Rob
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Post by Rob on May 8, 2024 17:39:29 GMT
The attendance figures must be customers paying at the gate, no ? And each county hosting a couple of four days games in August would swell those numbers considerably.
Four formats has always one too many. Time to put 50 over cricket to bed
The Hundred will morph into a poorly thought through city based 20/20 competition in four years time. What sport sets out to shrink its customer base. Homer Simpson time. Interesting that one day of a full house at Lord’s test brings in more £ than the whole season of the stoopid Hundred. But then again the latter is not about sport as we know, but purely money.
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Post by squarepoint on May 8, 2024 20:21:44 GMT
I have to accept that it’s probably necessary to maximise revenue by playing the most popular format of the game during the school holidays. I have two main problems with The 100 though. Firstly, it shortens the match even beyond T20 in a way that no other country has felt necessary. Secondly it introduced new city based franchises divorced from the counties and existing supporters.
I think both of these problems could be overcome. The shortened format was to help secure a TV deal I think but with traditional broadcast TV on the way out, this could be resolved by extending to T20 and streaming games online. There could be 9 franchises each drawing from a pair of counties supplemented by additional overseas players. Established cricket fans would then care more about the results. Every county would get to host a minimum number of games. The Blast could be shortened to allow a quick fire knockout 50 over tournament.
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Rob
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Post by Rob on May 8, 2024 21:15:54 GMT
I have to accept that it’s probably necessary to maximise revenue by playing the most popular format of the game during the school holidays. I have two main problems with The 100 though. Firstly, it shortens the match even beyond T20 in a way that no other country has felt necessary. Secondly it introduced new city based franchises divorced from the counties and existing supporters. I think both of these problems could be overcome. The shortened format was to help secure a TV deal I think but with traditional broadcast TV on the way out, this could be resolved by extending to T20 and streaming games online. There could be 9 franchises each drawing from a pair of counties supplemented by additional overseas players. Established cricket fans would then care more about the results. Every county would get to host a minimum number of games. The Blast could be shortened to allow a quick fire knockout 50 over tournament. Bingo - all the wretched ECB needs to do is amalgamate Sussex and Hampshire for the Hundred, play at least one home match at Hove and job done. Many more fans would then buy into it. Middlesex and Essex are almost ground sharing already. I have a chum who for many years has organised large groups of all ages to attend the games of the county he supports. He does this usually three times a season. Even though he follows a county with a test ground, he refuses to ever purchase any tickets or help anyone attend the Hundred. Truly it is an unnecessarily divisive event. |
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Post by ashingtonmartlet on May 9, 2024 8:48:24 GMT
That last point is an admirable attitude from your friend.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on May 9, 2024 12:42:04 GMT
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Post by Wicked Cricket on May 17, 2024 7:30:24 GMT
As a follow on from a previous post, below is a list of the full 18 counties and their Championship home attendance figures for 2023. This was posted on 'X' by the County Cricket Members Group. The tweet says, "Can we set up a working Group of volunteers at each county to devise a plan to improve them? "Who is willing to volunteer?" Good to see Sussex coming 10th 8th in the full table and beating two TMGs. Kudos to Somerset.  |
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Post by squarepoint on May 17, 2024 9:47:38 GMT
That’s poor for Lancashire and Warwickshire given their status and catchment area. Warwicks should never be behind Worcs in attendance. More evidence that cricket shouldn’t just consolidate around The Hundred franchises.
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Post by squarepoint on May 17, 2024 9:49:13 GMT
By the way Sussex are 8th rather than 10th in this table. Even better!
