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Off-Topic => 100 Ball Franchise => Topic started by: bwildered on November 21, 2023, 08:15:01 AM

Title: Relaunch ?
Post by: bwildered on November 21, 2023, 08:15:01 AM
 The Hundred is set to expand to 10 teams, with the other eight counties offered the chance to form a second division and the theoretical possibility of promotion, as part of a £1bn relaunch of the competition.
Title: Re: Relaunch ?
Post by: smandlej on November 21, 2023, 12:07:58 PM
Re-arranging the deckchairs on the Titanic?

Lynda
Title: Re: Relaunch ?
Post by: Andy on November 21, 2023, 12:14:57 PM
Re-arranging the deckchairs on the Titanic?

Lynda

…with the counties locked up in the third class cabins?
Title: Re: Relaunch ?
Post by: Cartero on November 21, 2023, 04:28:07 PM
No, they'll be singing Nearer my God to Thee on deck
Title: Re: Relaunch ?
Post by: nat on November 21, 2023, 08:54:37 PM
We have got to stop this. The ECB is out of control.
Title: Re: Relaunch ?
Post by: SirChef26 on November 21, 2023, 10:47:24 PM
I did call it...

And we'll be left out in the cold with our dumpy relic of a ground. Only got ourselves to blame though.
Title: Re: Relaunch ?
Post by: dazedpenguin on November 25, 2023, 11:46:33 AM
This sounds like a worrying development should it happen:

"Under new plans being thrashed out, the eight host clubs will be given a 50 per cent equity stake in their franchise, handing them a golden windfall that threatens to increase the gap between the Test grounds and smaller clubs. They will be able to raise revenue by selling their shares to private investors if they wish. If the ECB’s sells its equity, the money will be spread across the whole game."

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2023/11/24/oval-invincibles-surrey-the-hundred-oli-slipper-ecb/
Title: Re: Relaunch ?
Post by: Andy on November 25, 2023, 03:26:09 PM
Anyone speak Arabic or American? We need a cash injection, pronto.
Title: Re: Relaunch ?
Post by: nat on November 25, 2023, 06:15:58 PM
We need to man the barricades again.
Title: Re: Relaunch ?
Post by: honkytonk on January 10, 2024, 08:04:09 PM
Hants in talks to be bought by the Delhi Capital owners. County Cricket is dead. Their only interest will be their franchises