posted May 13, 2008

showerglad. Don't know if you are employed by the ecb but I look forward to some tangible results from the initiatives you mention.
Among these would be:
1. Talented 18-23 year olds emerging in the county sides qualified to play for England from the local clubs, UCCE's etc.
2. Decline in the employment of non EQP's by the counties through greater incentivization.
3. Better scheduling of matches - e.g. why have a Sat. or Sunday virtually free of cricket when people are actually able to attend as compared to mid-week?

As we know too well, spending money isn't necessarily fruitful. Whenever I see a new name in a county side, I look to see if it is an emerging English qualified player. Frequently, I am disappointed!

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posted May 13, 2008

The reason for the article is based upon other countries supporters being under the impresion the ECB are a stale initative fronted by old men who dont understand the nueances of the game.

In their mind it seems this is resulting in lack of particpation within schools/youth level and also a lack of forward thinking. When infactthe reality is the opposite.

I just think the ECB are much more involved and dedicated to moving the game forward than people give them credit for. I basically think this misconception is down to the sight of the older generation in their MCC ties at Lords clapping in the new batsman.

I completley agree with the idea of giving the counties more incentive to play the younger english players and hopefulythis will be high on their agenda.

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posted May 13, 2008

"Nobody wants to see England playing NZ again except the diehards"

What a comment 'riverwalk.

Who should we playing? Just Australia?

I think we should play each of the Test Nations an equal number of times both home and away and all the other test nations. Then we can truly work out who is the best batsman.

This, of course would mean we play NZ proportianatly more, i.e. the same number of times as the so called 'bigger draws'

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posted May 13, 2008

curious

how much is funded for football compared to cricket?

anyone know?

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posted May 14, 2008

m-p

In England, Sky and Setanta paid a combined £1.7B GBP for coverage of English Premiership games. BBC paid £171M GBP for Premiership highlights.

There are 20 clubs in the EPL, winner this season got a £50M share of the TV money, down to £26M for the team finishing last.

So, in short, money in English cricket is small change next to football.

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posted May 14, 2008

SCA:

"The Proof of the Pudding is in the Eating. Despite all the ground work and grass roots level development, when it comes to selection, a player like Giles gets picked over Monty despite not playing for 18 months. And today, Giles is an ECB selector! Everything comes to nought."


Of course! Didn't ya know Giles also shot Kennedy, is the founder member of the Illuminati and he's Lord Lucan too?

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posted May 14, 2008

Andy, do you think Giles will allow Monty a long rope in periods of mediocre performance? I think selectors must be above 40 years of age and well past their playing days, in order to ensure fairness and avoid clash of interests.

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posted May 14, 2008

I think selectors must be above 40 years of age and well past their playing days, in order to ensure fairness and avoid clash of interests.
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But SCA - wouldn't that also mean that those selectors may be 'out of touch' ... NZ have a selector who is still very much playing age but was forced to retire through injury - he's doing a much better and more transparent job than his older colleagues!

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posted May 14, 2008

So Amanda, not only are you anti-English, but ageist as well.

And you question Ashley Giles integrity with not a shred of evidence.

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posted May 14, 2008

Lest we forget Shower the ECB were the force behind removing tv access to the general public - 2005 Ashes viewing figs of 8 million at its peak reduced to less than .5 million the next summer - & that is good for the game? Exactly how? £££££££ money talks - yet to see the ECB executives salary structure - I have asked.........

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