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The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed today that it was looking at ways to avoid a repeat of a summer schedule that saw the County Championship take a six-week-plus break to make way for the The Hundred this summer. The ECB seems to have realised belatedly that putting the emphasis on comedy cricket in the main part of the summer has damaged England's test side. Not only that but the County 50-over competition, played at the same time as The Hundred, has been downgraded to become a vehicle mainly for youngsters, most of whom would not normally be in the first team at that stage of their career, and older professionals not required by The Hundred or England.
The ECB chief executive acknowledges the problem but says finding a solution will not be easy.
That organisation must live a sheltered existence. When the summer schedule for this year was announced, former players, cricket journalists and many ordinary supporters of the game pointed out the pitfalls which the ECB has now discovered for itself.
Will Carlings 'old f*rts' come to mind.
The ECB chief executive acknowledges the problem but says finding a solution will not be easy.
That organisation must live a sheltered existence. When the summer schedule for this year was announced, former players, cricket journalists and many ordinary supporters of the game pointed out the pitfalls which the ECB has now discovered for itself.
Will Carlings 'old f*rts' come to mind.