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The consequences of the ECB continuing with the 100 will be dire for our counties.
Major League Cricket (MLC) in the US started 3 years ago had massive crowds this season mainly because of the Asian and Caribbean diaspora the IPL franchises are over there & next summer the will be more joining the league.This means Englands top 20/20 players like Butler Ali Stokes Bairstow etc etc will double even triple there IPL contracts to play in the US next summer too for there franchise.
We have no international cricket in August this year because of the 100 and know the ECB have left the door ajar for a competing league the IPL with its financial muscle will smash it open.
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It's also costing the ECB millions to run and advertise, as well as other operating costs. It's not the money cow they're making out. A lot of the attendances are increased due to ticket giveaways to local schools etc. The whole thing is a shit show. It's clearly a desperate gamble to create another format in the hope it'll take off like T20, but this time ECB have patented it so they make money if it does take off, which they didn't with the T20.
What I will say is that the format has done wonders for the women's game.
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All of the above. If it didn't make such a huge loss it might make sense. The benefits for the women's game are undeniable, but the men's competition is dull and doesn't keep the attention of the world's very best players.
If the format had taken off, based on being quicker and slicker than T20 has become, then it would have been worthwhile. But no-one else in the world is interested in 100 ball cricket. I deplore the growth of T10 cricket, because that requires many of the 11 players to just field. We've probably all done our share of that, playing casual cricket where the two or three proper players do all the batting, bowling and decision-making. Not the way to introduce new players to the game IMO. But The Hundred hasn't had an impact. Is it worth destroying our domestic season for?
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T20 is great. I don't enjoy as much as red ball or even the 50 over game. I somehow lose concentration during a T20 match and it seldom grips me, save for the od tense last over finish.
For all the money the ECB have put into this ridiculous format they could've spent on the T20 and really pushed the Blast as a product by giving counties the funds to attract the very best in the world. Opportunity missed.
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(08-01-2023, 05:54 PM)Cheshire East Baggie Wrote: All of the above. If it didn't make such a huge loss it might make sense. The benefits for the women's game are undeniable, but the men's competition is dull and doesn't keep the attention of the world's very best players.
If the format had taken off, based on being quicker and slicker than T20 has become, then it would have been worthwhile. But no-one else in the world is interested in 100 ball cricket. I deplore the growth of T10 cricket, because that requires many of the 11 players to just field. We've probably all done our share of that, playing casual cricket where the two or three proper players do all the batting, bowling and decision-making. Not the way to introduce new players to the game IMO. But The Hundred hasn't had an impact. Is it worth destroying our domestic season for?
....and more! I just can't watch The Hundred, nor T20. The 50 over game is plenty short enough but just enough to make it interesting. I know many love the short formats and for me, any sport is better than none, but at my age I figure I've got all the interest in sport I need.
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The ECB are a shambles. Apart from all the shenanigans that went on before this summer, they could have ruined the main event .. the Ashes ... with their insistence on commencing the Hundred so early. Thankfully the players managed to give us a brilliant test series. But it was evident that the short gap between tests did affect the stamina of both teams towards the tail end, particularly the Aussies who played 6 full tests.
ECB need to realise that they have missed the boat in the shortened form of the game. The IPL will continue to dominate that format and the USA following up.
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It's all a shit show regardless, IPL/100 - Test cricket has proven it's the game for the ages
I don't see an exodus of players to the states personally, the IPL is way more established and overseas players still turn that down to play test cricket or stay in their home countries
Horses for courses, some will some won't
No drama - move on!
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FFS.
Can we please not post about boring fucking cricket on here.
This is a cooking forum after all 
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(08-01-2023, 04:23 PM)pindgill Wrote: The consequences of the ECB continuing with the 100 will be dire for our counties.
Major League Cricket (MLC) in the US started 3 years ago had massive crowds this season mainly because of the Asian and Caribbean diaspora the IPL franchises are over there & next summer the will be more joining the league.This means Englands top 20/20 players like Butler Ali Stokes Bairstow etc etc will double even triple there IPL contracts to play in the US next summer too for there franchise.
We have no international cricket in August this year because of the 100 and know the ECB have left the door ajar for a competing league the IPL with its financial muscle will smash it open.
That’s not correct re Major League Cricket. It started in 2023. What previously existed (from 2021) was Minor League Cricket which is insignificant.
It hasn’t had “massive crowds”. The capacity at the Texas ground is 7,000 and at the North Carolina ground it’s just 3,000. These were sellouts, but is comparable with Taunton (5,000 capacity) selling out.
It is impossible to see these numbers making it a commercial success once the cost of player salaries is taken into account, and the major issue is that the time difference with India just doesn’t work. The extreme heat in Texas in July means that the games have to be played in the evenings, and July is the only window in which it can work in the international calendar.
I can’t see MLC being a threat until it massively ramps up what it is doing, and develops cricket stadiums with large capacities on the East Coast where the climate will enable daytime matches which work for India.
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(08-02-2023, 12:12 AM)Pragmatist Wrote: (08-01-2023, 04:23 PM)pindgill Wrote: The consequences of the ECB continuing with the 100 will be dire for our counties.
Major League Cricket (MLC) in the US started 3 years ago had massive crowds this season mainly because of the Asian and Caribbean diaspora the IPL franchises are over there & next summer the will be more joining the league.This means Englands top 20/20 players like Butler Ali Stokes Bairstow etc etc will double even triple there IPL contracts to play in the US next summer too for there franchise.
We have no international cricket in August this year because of the 100 and know the ECB have left the door ajar for a competing league the IPL with its financial muscle will smash it open.
That’s not correct re Major League Cricket. It started in 2023. What previously existed (from 2021) was Minor League Cricket which is insignificant.
It hasn’t had “massive crowds”. The capacity at the Texas ground is 7,000 and at the North Carolina ground it’s just 3,000. These were sellouts, but is comparable with Taunton (5,000 capacity) selling out.
It is impossible to see these numbers making it a commercial success once the cost of player salaries is taken into account, and the major issue is that the time difference with India just doesn’t work. The extreme heat in Texas in July means that the games have to be played in the evenings, and July is the only window in which it can work in the international calendar.
I can’t see MLC being a threat until it massively ramps up what it is doing, and develops cricket stadiums with large capacities on the East Coast where the climate will enable daytime matches which work for India.
Couldn't agree more with this. To claim MLC has had "massive crowds" is frankly laughable. That doesn't change the fact that the 100, at least for the men, hasn't moved the needle at all.
However, as stated above, the women's game has seen a huge huge uptick because of the double headers and exposure that the women's game is getting. For that alone, I do see the 100 as a success. And I'm not sure that doing this in T20 format would have worked due to the length of the matches. Granted it's not that much longer, but that extra 2 hours to the matches makes as massive difference.
Hopefully they can use this platform for the women's game and push on past the 100, because I don't see the competition sticking around much longer.
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