Amid all the razzmatazz of the IPL, ICL and various other acronyms, the fast-approaching County season has hardly registered on my cricket radar.
All the money sloshing about, especially for the players, is bound to have an impact on domestic cricket across the world.
Currently, domestic cricket in England and Wales, especially the County Championship, suffers greatly from the image of “empty grounds and spectators who are retired, unemployed or unemployable“. Can any real lessons be learned from the Indian leagues?
Pablo Luna suggests breaking up the First-Class counties into three divisions of six teams each, delaying the start of the season until May, and trying to come up with a version of the IPL. Oh, and he also wants this man to be MD of the ECB.
Giles Clarke talks about revamping T20 domestic cricket .Will that help?
[...] On the face of it, given what some people (including a large part of myself) think about the footballing equivalent, this may not necessarily be A Good Thing, and may mean the Death of Domestic Cricket. [...]