Less and less first class cricket clearly shows a trend towards t20/hundred from June to end of August and first class cricket squeezed into April, May and September likely being 10 games.

Quite possibly my last season as a member for a good while unless things change for the better

• I have been a member for 36 consecutive years and when I first had my membership everyone knew where they stood, games at consistent times, knowing when games would be during the week and what time they would start. Now. it impossible to know exactly what you are watching. I did wonder the other day about just how much I would get to see, even though I am newly retired and getting to games is no problem but keeping the CC to the cold months isn't a way to keep members. Even Tests have become a chore, massively expensive, used to be the same price as an album in the 1980's, it has now got out of hand and all the hassle with bag checks, not being able to take in beer but you can purchase one for £6 (Not even sure as I never buy any there) and loudmouth drunks going to their only cricket of the year (Maybe a T20 dressed as a banana) who call themselves cricket fans. Add to this that you can't park anywhere like you used to and if I get a bus, I might be lucky to get home just after 8.15 which as I live 7 miles away is ridiculous. At what point do I jack it all in and those tossers at the ECB do not fill me with confidence that they have the games interest at heart.

David Griffin just now tweeted;

It's not just about workload but also about selling punters short.

Derbyshire in 1993
17 4-day games = 68 days
17 Sunday League games = 17 days
5 Benson and Hedges games = 5 days
2 NatWest games = 2 days

92 days or 9,086 overs

Derbyshire in 2025
78 days or 6,736 overs

AND the season runs for about 3 weeks longer too

Those extra 3 weeks are when the weather is usually much colder being early April (or is it March) and well in to September. I joined in 1994 and the format then was very spectator friendly in its set up. I resigned a few years ago because of the combination of the changing format and parking problems.

Regarding the lack of cricket in schools, it looks as though our old friend Mark Robinson is going to be doing his bit down in Sussex:
https://sussexcricket.co.uk/news/mark-robinson-appointed-state-school-technical-lead

Regarding the steering group charged with coming up with proposals, The Cricketer reports:
"No consensus has yet been reached on the options set to be put forward for the makeup of the new men's domestic schedule....The steering group leading the review was hoping to finalise a shortlist on Wednesday (June 11).
However, The Cricketer understands that consensus wasn't achieved on Wednesday, with it hoped that initial proposals will be finalised by Friday (June 13), before the second round of consultations begins on Tuesday (June 17)."