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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2017 10:15:42 GMT
The stats are now in on this year's BBL.
* The 35 matches averaged more than 30,000 attendance.
* 40% of those attending were women, almost 30% were at their first game of cricket and 65% were families.
* The MCG averaged 49,578, Adelaide Oval 41,360, and the Gabba 34,375.
* Of games at venues with a capacity under 30,000, only one match did not sell out - and that game - at the Hobart Oval - sold 19,750 of its 20,000 tickets.
* TV viewing figures were also spectacular.
The ECB had plenty of observers out there learning how to do it, although I can only say again that it's a desperate shame we have to wait until 2020 for it to start here and we are going to waste the next three seasons piddling about with crowds of 5,000 at Hove, 3,000 at Canterbury and 2,000 at Leicester, Northants and Derby.
The naysayers point out England isn't Australia. They claim we are 'different' and the BBL can't be replicated here.
May be. But I'd still happily settle for 50 per cent of what the BBL has achieved.( And I actually believe that if tickets were priced at, say, £10-15 each, you could sell out the 60,000 Olympic Stadium.)
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Jan 29, 2017 11:15:16 GMT
Bm, I echo your sentiment. It is a long time away and sounds rather like Bowie's song "Five years.." Who is to blame for this? Giles Clarke, of course. From Nick Hoult: "The ECB’s current deal with Sky, worth an estimated £280m, was signed in 2012 and
covered the period from 2013-2017 with an option for a further two years. Telegraph Sport
understands that option has to be signed by the end of this year...(2014)"Rue the day that person who agreed to including the two year option in the SKY contract, otherwise the CBT would be kicking off next summer. I am so delighted for CA and the success of the BBL. When it started all the dinosauric critics with their heads in the Jurassic sand said it would never work. Meanwhile, our own ECB still bitter over the Lalit Modi dispute and with Clarke's own personal feud... thank god for Colin Graves who finally saw reason when he took over the Chairmanship. But is it too late? And has the BBL already peaked? Expanding it is, perhaps, riskier than actually starting the tournament. The IPL peaked after a similar number of tournaments, where the average live attendance figure (2015) was/is now 31,750 per match (which is similar to the BBL except Australia has a tiny population in comparison) with an overall 1,905,000. But, hey, it is the media viewing figures that count. Everything from TV and Youtube to mobile phones and tablets. These figures I have no idea on. According to BCCI, the 2015 IPL season contributed $182 million to the GDP of the Indian economy. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Premier_LeagueMeanwhile, it is good to see how our Blighty cricketers made an important impact - again - on the BBL. Wright had another excellent tournament. His consistency is stand out. This year he scored 262 runs at an average of 32.75, very similar to KPs performance. And Chris Jordan, however brief his appearance, also caused ripples. Meanwhile, Ian Bell struck the winning runs for this year's victors, Perth Scorchers, where team-mate, Tim Bresnan, played his all-round share. And the star of 2017? Surely, Mitchell Johnson. 2020 cannot come quickly enough! www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/38764123www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWm03wYBTbM |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2017 11:48:43 GMT
Who is to blame for this? Giles Clarke, of course. He certainly has much to answer for. The site of Kent this week playing in a tournament in the Caribbean at Stanford's ground in Antigua brought back memories of another of GC's triumphs - once again partly fuelled by a highly personalised feud with Lalit Modi and the Indian board of control. But the likes of you and me are "outside cricket", so perhaps we've got it all wrong, s&f! |
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Post by deepfineleg on Jan 29, 2017 19:16:56 GMT
Why don't the ECB tell Sky they would introduce an 'EPL' earlier if Sky were to agree to an increased fee? Sky would gain by having a year or two before the contract went to BTSport open competition.
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Post by glosexile on Jan 31, 2017 13:54:23 GMT
So, another amazingly successful BBL competition has now concluded. With my biased Glos hat on, I can't help feeling delighted for "Maxy" Klinger and the successful Perth Scorchers.
However, serious question......what has the actual standard of cricket been like in the BBL this year? Admitedly, I only managed to see a few snapshots of the competition (via Channel 5), together with following the results via the scorecards. However, there did seem to be a lack of world class T20 stars (naturally suffered from competing against other international cricket played at the same time).
How how will the standard of the BBL compare to the 2017 version of the IPL? Would be interested to hear the views of those who were in a position to follow the action more closely.
Footnote
I see that the new 60,000 seater Perth Stadium is due to be opened early in 2018. Can only continue to be totally amazed at the contrast in stadiums/facilities when compared to this country
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Jan 31, 2017 17:24:12 GMT
glosexile,
I watched a fair few of the BBL games on both Channel 5 and BTSport and while critics could argue that the standard was not as high
as International T20 or the IPL, the excitement was there in all its glory. The semi-final, for example, between the Brisbane Heat and
Sydney Sixers, where the teams tied on 167 and it was then won by the Sixers via a golden over was breathtaking to watch. Sadly,
it reminded me of early 2010 when Sussex were involved in their own golden over during the Indian Champions League.
And to watch Mitchell Johnson bowl for the Perth Scorchers, the eventual winners, was a joy to behold. There is still no fast bowler
in the world who has the same menace when he's on form. To get 3 wickets for 3 runs off 4 overs against the Melbourne Stars, had
nothing to do with the quality of batting, but everything about the quality of bowling.
I don't buy this 'lack of world class players'. What the crowds want is excitement and close games and when there are cricketers like Kevin
Pietersen, Luke Wright, Brendon McCullum, Kieron Pollard, Chris Jordan, Kumar Sangakkara, Aaron Finch, David Hussey, Ian Bell and
Eoin Morgan, they remain world class.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2017 17:49:37 GMT
Agree, s&f. Most of what I saw was highest quality, both in terms of the cricketing skills on display and spectacle.I enjoyed it more than the IPL, tbh.
And I share glosexile's pleasure in Klinger's success. I always saw his role at Glos as very similar to Langer's role at Somerset - and now, of course, they are captain and coach of the same BBL franchise. Most fitting that they are working together and I can see Klinger going on to become even more succesful as a coach than he has been as a player.
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