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Comments
Nick Richards says...
I really think they've missed a trick here. With the option of city franchises they really had the chance to do something revolutionary (in this country) and exciting that would have gotten the interest of the whole of the UK (and a lot of the international) sporting public - taking cricket onto another level. Instead we've ended up with what comes across as just another hum-drum 20/20 tournament, with a couple of foreign teams bunged in. I'll still watch a fair bit of this EPL but won't be able to escape the feeling that it could have been so much more.
Posted 11:31 22nd July 2008
Dr. asim Safdar says...
I agree we needed to have less teams. 5 international players in 9 teams would have been much more mouth-watering and we could have paid the best to come here too. There still would be over 50 England-eligible players to play and if that was not enough then what is?? Rememeber the half-full Lord's for some Middlesex games? We dont have an appetite for dull cricket.. we want to see that stars turn it on!
Posted 11:06 21st July 2008
Dr asim Safdar says...
I must say I agree city franchises would have been a mouth-watering prospect. Already there are too many teams in the county Twenty20 to follow what is happening. (Note the barely half full Lords for some Middlesex games in cold July). It would have been much easier to follow things with less teams and more international quality to watch. With six England-eligible players in each team that would make 54 players in a tournament of 9 teams. If that was not enough to make England better, then what is?? With too many teams, the weather will also have a chance of affecting the outcomes much more.
Posted 11:02 21st July 2008
Dr asim Safdar says...
I must say I agree city franchises would have been a mouth-watering prospect. Already there are too many teams in the county Twenty20 to follow what is happening. (Note the barely half full Lords for some Middlesex games in cold July). It would have been much easier to follow things with less teams and more international quality to watch. With six England-eligible players in each team that would make 54 players in a tournament of 9 teams. If that was not enough to make England better, then what is?? With too many teams, the weather will also have a chance of affecting the outcomes much more.
Posted 11:02 21st July 2008
Hari Ramadin says...
"Broadcasters in Asia are interested in county sides" Dead right! Here in India we like to see county emblems,player stats-card, green small county grounds, the style of commentry, the crowds holding up banners of 4s & 6s, we like to see the history we don't have in our IPL. We would like to see two groups of Northern & Southern teams fight it out. Anything which reads like an old script (explained to us) captures our imagination. Nothing turns us more than when the underdog turns the heat on & that should be easy enough to script. We shall gladly watch your league.
Posted 09:35 18th July 2008
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