The future?

[bwildered]

I've given up on it. The solution is to play the Blast during the 100, play the ODC early season with the Championship May, June, July and September.

How would that work?

Okay for non-Hundred counties but for the likes of Warwickshire and all the other Hundred hosts it would mean you would have Birmingham Bears (aka Warwickshire) and Birmingham Phoenix (aka Warwickshire with some guest players) playing Blast and Hundred games crammed in together.

They would simply never ever agree to that.

Why not? They play the ODC at the same time. All county players playing T20 at the same time is ideal for everyone (100 will become T20 before long). That allows a nice transition between franchises and counties for players not getting gametime. Then the players rejoin their Blast squads following the 100 to play out that tournament. Ticket sales will rise for the Blast because it's back being played during the holidays. Plenty of cricket to go around. Most importantly, we get a proper 50 over competition.

Why not ? Because players are contracted to 16.4 and not employed by the county during this period .

But no reason to play both games on the same day two games , 22 players in both games without migrating from one team to another .
Could do - Three games in a day ,  two T20 Blast fixtures , one men and women games and a 16.4 .

[vim]

The PCA are looking for a reduction due to workload and mental health.

Diddums, grow a pair. That also applies to the Women Cricketers as well.

[vim]

Our CEO has just let something out of the bag. Only 3500 members now, carry on and the forum can be held with house calls.

[nat]

Our CEO has just let something out of the bag. Only 3500 members now, carry on and the forum can be held with house calls.

Criminal mismanagement for a county of the size of Essex to have so few members. Perhaps after the SGM for directing the Board to reflect members wishes in all voting then we should have another SGM to remove the Board/CEO.

[bwildered]

 Reported to press that ECB want Conferance style Championshiop 2x6 , lower 1x 6  13 games .
 Chairman at Lords on 2 Sept, no vote though - Clubs position is return to the same has present .
 Members Fourn in pavilion 9 Sept
  SGM to be called sometime in Sept .
 With loss of one T20 blast game, will this be reflected in cost - NO due to sell out demand no reduction on price .
 T20 will not be played same time of when Hundred is played.

[nat]

It is clear that the ECB is desperate to reduce the number of CC matches and will do anything to get it done, be it stalling or any other means. 13 games, 12 games, the end goal is 10 games. I'm sure Essex are getting heavily leaned on.

Don't give them an inch.

[Slogger]

Makes me wonder if the PCA and ECB have cut some sort of deal to cut county cricket (presumably to expand the 100) and didn't reckon on hitting a brickwall of members resistance.

[nat]

Makes me wonder if the PCA and ECB have cut some sort of deal to cut county cricket (presumably to expand the 100) and didn't reckon on hitting a brickwall of members resistance.

Don't forget that they tried it on a couple of years ago. Many of us commented that they would return to this topic and now they have done so.

We must use this as an opportunity to strengthen the democratic processes with the club. Lanky members are already doing so via their forthcoming SGMs.

[essexfan548]

We all know it's not the number of games but the way they are scheduled that is the issue. We also know who draws up the schedule -

The webinar also mentioned that they got info from the ECB today re increasing 50 over games but only if CC games were reduced.

[vim]

There appears to be a bit of player power.

Go on, have a confrontation. It really worked for the coal miners.

[vim]

The request for nominations to the members' committee, will soon be sent out.

Can, some sensible candidates be chosen to stand, please. As we had to rely on a Lancashire member, to take round a petition. These may not exist any more.

[nat]

The request for nominations to the members' committee, will soon be sent out.

Can, some sensible candidates be chosen to stand, please. As we had to rely on a Lancashire member, to take round a petition. These may not exist any more.

You could stand? You seem to have the necessary eccentricity.

[vim]

I would not stand, as it would be the same as being an MP. You are required to deal with all manner of idiots, requiring your attention.

Before, the General Election, at a members' forum. Vicky Ford MP, told a constituent. Who wished to ask her a question about rubbish bins or something similar. I am here to discuss cricket, not any other business.

[dazedpenguin]

George Dobell in the Cricketer online (behind a paywall) mentions that the Lancashire CEO is facing a misconduct vote at an SGM. SGM petitions at Notts and Essex are also mentioned in the article:

"Specifically, it is alleged that Gidney told Lancashire members, who had previously been informed they would be given a binding vote on Lancashire's position in the negotiations, that the ECB had given the counties three options for the future schedule of the County Championship. All options outlined by the club featured 12 games a season.

The group of members insist this was a misrepresentation of the position at the time. They point to a leaked email, sent from Warwickshire chair Mark McCafferty (also chair of the Professional Game Committee), which suggests options for a 14-match season were also being discussed by counties.

"The requisitioning members believe this shows that the chief executive knowingly misled the members on both the choices put forward by the ECB and the timing for the final vote," the request for an SGM states.

"Member choice was wrongly restricted, and undue time pressure was put on members to vote before any objections could be made. The requisitioning members believe that these actions amount to misconduct on the part of the chief executive."

[essexfan548]

This was widely discussed at Cheltenham during the match v Lancashire with members comparing their three options against what other counties had been told.