ECB presents 100-ball domestic game for men and women

[flibbertyjibber]

Not sure we need another gimmick but who knows may work. I couldn't give a toss about T20 so will care even less about this.

 

[S.Kennedy]

When do the Big Bash games start in Oz? Some people are saying that it, the 100 ball format, is so families can get their kids to bed a decent time, some twenty20s reaching the four hour mark.

 

[Starfighter]

7:10 or 7:40 normally.

 

[NotMcKenzie]

Wait, apparently introducing an over of a different length makes people more likely to understand the game, or makes it simpler, or something. By retaining the usual over structure, which is apparently hard to understand or alienating or whatever, and also making one over a different length.

Is there something I'm missing here?



Also, one thing about this, as with other 'additions' or 'improvements' to game (light up bails, anyone), is that they appear to assume that the audience that they're targeting has a mental age of about three.

On the other hand, given the logic the E.C.B. uses sometimes, maybe they're just pitching it to themselves.

 

[Daemon]

Crazy that they don't take feedback from the public for things like this.

 

[NotMcKenzie]

Actually, Greg Baum puts it better here:

It was only one week later that the ECB announced a tournament in a new format, the shortest yet, 100 balls a side. ‘‘A simple approach to reach a new generation,’’ hyper-ventilated the ECB’s chief commercial officer, responsible for all cricket-related matters.


Actually, consisting of 15 six-ball overs and one 10-ball over, delivered at a random juncture, it was a less simple approach than Twenty20. What the commercial officer meant was a shorter approach. It has been apparent to him for some time that cricket’s problem was cricket, and he was determined to get it out of the way.

 

[Shri]

Nah, screw 'em.

What are you? The church?

 

[Midwinter]

It's obviously a game for people who don't like cricket.

 

[Flametree]

I haven't looked beyond the headlines of the 100-ball idea. I assume if it's 10x 10-ball overs, then each outfielder has to bowl one over each? Good way to widen each player's skill-set. Or maybe take the indoor cricket line of 5x partnerships getting 20 balls to face, and any outs get you a negative score... Just so everyone has a turn.

[No, I don't know if I'm being serious here or not either...]

 

[Borges]

I read somewhere that this new league will also be on free to air television. If that is true, despite all the gimmickry, I'm completely in favour of this.
It is a good idea to give some more kids the possibility of watching something that looks like cricket.

 

[Gnske]

I read somewhere that this new league will also be on free to air television. If that is true, despite all the gimmickry, I'm completely in favour of this.
It is a good idea to give some more kids the possibility of watching something that looks like cricket.

Hey if kids watch animal porn I'm all for it, as long as it looks somewhat like porn.

 

[ozryan]

how about 1 ball cricket?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c6yt91-b-Q

 

[Daemon]

Just a had a brilliant idea

Why not combine baseball and cricket

The running will follow baseball style bases which is easily the best part of baseball (imagine a match changing triple play of Elgar Amla and AB), and the ball will be a cricket ball bowled on a cricket pitch. It'll bring fielding into play massively and get rid of the terrible ones like Ashwin.

I'm sure it'll be a hit, by complicating things further the newcomer is sure to understand and lap up what is an already complicated sport.

 

[Howe_zat]

The cricinfo article contains this statement

“Throughout its development, we have shown leadership, provided challenge and followed a process.”

Success. Good for them.

 

[Midwinter]

Sounds like they have met their KPI's and will receive good performance reviews.

 

[Victor Ian]

Just a had a brilliant idea

Why not combine baseball and cricket

The running will follow baseball style bases which is easily the best part of baseball (imagine a match changing triple play of Elgar Amla and AB), and the ball will be a cricket ball bowled on a cricket pitch. It'll bring fielding into play massively and get rid of the terrible ones like Ashwin.

I'm sure it'll be a hit, by complicating things further the newcomer is sure to understand and lap up what is an already complicated sport.

I can see this. So we have four opening batsmen and it is tippity runs anything hit in front of the wicket, miss 3 shots and it is out. Let's also introduce gloves. You're a genius. These dickheads are going to read your suggestion and run with it.

 

[S.Kennedy]

Good article,

https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/cr...cb-plans-for-new-100ball-format-a3819626.html

Also, Tom ''future-proof'' Harrison wrote an article, commissioned January, defending a ''twenty20 competition'', despite the fact that this 100 ball thing had been (apparently) formulated six months ago - what is going on with the ECB?

Lawrence Booth is livid on twitter.

 

[Borges]

With the focus being on finishing games in time, play through light drizzles and resume play as soon as it stops raining heavily. Damp wickets, really wet bowler's run ups and out field: water splashing all around adding to the spectacle and to the unpredictability. When it rains, make it the T16.67 version of the Kanga League.

 

[Starfighter]

Perhaps time to reintroduce the 15-yard runup limit from the Sunday league.

 

[Borges]

With the blessings of the TV gods, it would be possible to finish these 16.67 overs in one hour flat.
Put the fear of T16.67 into them: if you don't finish your quota of overs within the stipulated time, you get docked one full point.