I hope folks have had chance to read Barney Ronay's piece this morning;

The problem is the collateral damage to all the other bits. The Hundred is unavoidably parasitic. It requires every other format to be subjugated and run down, although part of this is a deliberate managed decline to ensure its own success. People who have supported the game and kept it alive like the other formats. Test cricket is still the greatest cash cow. It is currently being asked to subsidise the thing that will cut its legs off, a Hundred that provides no players, no pathway, no midsummer stage in return.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/article/2024/may/09/selling-off-summer-why-plans-for-hundred-should-matter-to-all-cricket-lovers

It is obviously something that of all the counties our very own Warwickshire (the hierarchy) along with usual suspects Lancashire are pursuing most strongly - the threats of breakaways etc...
If you are a Warks member and want to avert a future without Worcestershire or Kent or Sussex to play then start getting active now. Tomorrow they will throw county cricket to the wolves it seems and Warks members need to be active and make their voices heard

Hello,

I'm coordinating the national campaign to oppose the proposed reduction in first class matches from 14 to 10 games.

I believe we stand on the edge of a precipice. I do not think it will stop at a reduction of a few county games. It will eventually end with the ECB taking control (through the franchise teams) of all professional domestic cricket. The opportunity for those in charge then to make life changing sums of money is clear if these franchises are sold to billionaires.

For now, members have control of what our club votes for, if we are willing to act.

So far 3300 people have replied, including just 67 Warwickshire members. WCCC is a really important club in this. Can you help to publicise the campaign please?

You can complete the survey below.

https://lancsactiongroup.com/save-1st-class-cricket

Please tell all your friends when you are at a match in the next few weeks.

Share the link on social media

Volunteer to pass round some leaflets to collect signatures at the Royal London games. I collected 100 in 30 minutes just chatting to people at the Oval. I can give you a leaflet all ready to be printed off. It was dead easy, 99% of people signed it straightaway and were delighted to do so.

Lancashire members are putting their CEO under pressure to oppose the reduction. We have over 500 signatures and growing still. There will be an almighty row if the club ignores its members. Surrey are also very active with over 300 members signed up. If we can get WCCC as well then we can stop this thing dead in its tracks just like the fans stopped the ESL.

Many thanks to the admin team for supporting this campaign.

In order to stop spam postings (which seem to have increased in number lately), I've decided to disable new registrations on the forum for the time being.

Therefore if you aren't a member of the forum but would like to be, just send a brief email to bearsfans@bev.name and I will re-enable registrations until you are signed up.

Hopefully I'll be able to find a more permanent solution at some point, but this should at least stop the spam in the meantime.

Thanks for your patience,
Jon

Is it just me, or are others pi**ed off by all these 'dodgy' posters we seem to have inhabiting our site ?! All with very obvious 'troll' names. I hope Admin can do something about them.

Apologies for the recent downtime, this was caused by my recent upgrading of the forum software. The upgrade itself was successful (you might notice that the forum looks a little different now) but something in the background was broken in the process. I've implemented a temporary fix and will try and work on something permanent in the next couple of days, but be aware that the forum may be unavailable at times during this period.

Apologies for the spate of spammers over the last day or so. If it continues then I'll try to work out a permanent solution to stop it. I'm going to disable the forum overnight to prevent a flood of spam signups while I'm not able to delete them - sorry for the disruption!

Welcome to the new Warwickshire CCC fans forum! When the old forum disappeared rather suddenly last year, I soon found myself missing the discussion of all things Warwickshire County Cricket Club, particularly given the lack of cricket through the summer. I decided to try and get a new forum up and running, and, with the help of Terry, have eventually got round to sorting it out. Please let me know if you find any bugs, or have any suggestions for improvements.

Feel free to use this thread to introduce yourself, if you so wish. Otherwise, enjoy the new forum!

Exiled Bear