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Potentially would be yes, I wouldn't want to judge how the ECB will go about weighing up the value of a strong geographical distribution against the desire to only have large franchises that can draw a crowd. You'd imagine they'll probably go nuts and cut it down to just the test grounds as they...

Someone else skirting around the edges of my point by quibbling about one specific county. I identified 8 that can go. I will take you agree with me on the rest. :thumbsup:

There hasn't for the last 40 years been a situation in cricket as disruptive as the one you have today with the IPL though has there. Crowds have also continued to steadily decline through this time. Just because something used to make sense doesn't mean it does any longer.

I said you don't need Somerset and Gloucestershire - you can imagine one team splitting its time between Bristol & Taunton and in doing so covering the south west. As for Essex, recent success in the county championship means nothing in the grand scheme of things. The re-organisation I am...

Any serious reorganisation of cricket in this country is going to have to begin with taking the number of 1st class counties - 18 and reducing that figure by at least 6. If you look at the list, its easy to see where the cuts can be made - don't need Derbyshire, Leicestershire and...