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sixandout
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Post by sixandout on May 19, 2024 5:39:05 GMT
Can anyone explain how St Peter’s got 4 points from this defeat?  |
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Post by therealab1 on May 19, 2024 7:16:06 GMT
4 bonus bowling points
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Aug 9, 2024 14:29:47 GMT
 Leicestershire CCC to Charge for Live-Streaming Matches on County’s WebsiteWell I never - Crikey O'Reilly - I suggested this last season. Leicestershire are the first county to trial charging for watching live stream games on their website. This news was first announced on July 25th, yet it has taken two weeks for the cricket media to publicise it. Called Foxes TV Live, the club are trialling a subscription model from August 11th until the end of the 2024 season. It begins with Leicestershire’s Metro Bank One Day Cup clash with Glamorgan for a one-time fee of £3.99, while Vitality County Championship fixtures with Yorkshire and Derbyshire in September will be available collectively under a monthly subscription fee of £7.99 or £5.99 if purchased within 24 hours of the first ball. Subscribers will be able to enjoy ball-by-ball coverage, supported by multiple camera angles and live commentary, as well as exclusive behind-the scenes Foxes TV content and player interviews during breaks in play. Leicestershire’s CEO, Sean Jarvis, remarked, “In the ever-evolving landscape of sports broadcasting, we feel it necessary to explore a model which will generate support for our content production and reflect the exceptional value for the quality of broadcast we offer.” He continued, “We are keen to test the waters with a short subscription trial for matchday streams, which come at a large operational cost to the Club. Our goal is to reinvest into our content and broadcast production to enrich our digital offering to all Foxes fans.”  Foxes TV’s diverse range of coverage will remain available for free afterwards via YouTube. The subscription link for this new service has been issued. www.leicestershireccc.co.uk/videosSo, what do Sussex supporters think? Do you reckon it could work for our Club if the TV coverage vastly improves and how much money would you pay, for example, for a one-off match like the home T20 QF on September 4th? |
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Post by sponge on Aug 9, 2024 15:08:05 GMT
Leicestershire CCC to Charge for Live-Streaming Matches on County’s WebsiteWell I never - Crikey O'Reilly - I suggested this last season. Leicestershire are the first county to trial charging for watching live stream games on their website. This news was first announced on July 25th, yet it has taken two weeks for the cricket media to publicise it. Called Foxes TV Live, the club are trialling a subscription model from August 11th until the end of the 2024 season. It begins with Leicestershire’s Metro Bank One Day Cup clash with Glamorgan for a one-time fee of £3.99, while Vitality County Championship fixtures with Yorkshire and Derbyshire in September will be available collectively under a monthly subscription fee of £7.99 or £5.99 if purchased within 24 hours of the first ball. Subscribers will be able to enjoy ball-by-ball coverage, supported by multiple camera angles and live commentary, as well as exclusive behind-the scenes Foxes TV content and player interviews during breaks in play. Leicestershire’s CEO, Sean Jarvis, remarked, “In the ever-evolving landscape of sports broadcasting, we feel it necessary to explore a model which will generate support for our content production and reflect the exceptional value for the quality of broadcast we offer.” He continued, “We are keen to test the waters with a short subscription trial for matchday streams, which come at a large operational cost to the Club. Our goal is to reinvest into our content and broadcast production to enrich our digital offering to all Foxes fans.” Foxes TV’s diverse range of coverage will remain available for free afterwards via YouTube. The subscription link for this new service has been issued. www.leicestershireccc.co.uk/videosSo, what do Sussex supporters think? Do you reckon it could work for our Club if the TV coverage vastly improves and how much money would you pay, for example, for a one-off match like the home T20 QF on September 4th? Not too sure about this Wicked. You are right, our coverage would have to improve a lot. Harmes would have to be replaced. I do not want to pay for behind the scenes content; and I do not want player interviews during any breaks. I would prefer live streaming to be free.If the Club want to generate extra revenue they can find other ways. |
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Post by ashingtonmartlet on Aug 9, 2024 15:47:09 GMT
Why would Adrian have to be replaced? Are you thinking from the point of view that if it's a club product, it couldn't have a BBC reporter?
I must admit, I'm astounded that what started off as a pandemic thing has remained free to views 3 years later. I'd have no issues with the principle of paying say, £5 a month?
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Post by deepfineleg on Aug 9, 2024 15:48:29 GMT
“Leicestershire are the first county to trial charging for watching live stream games on their website”
Don’t Kent already charge for T20? Are there any viewing figures for those games?
Some counties already have their own commentary team (Somerset, Surrey…). Presumably Sussex and others use the BBC Radio commentators as there’s no extra cost.
Personally, I probably don’t watch enough of the streamed games to justify paying for it; just stick with BBC comms when I want to follow live.
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nobody
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Post by nobody on Aug 9, 2024 16:10:14 GMT
If Sussex did this then members or Blast Pass holders should automatically get a free subscription - the notion that people who already contribute hundreds of pounds to the club's revenue having to pay extra just to stream the home games that they don't attend doesn't sit well with me at all.
I don't think paying for a stream of the home Blast QF would ever happen since it's on Sky so they would have exclusive rights. If they did reach some agreement with clubs not sure how many people would bother paying anyway when there are many sites to watch Sky for free on.
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