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As is only natural being of Cornish extraction..grecian said:So Langeveldt a green slime supporter *slits eyes*
As is only natural being of Cornish extraction..grecian said:So Langeveldt a green slime supporter *slits eyes*
Wasn't it a 10% rise in County Championship attendance last season?IIRC crowds at domestic cricket are up on 2000 (consistently year on year)
You give some examples of fatalistic-predictions that didn't come to pass.Goughy said:There is no way that statement can be given as fact.
It is a possibility but people get easily carried away and make fatalistic predictions. By 2000 were were supposed to be underwater after the melting of the ice caps, we were only supposed to have enough oil to last until 2015 before decending back to the stone age, we are all supposed to be on the brink of a virtual extinction due to bird flu etc..
The predictions of doommongers dominate because they makes good headlines.
Generally the status quo prevails. No County Cricket club has ceased playing due to financial problems and it is unlikely they will disband and fail to meet their scheduling responsibilities.
An unsuccessful England team would certainly impact cricket across England but there is no reason to get carried away. The system would evolve to deal with the changes.
If England turn into a terrible team it does not sound the the death knell of the CC or the Counties themselves.
That was South Africa in the 1970s.Goughy said:It did not happen in South Africa. In fact being out of international cricket strengthened the domestic game and increased its profile.
Since re-admission the domestic game has dramatically declined in importance.
I'd say it's laughably foolish to say that it will survive.DanielFullard said:Indeed.
Richard has a solid point in that the success of the International team has huge impacts on the domestic game but he is getting too carried away trying to proove his ridiculous fatalistic notions of the death of county Cricket. County Cricket has and always will survive regardless of the national team and to say otherwise is laughably foolish
Do we have figures?marc71178 said:IIRC crowds at domestic cricket are up on 2000 (consistently year on year)
Yet early in the 2000s we were far from successful...
Well we can all laugh at each other then.Richard said:I'd say it's laughably foolish to say that it will survive.
Something like that.DanielFullard said:Wasn't it a 10% rise in County Championship attendance last season?