ajones1328 wrote:

Surrey chairman on future of county cricket

https://youtu.be/2m-kgGtRshg?si=d8AwghGU1a1SwZRx

Key takeaway

At a vote, all Surrey players want a 14 game County championship 31-0.
Surrey CC are clearly proud of the CC and its their main priority and the membership and attendance shows that.

Baffles me that Warwickshire's playing staff wouldn't be on exactly the same page as the Surrey playing staff and not want any reduction to the county championship. Ditto most of the other sets of players across the counties.

So either were being misled by the PCA and the Warwickshire hierarchy or else we and other clubs have a playing squad that just doesn't like playing cricket????!??

Which in a way would chime with the overall poor results over the past ten seasons for Warwickshire just one slightly fortuitous county championship title in that time and continual failure in the Blast and ODC. A sign of a very badly run club at least from a playing aspect.

The hierarchy at Warwickshire should be nowhere near deciding they can instruct a successfully run county like Surrey or Somerset that they have to reduce fixtures IMHO

And down the line the Warwickshire members shouldn't put up with this regime for much longer either

I have just seen that Nottinghamshire members do not want a reduction in CC games. How about a 100% reduction in Hundread games, we would see many votes for that.

I can see why the different counties would want different things to be honest. I saw from the players poll that Surrey have 31 players, surely we don't have anywhere near that amount so they are naturally better rested. In addition they are probably younger, better paid, better resourced and have decent crowds in to watch them guaranteeing more exposure. These differences and more besides are spread across all clubs in the country and influence those votes.

mad wrote:

ajones1328 wrote:

Surrey chairman on future of county cricket

https://youtu.be/2m-kgGtRshg?si=d8AwghGU1a1SwZRx

Key takeaway

At a vote, all Surrey players want a 14 game County championship 31-0.
Surrey CC are clearly proud of the CC and its their main priority and the membership and attendance shows that.

Baffles me that Warwickshire's playing staff wouldn't be on exactly the same page as the Surrey playing staff and not want any reduction to the county championship. Ditto most of the other sets of players across the counties.

So either were being misled by the PCA and the Warwickshire hierarchy or else we and other clubs have a playing squad that just doesn't like playing cricket????!??

Which in a way would chime with the overall poor results over the past ten seasons for Warwickshire just one slightly fortuitous county championship title in that time and continual failure in the Blast and ODC. A sign of a very badly run club at least from a playing aspect.

The hierarchy at Warwickshire should be nowhere near deciding they can instruct a successfully run county like Surrey or Somerset that they have to reduce fixtures IMHO

And down the line the Warwickshire members shouldn't put up with this regime for much longer either

George Dobell says of the Notts members' vote: "The club's hierarchy have never made any secret of their desire to cut the number of games and previously announced their backing for a 12-match season. The relationship with members is generally strong, however, and those leading the club are keen to react respectfully to the views outlined at the EGM."

Following on podcast discussion of what GD wrote during the week

https://youtu.be/fiFeCJMT6fY?si=X7BSxw6w0OAadTCO

Interesting podcast.
We all know that the reason that the County Championship is so messy (everyone doesn't play everyone else; matches are pushed into the fringes of the summer) is that there are too many competitions and the competition that so many cricket lovers don't like (the one known by us Latin scholars as C) is untouchable so everything else has to fit around it.

Gerry X out of X for a perfect explanation for the state of the game!

LeicesterExile wrote:

Gerry X out of X for a perfect explanation for the state of the game!

Not sure if you're giving me 10 out of 10 or a kiss (hopefully the former!)

The Notts stuff is interesting. As well as the vote on reducing the county championship there were votes of no confidence in all of the member elected board members, none of which were carried (i.e. the board survived unscathed). I think it shows member's are very reluctant to get behind anything that seems confrontational. And as the Notts vote showed you can call an EGM and win on the resolution but that doesn't necessarily mean anything under the club rules. I'm still hoping to get our rules changed to give the member's a vote on fixture list matters. I have the necessary support of 250 members but if there's anybody else who would like to sign up, please message me, the more the merrier. I'm also planning to attend the Stuart Cain update which I think is on the Tuesday of the Essex game.