County Cricket 2022

[Olympian2]

Yeah, let's go again!

Fixtures out today. CC back to 2 Divisions, with Yorks currently assigned to Div 1 pending the ongoing investigation

Div 1 (10) : Essex, Glocs, Hants, Kent, Lancs, Northants, Somerset, Surrey, Warks, Yorks

Div 2 (8) : Durham, Derbys, Glamorgan, Leics, Middx, Notts, Sussex, Worcs

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There is more red ball cricket in June & July compared to last year but we still have just 5/14 CC games played in the summer months of June (2), July (3) & August (0) compared to 7/14 in April (4) & September (3).....

[desperado]

Three CC games being played in the summer!

Surrey play Kent at the end of June and Essex and Warwickshire in July, we will be able to watch CC cricket without wearing gloves and scarves

[Olympian2]

Originally Posted by desperado

Three CC games being played in the summer!

Surrey play Kent at the end of June and Essex and Warwickshire in July, we will be able to watch CC cricket without wearing gloves and scarves

Indeed. Just bring a brolly though, eh?

[Norwich_Eagle]

So very briefly:

April to Mid-May: County Championship
Late May to Early July with the odd 4-Day game sprinkled in is T20
Mid July to End of July: County Championship
T20 Finals - Mid July
August to Mid-September: 50 Over Competition
September - County Championship

England have test matches vs. New Zealand in June with three ODI's away in Holland thrown in too. A one-off test against India at the beginning of July then T20's and ODI's before ODI's and T20s against South Africa with their season ending with tests against South Africa in August and September.

[Olympian2]

Originally Posted by Norwich_Eagle

So very briefly:

April to Mid-May: County Championship
Late May to Early July with the odd 4-Day game sprinkled in is T20
Mid July to End of July: County Championship
T20 Finals - Mid July
August to Mid-September: 50 Over Competition
September - County Championship

England have test matches vs. New Zealand in June with three ODI's away in Holland thrown in too. A one-off test against India at the beginning of July then T20's and ODI's before ODI's and T20s against South Africa with their season ending with tests against South Africa in August and September.

Yeah, T20 Finals Day is 16th July (I have 20 tickets) so I guess The Hundred will again be pitched directly against the 50 Over tournament.

[RobertCPFC]

It does look a bit better this year. My frustration is that Kent won't be playing any T20s in Beckenham and I don't know why as they were getting good crowds (they were not having any under the original 2020 fixture list either). It also seems odd to build a stand and not use it for games where it would be a big attendance. The other annoying part is that five of the seven home games are in the evening where the last train will likely leave before the game ends.

I will do a few days of the four day game against Surrey in Beckenham. The main decision I have is if I go to the Villa game or the last day.

I think The Hundred will begin after the Commonwealth Games. They will not want the two events on at the same time as it would mean the best players are not available for all the women's competition.

[Norwich_Eagle]

Vikram Solanki has departed Surrey to go to the IPL

[Olympian2]

Originally Posted by Norwich_Eagle

Vikram Solanki has departed Surrey to go to the IPL

You can almost picture it - Stewie going through all the classifieds & circling any job that Solanki could do.

'Here's a job that might suit you, Vik'
'What about this one, Vik?'
'Here Vik, this one sounds right up your alley'

[Olympian2]

Meanwhile, the Leics CEO says there should be more Counties, not fewer...

Well, he would say that, wouldn't he?

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[Chillo]

Originally Posted by Olympian2

Meanwhile, the Leics CEO says there should be more Counties, not fewer...

Well, he would say that, wouldn't he?

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I agree with him, though.

Bring in some of the minor counties and, yes, they'll start off in the bottom division, but then so did Durham (before they started playing fast and loose over the money).

[Webb]

Personally, I think less is more, but not scrapping the number of teams, they should scrap the two-division system and introduce, say, a four-division+ system, including minor counties, with one up, one down, including relegation and promotion between the third tier and 'minor' forth tier, to keep teams battling at the bottom and give an incentive to the minor counties coming up. So 6,6,6 in the 'first-class' (plus then 4, 4, 4 minor counties etc,), each first-class side playing ten CC games a season. If the first-class counties aren't good enough, so be it. Doesn't seem to affect Australia too much having 6 state teams in the domestic structure.

Play CC games May, June, July, August around the limited-overs games, play the OD cup at the start of the season, T20 in a block at the end in September, with international contracted players appearing after the international summer has ended. Merge the Hundred back into the T20 (although that horse has bolted).

[ANDYEAGLE]

Originally Posted by Olympian2

Yeah, T20 Finals Day is 16th July (I have 20 tickets) so I guess The Hundred will again be pitched directly against the 50 Over tournament.

Only 20? Your mates are getting less every year.
How much have Surrey debited you for your membership this month.?

[Olympian2]

Originally Posted by Chillo

I agree with him, though.

Bring in some of the minor counties and, yes, they'll start off in the bottom division, but then so did Durham (before they started playing fast and loose over the money).

I don’t solely blame Durham for what happened there. The ECB completely stitched up over international cricket.

But to your main point - our county players are not going to get ready for Test cricket by playing Devon, Shropshire & Lincolnshire. And the game simply can’t financially support 20 counties.

[Webb]

Surrey membership is just over £200 this year (well, mine is anyway - paying just over £50 per month in 4x monthly payments)

[Olympian2]

Originally Posted by ANDYEAGLE

Only 20? Your mates are getting less every year.
How much have Surrey debited you for your membership this month.?

Ha! Originally, I could only buy 10 tix for T20 Finals Day. I had to beg them for another 10. And it’s a Group game at the Oval where there’s normally a proper big group of us - I’m about to send the e-mail out for that one

[Olympian2]

Originally Posted by Webb

Surrey membership is just over £200 this year (well, mine is anyway - paying just over £50 per month in 4x monthly payments)

Yeah, my County membership was £201. I think there’s about £30 of beer/food credit on the membership card, too.

[ANDYEAGLE]

Originally Posted by Olympian2

Yeah, my County membership was £201. I think there’s about £30 of beer/food credit on the membership card, too.

Yes I got debited with that. I have still got half the booze credit from last year on the card. I expect that has gone to a good charity.

[ebyeeckeagle]

Originally Posted by ANDYEAGLE

Yes I got debited with that. I have still got half the booze credit from last year on the card. I expect that has gone to a good charity.

I would have expected watching that shower to have driven you to drink Andy .

[Webb]

Batty appointed Surrey interim head coach for 2022.

[ANDYEAGLE]

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Done well for Surrey last year. Thought he would get a deal with us.