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English Domestic Season 2026

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tony p

State Vice-Captain
I think there has to be a limit of TWO "Subs" only per side per match, otherwise you will be getting players subbed out for "fatigue', changed bowling conditions, sore pinky finger, threw up overnight, etc.
You could end up with a county using 15/16 players in a match.
The " 8 day stand down" for injury or illness is fine in theory, but if a side doesn't have a match in the next 8 day period, it should be the NEXT county match the team plays. That might stop any potential of playing around with the new system.
 
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kevinw

International Regular
As long as there are safeguards to prevent misuse, this is fine. I'm dead against "tactical" subs. I don't like how they work in the IPL. The idea of subbing out a batter once you've batted to select a bowler when you're field defeats the purpose of the all rounder.
 
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tony p

State Vice-Captain
Ben Charlesworth to leave Gloucestershire at the end of 2026.

They made him a "Strong" offer, but has elected to move on elsewhere.

Why the massive exodus, they lost about 4/5 bowlers at the end of last year to.
Is there an issue with the management/board?
 
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Yeoman

First Class Debutant
tony p said:
Ben Charlesworth to leave Gloucestershire at the end of 2026.

They made him a "Strong" offer, but has elected to move on elsewhere.

Why the massive exodus, they lost about 4/5 bowlers at the end of last year to.
Is there an issue with the management/board?
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They were in severe financial difficulties, Indeed only the value of the ground was keeping them solvent. However they cleared their debts with their share of the cash from the hundred sales.
 
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Stefan9

International Vice-Captain
LangleyburyCCPlayer said:
Big news, was obviously a very hot topic last summer with serious injuries to both Pant and Woakes!
www.bbc.co.uk

County cricket: ECB bring in substitutes trial for injury, illness and life events

Replacement players will be allowed in county cricket in England and Wales this season and will cover illness and significant life events as well as injuries.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk
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Beyers would like to know if needing to catch a plane falls under significant life events. Hoping to not piss more boards after his CSA&Lions fiasco.
 
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kevinw

International Regular
tony p said:
Ben Charlesworth to leave Gloucestershire at the end of 2026.

They made him a "Strong" offer, but has elected to move on elsewhere.

Why the massive exodus, they lost about 4/5 bowlers at the end of last year to.
Is there an issue with the management/board?
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D2 players getting snapped up by bigger clubs. Always happens.
 
chris.hinton

chris.hinton

International Captain
chris.hinton said:
Opening fixtures for the County Championship

Division One

Cardiff: Glamorgan v Yorkshire
Utilita Bowl: Hampshire v Essex
Leicester: Leicestershire v Sussex
Taunton: Somerset v Nottinghamshire
Edgbaston: Warwickshire v Surrey

Division Two

Derby: Derbyshire v Worcestershire
Riverside: Durham v Kent
Lord's: Middlesex v Gloucestershire
Northampton: Northamptonshire v Lancashire

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Tomorrow
 
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Blenkinsop

State Vice-Captain
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Stefan9

International Vice-Captain
Chin Music said:
It sounds like he was mind-bendingly stupid and disrespectful to his team mates and management to just walk off like that having not informed the management of both that he had a county contract
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They knew he had a couny contract. Didn't know he planned to leave during the game. Wouldn't have picked him if they had known.
He told the opposition before he told his own team, only informed the lions while they were batting.
They allowed Russell Domingo to leave the day before for Hampshire as he had informed them well in advance so there is no evidence that the lions would have been unreasonable had he informed them.
What makes this even more inexcusable is it seems he booked the flight not the county or the agent.
 
LangleyburyCCPlayer

LangleyburyCCPlayer

International Debutant
Chin Music said:
It sounds like he was mind-bendingly stupid and disrespectful to his team mates and management to just walk off like that having not informed the management of both that he had a county contract
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Stupid, stupid, stupid! Do you not have to get the NOC signed before you play? Besides, it’s not as if he was in a mad rush to get to England considering the Championship doesn't start until tomorrow! Ironically Russell Domingo, the Lions’ manager, who will also be managing Hampshire this season, went about things the right way by letting his team know in advance that he’d be jetting off to England. Article states that it’s likely that he won’t be able to come to Worcestershire at all this season, but that he can end his South African career altogether in which case he wouldn’t need a NOC, and that in the meantime, they’ve signed Oliver Hannon-Dalby on a short-term loan
 
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