A weighty English summer
Christopher Martin-Jenkins, in the Times , suggests an alternative - which, he hopes, could be adopted next year - for the crammed schedule for the summer of 2010
Siddhartha Talya
25-Feb-2013
Christopher Martin-Jenkins, in the Times, suggests an alternative - which, he hopes, could be adopted next year - for the crammed schedule for the summer of 2010. He recommends a return to the 50-over format in the domestic circuit for the one-day competition and proposes a shorter County Championship.
It makes no sense for our county cricketers to be playing a 40-over competition this season while all except South Africa still play 50-over domestic tournaments to prepare for the next World Cup. The final will take place in Mumbai a year from tomorrow. Does anyone need to be reminded that the country that launched professional one-day cricket has yet to win a World Cup?
Siddhartha Talya is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo