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I find it annoying and frankly cringeworthy.
The repulsion from a co commentator when the other mistakenly refers to a "set of balls " as an over.
The horridly lurid colours and the completely unnecessary new way of showing the score are just a few things in a list of things I dislike about it.
I can just about accept T20 but this just seems another "re-invention " for the sake of it.
Suspect I'm showing my age.
I know it sounds like I'm being a grump, but everything is structured towards counties, which is why you have silly names for the Hundred teams - Manchester played the 'Northern' team last night. Wales vs Birmingham, the South vs Oval.
They've had to do it because there isn't enough major grounds to accommodate the infrastructure needed and the buzz of the big stadiums.
They've tried to make it urban, but that's not how cricket is structured.
And the terminology is geared towards cricket in the traditional sense. So you've got commentators on one hand trying to make it accessible by explaining in great detail what leg spin is or scrambled seam means, then another commentator casually talking about technical terms or fielding positions that mean absolutely nothing to a new audience.
It annoys me that 'Lancashire' is restricted to 'Manchester', but it's not the Lancashire team, it's a random selection of players tagged onto the Lancs team that wasn't able to play in T20s because the schedule has prioritised this over the dominant short form internationally.
It's messy, contrived and force fed. And I'm really starting to hate it.
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Apparently the game last night took as long to play as a T20 match, which sorts of defeats the object. lol
I know I'm supposed to interpret Manchester Originals as Lancashire, but it isn't, it's Manchester. It reduces all of Lancashire into Manchester.
And it is actually probably a far weaker side than the actual Lancs T20 side. This Manchester side looks very average.
I was looking at the elimination games - all in the South.
The standard of the cricket on show at the Hundred is on another level to the blast. An 18 team tournament is just a bad product, thats why the hundred is going to be the one the casual fan chooses.
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Won the toss again ! Lancashire batting, should have bowled, 69-4, 22 overs.
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Lancashire 173-4, 43.3 overs, Croft 64, Jones 48. Partnership of 106.
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A fine recovery.
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Looking forward to watching ex-Lancy Brook Guest bat - watched his innings in their last game and he batted beautifully for 80+
Probably be yorked first ball!
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Derbyshire 94-5, 26.1 overs, Hurt and Williams with two wickets apiece.
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Derbyshire 148-7, 41 overs.
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Derbyshire all out for 182, won by 39 runs. Williams 4-20. Another good performance.
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Lancashire fan group set to force SGM to demand consent on county schedule | The Cricketer
No formal proposals have yet been tabled to counties by the review panel, which was convened earlier this year in response to England men's miserable performance in the Ashes in Australia
A group of Lancashire members say they have enough signatories to force a special general meeting (SGM) of the club to discuss potential changes to the amount of first-class cricket played each season.
The Lancashire Action Group (LAG) want administrators at Old Trafford to consult with members, and then give them the chance to consent to any reduction in the number of County Championship matches which may be proposed as a result of the ECB's ongoing high-performance review.
No formal proposals have yet been tabled to counties by the review panel, which was convened earlier this year in response to England men's miserable performance in the Ashes in Australia, though the clubs' senior hierarchies have now been included in discussions.
LAG want to pre-empt any vote, however, by forcing the Lancashire management to ask for approval on the future structure of the county game.
In a statement on Monday, the group said that it has "easily reached the threshold" of signatures to bring about an SGM, in which - they say - the intention will be to "get the club's management to oppose any reduction of first-class fixtures for next year".
The Telegraph has reported that around 600 signatories have put their name to the LAN petition. According to the terms of the club's constitution, the SGM would have to be held 28 days after notice is given - which LAG intend to serve on Wednesday. It is not immediately clear whether the high-performance review will have presented its proposal on the county game's future make-up by that point.
Lancashire is one of 15 counties which is not privately owned - Hampshire, Northamptonshire and Durham are the exceptions.
"The membership is not consulted on major decisions in the running of the club and that is why there is so much unrest," the LAG statement read.
The ECB's high-performance review, which is due to report to the ECB's members in the coming weeks, is likely to focus on an overall reduction in the amount of county cricket played each season, following consultations with clubs and players.
How that manifests itself is as yet uncertain, with several suggestions being discussed in working parties at present. The current Championship structure, which includes 14 matches (or a maximum of 56 matchdays) of first-class cricket, being reduced to 10 matches is one of several ideas being explored.
Lancashire have a members' forum on Wednesday, for which these matters are on the agenda, and another had already been diaried for September.
In a statement last week, the club said: "The decision that will be made later in the year, and ultimately voted for by the first-class counties, will not be a commercial decision. Rather, it will be one based on the development and welfare of our players, which must always be at the forefront of our minds throughout this process."
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