Posts tagged with ‘domestic cricket’

Mark Robinson wastes his breath

Sussex coach Mark Robinson knows a few things about getting the best out of players. Sussex won the Twenty20 Cup and the Pro40 this season, and were runners-up in the FP Trophy. So when he publicly states that his team are having to play so much cricket during the summer that they can’t train properly, you would think that the ECB would pay attention. They won’t.

Why English cricket needs a transfer system

The ECB are considering whether county cricket needs a transfer system. The move of Steven Davies from Worcestershire to Surrey highlights the problems for smaller counties who develop talented young players from an early age. This is one area where cricket could learn a valuable lesson from football.

What the Champions League can teach us about County cricket

Hype and anticipation are building for the Champions League Twenty20 tournament. Think of this tournament what you may, it finally gives us a chance to measure the standard of county cricket compared to the rest of the world. Believe me, that is no bad thing.

Players declare war on ECB

English professional cricketers via the PCA have given the ECB a public vote of no confidence over it’s running of the game. But are they serious enough to take on the closed inner-circle of self-serving administrators and their County supporters? Most importantly, how do the fans want County cricket to be structured? Let the debate begin…

One to watch: James Taylor

You may, or may not, have noticed the identity of the Young Wisden Schools Cricketer of the Year for 2009. For scoring 898 runs in 11 innings with 4 centuries, the award was given to James Taylor.

This summer, Taylor has been appearing in the middle order for Leicestershire, and he has been doing rather well.

County cricket can’t stomach 50 overs

Forty-over cricket is considered so important by the ECB that they have decided to go one step further than simply scrapping their 50-over competition to protect it. Now, the ECB is asking the ICC to change the international 50-over format on their behalf.

The Ashes: Justin Langer’s old news

There’s a “big” story unfolding at the Telegraph about a leaked dossier, apparantly from “Justin Langer who captains Somerset”, giving the Aussies the inside track on how to beat England. According to the accompanying report, it will shock English cricket followers.

With a friend like the ICC, who needs enemies?

The ICC is not a world cricket governing body. It is a cosy front for the national boards. They can use it to appear to be doing the right thing by cricket whilst they sit about playing power games or congratulating each other on how much money they are raking in.

Thank you, ECB

Contrary to popular opinion, GCW does not have the ear of the bigwigs at the ECB. Or at least, we didn’t think that was the case. Now we are starting to wonder.

Dump the P20 please, ECB

What benefit is the P20 supposed to bring to English cricket? The ECB initially unveiled it as their answer to the IPL, but it has been watered down and fudged so much that the original question has long been forgotten.