The ECB may also need to undertake a re-think with regard to their proposed structure for 2010 as I'm not sure that a schedule that includes two Twenty20 competitions - one with 20 teams and one with 18 - is actually feasible.
That's part of the reason why I think Jonathan Marland's decision to challenge Giles Clarke's position as ECB chairman is a healthy thing.
I don't think he has got a chance of winning but I would like him to challenge the running and administration of the English game; why do the 18 counties plus the MCC think they have the right to run our summer sport?
Until the system changes the counties are always going to be accused of self-interest; they absorb all the money and employ lots of cricketers who don't qualify for England and the non-professional game suffers as a result.
My biggest concern is how the ECB distributes its resources. Lots more money should be used to create a pyramid of excellence under the first-class game.
Hampshire chairman Rod Bransgrove said recently that there should be three divisions of six teams in first-class cricket to concentrate the County Championship into a highly-competitive tournament where the best players are playing for the best six sides
That's part of the reason why I think Jonathan Marland's decision to challenge Giles Clarke's position as ECB chairman is a healthy thing.
I don't think he has got a chance of winning but I would like him to challenge the running and administration of the English game; why do the 18 counties plus the MCC think they have the right to run our summer sport?
Until the system changes the counties are always going to be accused of self-interest; they absorb all the money and employ lots of cricketers who don't qualify for England and the non-professional game suffers as a result.
My biggest concern is how the ECB distributes its resources. Lots more money should be used to create a pyramid of excellence under the first-class game.
Hampshire chairman Rod Bransgrove said recently that there should be three divisions of six teams in first-class cricket to concentrate the County Championship into a highly-competitive tournament where the best players are playing for the best six sides
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