There is a full scale interview with Andrew Strauss, on the BBC web site, under the head line of cutting the number of county games. At a time when counties are in the business of selling season tickets, is this coincidence or somebody’s idea to scupper those sales?

LeicesterExile wrote:

The way all the batsmen have played I think they have all given up before the innings started. Playing as though it's the T20 or even the Hundread

The day the errant schoolboy pays attention the rest of the class goes AWOL!

Cheers mad I’m a newcomer

My general feelings

Didn’t realise the ECB had got the counties in a predicament of having signed a 5year contract with SKY, without working how it was going to be achieved.

Instead of feeling guilty as a member in holding back progress, should the counties be doing more to compensate members from the loss of cricket in August.

Is there a conflict of interest in Andrew Strauss conducting a review into a matter in which his ex employer has an interest.

What do others think, but generally a constructive meeting.

So interesting to hear others view points. Personally thinking whether it’s going to be worth renewing membership, even if ashes year next. Chair? coming out to dress troops Somerset game, but I have a feeling it will be a re run of this year. No cricket in August!! Amazing!!

Just asking the question, but does it matter financially to the counties, if they simply get rid of their red ball members? Do they need us or is it just how it seems?

Still can’t get over how the authorities would seek to exclude members of any county from ANY potential benefits of the hundred whilst suspending the county championship, just doesn’t make sense!

Pleased to see today spectators allowed back on out field.

Lads and dads playing together. Good atmosphere.

Well done Edgbaston!

Did anybody see the rain break discussion between messrs Strauss Atherton Ward re the future of English.

Sorry I have to say it, but what a lot of generalised dribble. Wish they’d invite real supporters on to ask what the rest of us like asked and answered.

Personally I don’t think they should have Strauss on if he is writing the report and the ECB has a lot to answer for not handling the introduction of the Hundred in an open and honest manner.

Sort of out of the blue, we had a visit from a youngish family. I put the hundred on tv for her lads and the mother was very quick to say this cricket was quick and easy to follow and didn’t involve matches between the counties and was all for it.

I made no comment, but on that basis I decided us elderly traditionalists are probably doomed in our objections. However the lads did get easily bored and I was the one left watching! But they are apparently very keen to play the game.

Not sure if these observations take the debate forward, but whatever, I think the counties having decided to take the game elsewhere, should at least be reducing the cost of membership by a month for August or adding the hundred as a benefit. God forbid the later.

Quite agree about the commentators, if the cricket product is good enough no need for people to be bulling it up.

Can’t get used to seeing random playing for random sides. If this was soccer would you expect to see players turning out at the opposition’s ground. Or would you for that expect to see the premiership aka the county championship, halted for some Mickey Mouse tournament, other than I suppose the World Cup this October! Remember the up roar over the proposed super league.

The County Championship I thought was the main stay of the cricket season. Ok perhaps reduce it but but not suspend it. The cricket season is short enough.

Re player burn out there is an option not to play all the year round. And there are of plenty of rest days due to the weather plus for the lucky ones central contracts. Plus the counties seem to me to be playing multiple sides. I’d love to know what the cricket stalwarts of the 1970s would have made of all of this.

An absolute shambles.

I’m quite happy upto a point to watch any form of cricket, if that what it takes for the game to survive, but I feel a little bit cheated when a vast part of the first game is moved by the authorities to another form and I am asked to pay again or perhaps watch something of an inferior nature.

I remember the excitement of the introduction of the old John Player League, which revitalised cricket then, but we’re members then asked to pay again for watching the Sunday league I doubt it

Should members receive hundred membership?

Well that is apart from the Royal London one day or if u want the hundred!

How does every body feel?

Sorry to bang on but watching the bears county live stream from the Oval at lunch second day.

Isn’t it pleasant to see crowds allowed on the outfield at the Oval!!

I hope all goes well for him

Be interesting to see if he thrives better under a different training regime

Not having bothered to go because of the awful weather forecast, I suspect many of the home players had already decided like me the night before there would be no play today.

Many thanks

For the life of me can’t find procedures for getting these