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NZ sinks southern premier league

brockley

International Captain
So i gather the kiwis here don't like it.
I guess we could always have 1 franchise from namibia and 1 from zimbabwe.
 

Polo23

International Debutant
So i gather the kiwis here don't like it.
I guess we could always have 1 franchise from namibia and 1 from zimbabwe.
T20 cricket is crap, and these stupid T20 tournaments popping up all around the world are rubbish. More test cricket please.
 

Furball

Evil Scotsman
T20 cricket is crap, and these stupid T20 tournaments popping up all around the world are rubbish. More test cricket please.
Great call.

Like it or not, T20 is here to stay. The game will generate no significant revenue if Tests were all that got played.

Adam Gilchrist summed things up perfectly in his Cowdrey lecture.
 

Polo23

International Debutant
Great call.

Like it or not, T20 is here to stay. The game will generate no significant revenue if Tests were all that got played.

Adam Gilchrist summed things up perfectly in his Cowdrey lecture.
It doesn't bother me how much T20 cricket is played, as long as test cricket doesn't get cut back (there isn't enough test cricket as it is). The more of these stupid T20 tournaments popping up everywhere and the more chance we will see test cricket suffer.
 

brockley

International Captain
Does jacob oram even play tests anymore,he may well be better off playing spl.
Don't have to play your international players in the spl,it heps but its not the be all or end of.
 

Polo23

International Debutant
Does jacob oram even play tests anymore,he may well be better off playing spl.
Don't have to play your international players in the spl,it heps but its not the be all or end of.
Yes Oram does play tests.

And i'm not entirely sure what you're getting at. I don't care about this "SPL" and hope it never gets off the ground :)
 

Flem274*

123/5
If it replaced both nations current T20 competitions then fine. If it doesn't then I don't want international players anywhere near it. Its all academic now of course.

My only problem would have been the injury prone internationals like Oram and Bond playing in two T20 tournaments that are non BC related every year, along with their other commitments.
 

andruid

Cricketer Of The Year
Why not just completely decouple T20's from other international cricket, shift the game to a series of agreeable International Premier leagues, (IPL,SPL, EPL) however many can be fit in a calendar year and then reduce International T20 matches to the one marquee t20 World cup ever 2/4 years? It would make T20 what it probably was meant to be in the first place. Cricket equivalent to Rugby sevens.

Then on tours National teams can focus on test and ODI cricket whilst those players, can decide (depending on how much they think their International career is likely to be successful in whatever format of the game) to either specialise in one particular Premier league that suits their NT commitments, or lbecome full time t20 specialists specifically to make the T20 World Cup teams
 

_Ed_

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Why not just completely decouple T20's from other international cricket, shift the game to a series of agreeable International Premier leagues, (IPL,SPL, EPL) however many can be fit in a calendar year and then reduce International T20 matches to the one marquee t20 World cup ever 2/4 years? It would make T20 what it probably was meant to be in the first place. Cricket equivalent to Rugby sevens.
That's what I'd love to see.
 

Richard

Cricket Web Staff Member
Why not just completely decouple T20's from other international cricket, shift the game to a series of agreeable International Premier leagues, (IPL,SPL, EPL) however many can be fit in a calendar year and then reduce International T20 matches to the one marquee t20 World cup ever 2/4 years? It would make T20 what it probably was meant to be in the first place. Cricket equivalent to Rugby sevens.
That would indeed overwhelmingly be the best course of action. However, it is pretty much OOTQ, given that those Twenty20 lovers want to see their team play Twenty20 instead of ODIs, and various people at the ICC Board want a Twenty20 World thingy. They are not in a sufficient minority for these things to be disposed of.
 

brockley

International Captain
Cricket australia shelved the SPL,looking to expand the big bash now.
With the ftp coming out looks unlikely for the series now.
 

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