bollocks by those who know no better in order to prepare them for days to come when, God willing, they might have picked up some knowledge of their subject
 
Chubb

Chubb

International Regular
Actually think fewer tests in a summer would be good for England. They play far too many as it is. It's also easy to see how five test summers would work within a touring schedule. You can start playing them in late June and end in August. Top ranked teams have a five test series. You could split the others 2-3 or 4-1 depending on who it is.
 
HeathDavisSpeed

HeathDavisSpeed

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Chubb said:
Actually think fewer tests in a summer would be good for England. They play far too many as it is. It's also easy to see how five test summers would work within a touring schedule. You can start playing them in late June and end in August. Top ranked teams have a five test series. You could split the others 2-3 or 4-1 depending on who it is.
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Fewer Tests for England would be a great idea. Give a few to England and you can still have the same number of Tests in the cricketing calendar whilst not having to overdose on England tests.

But four day tests are an awful, awful idea. Would stand a good chance of killing Test cricket off entirely.
 
Zinzan

Zinzan

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longranger said:
Keep the 3 formats separate, they all have a place in today's day and age.
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True, although personally I think there should be no more the one T20 international per series & maintain the T20 WC how it is. I would suggest no international T20s outside the WC, but I appreciate they're crucial from a financial perspective.
 
GIMH

GIMH

Norwood's on Fire
I would hate to see the number of Tests reduced. No doubt if there were only five they'd still give London three 8-)
 
theegyptian

theegyptian

International Vice-Captain
Zinzan said:
Agree, just leave things FFS, are things really that broken atm?
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SA the best test nation of recent years play in front of terrible crowds and scrapped their boxing day test a couple of years ago in favour of a T20.
India poor crowds for test cricket.
West Indies in constant disarray. Bravo, Pollard, Narine not selected for WC. Home test tour against England in April and May will likely see reserve team play.
NZ sending some of their key players to England two days before test series due to IPL.
Presumably another batch of Zimbabwean players will leave the country for good after this world cup to places around the world.
Bopara and Morgan will miss Ireland odi to play IPL. Have no chance of playing test series against NZ because they'll play whole IPL.
SL disputes with board over money and governance.
Pakistan players barred from playing IPL. Can't play home tests. Players make so little that some turn to criminal acts.
Two of the biggest stars in the game in Gayle and Pietersen have had disputes with boards in most part because of IPL. One doesn't play for his country now, the other probably won't once the WC is over. There will be more and more if the current situation persists.



Sure. All great. Most of you have your heads so high in the clouds and are blinded by your love of the game. IPL and domestic t20s have changed the game; players have the power; cricket needs to adapt. These may not be the solutions but stasis will kill the game.
 
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Magrat Garlick

Magrat Garlick

Global Moderator
While the next World Cup is to be staged in England in 2019, there is no way that the ECB - soon to be rebranded Cricket England and Wales as the ECB brand is seen as toxic - could unilaterally decide a change in its format.
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Good to see the ECB are identifying the real root causes of their issues
 
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