Let’s save our beloved BBL before it’s too late......by Shane Watson

[Art Vandelay_]

Sheffield Shield will die before the BBL.

Wanna bet. The shield will endure on as it always has.

I watch BBL but not Sheffield Shield.

This the new age fan that is eroding cricket.
The hit n giggle fan with no interest in proper cricket.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Wanna bet. The shield will endure on as it always has.

Don't need to bet. BBL is sold for TV while the Sheffield Shield exists as reserves/development league.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Don't need to bet. BBL is sold for TV while the Sheffield Shield exists as reserves/development league.

A development league to Australian cricket's biggest money spinner. Hence why its importance is safe as houses.
Domestic and international TV rights for Tests still dwarves the festive sideshow

 

[Bomberboyokay]

A development league to Australian cricket's biggest money spinner. Hence why its importance is safe as houses.
Domestic and international TV rights for Tests still dwarves the festive sideshow

You're conflating Sheffield Shield with Tests.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

You're conflating Sheffield Shield with Tests.

Nope. They are permanently linked.
So long as tests remain a money spinner and the pinnacle of cricket then the shield will live on.

The fact you can't see that shows that your support of cricket is as shallow as the T20 talent pool. Puddle depth.

 

[eth-dog]

Yeah, neither are going anywhere. Test cricket is still considered the pinnacle by most and the profits made by test cricket (the largest profit earner for CA) means the Shield will be around for a long time to come as Australia need it to make good test cricketers.

And the BBL won't die. It's CA's second biggest money earner.

 

[Teen Wolf]

Thumberboy way off the mark. Even the Matador Mutual Knockout Comp isn't going anywhere until ODIs die off, which is long overdue (like how it's time for snobs, particularly the type who hopelessly try to dismiss T20s as fake cricket, to get over themselves).

 

[The Speaker]

Let's kill off the BBL and bring back the beloved 6 team state league.

Thumberboy way off the mark. Even the Matador Mutual Knockout Comp isn't going anywhere until ODIs die off, which is long overdue (like how it's time for snobs, particularly the type who hopelessly try to dismiss T20s as fake cricket, to get over themselves).

hahaha, mate, ODIs will continue because they make $$$ and are a great middle ground between the formats

 

[Teen Wolf]

hahaha, mate, ODIs will continue because they make $$$ and are a great middle ground between the formats

Heard it all before. Truth is: 7-hour cricket makes money. Night matches make money. 50-over games are no longer required for either.

Everybody will catch on to this soon enough, except for the rare kind of slow poke who is still longing for the return of the six-team T20 domestic comp.

 

[The Speaker]

Heard it all before. Truth is: 7-hour cricket makes money. Night matches make money. 50-over games are no longer required for either.

Everybody will catch on to this soon enough, except for the rare kind of slow poke who is still longing for the return of the six-team T20 domestic comp.

Of all the 104 members of the ICC, how many do you suppose will be happy for ODIs to disappear?

 

[eth-dog]

The issue with ODI's is that they're longer than a days play of test cricket. If they were 40 overs it'd be much easier to swallow.

 

[Teen Wolf]

Of all the 104 members of the ICC, how many do you suppose will be happy for ODIs to disappear?

Getting off topic here, and I don't have much interest in reading your frowny faces. So, quickly, last post in this thread about it from me:

Somehow you haven't noticed by now, it's irrelevant what 101 of those members want. The BCCI will predominantly dictate this matter, and I've already explained the main reason for my prediction about their future preferences.

 

[The Speaker]

Getting off topic here, and I don't have much interest in reading your frowny faces. So, quickly, last post in this thread about it from me:

Somehow you haven't noticed by now, it's irrelevant what 101 of those members want. The BCCI will predominantly dictate this matter, and I've already explained the main reason for my prediction about their future preferences.

Not irrelevant in the least. As long as ODIs are crucial to developing cricket across nations, they will be played, and the titanically slow-moving BCCI is unlikely to want them scapped any time soon - unless you have evidence that they see a future in T20 Internationals outside of the T20 World Cup?

 

[Bomberboyokay]

ODIs will outlast Tests. The Ashes distort Australian and English perspectives.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Art Vandelay_ why are you laughing?

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Art Vandelay_ why are you laughing?

Why should I dignify that with a response? Not like you ever say why sensible remarks get a thumbsdown merely because it doesn’t conform to a left agenda. Or that I somehow ended up with the softest point the last time we interacted...

I am laughing at your repeated insistence in this thread that tests will die off. They won’t.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Most Tests not involving Australia, England or India make a net loss, generally in the region of £400,000 (about $750,000).

Cricket looking at fewer Tests, shorter tours and pay cuts

The number of Test matches could be reduced to save costs because of COVID-19, senior administrators have warned, while there is also support for shortening tours.

www.smh.com.au

 

[Cleavy]

Big Bash League draft on the cards as CA mulls suite of innovations

Bonus points, in-game substitutions and free hits after wides are also being seriously discussed by Cricket Australia in a bid to spice up the flagging Twenty20 competition.

www.theage.com.au

A Big Bash League draft for overseas players is on the cards, while a bonus point for the team leading at the 10-over mark, in-game substitutions and free hits after wides are also being seriously discussed by Cricket Australia in a bid to spice up the flagging Twenty20 competition.

 

[ROOTA#6]

Big Bash League draft on the cards as CA mulls suite of innovations

Bonus points, in-game substitutions and free hits after wides are also being seriously discussed by Cricket Australia in a bid to spice up the flagging Twenty20 competition.

www.theage.com.au

A Big Bash League draft for overseas players is on the cards, while a bonus point for the team leading at the 10-over mark, in-game substitutions and free hits after wides are also being seriously discussed by Cricket Australia in a bid to spice up the flagging Twenty20 competition.

The game doesn’t need rule changes. The comp needs to be shorter and the best players be available

 

[The Speaker]

Melbourne Renegades chief to report to Melbourne Stars' chief

New appointments a result of major downsizing at Cricket Victoria

www.espncricinfo.com

State teams.

 

[Cleavy]

BBL to remain 61 games as bonus points and substitutions considered

The potential cost of reducing the tournament length will mean changes are made in-game

www.espncricinfo.com

all of these proposed ideas suck!

 

[Carbine Chaos]

You can't make this rubbish up. Piss off, CA (note that they're just proposals at this stage)

• Bonus points available to teams for their progress at the 10-over point of an innings
• Substitutions also allowed within that same period
• Powerplay split between the first four overs of the innings and two overs floating elsewhere
• Free-hits for the bowling of wides
• The addition of extra breaks for advertisements and player strategy after every five overs.
• A draft for overseas players is also expected to be up for consideration

The only one I kind of like is the last one. The rest all stink (including keeping the long season - UGH).

 

[Cleavy]

I'm sure TV networks are in favour of dot point number 5.

 

[reggie]

Using the AFL strategy - throw a heap of 'proposed' rule changes out there, test the response from the punters, keeps them in the news during off-season period, maybe implement one or two of the proposed changes by the time the season comes around

 

[Cleavy]

Using the AFL strategy - throw a heap of 'proposed' rule changes out there, test the response from the punters, keeps them in the news during off-season period, maybe implement one or two of the proposed changes by the time the season comes around

as if CA cares about what the punters want.