The Old Fellow wrote:The Bedge wrote:I would favor the current Grade 4 setup - 5x 2 day games, 10x 1 day games, 2 day finals and and extra week off at xmas.
Bedge to be the winner.
5 two dayers, 5 one dayers and 5 T20 with separate finals (semi and grand) in a six team comp sounds great but that equates to 28 playing days up from the current 25 (21 minor + 2 semi and 2 grand finals). Either format you would need semis to keep more teams interested. Trying to have double headers for the T20's may be a nightmare depending on location of teams and longer days. In the past a majority haven't been overly interested in playing T20's, me included as the travel to and back home could nearly equal 3 hours of playing time. Batting down the order and not bowling so becoming a professional fielder doesn't warrant getting out of bed.
So Bedge is the winner suggesting a similar format to grade 4.
Each team should only play 1 T20 in a day. Wouldn't bother trying to get teams to pack up and move grounds to play another game.
Imagine if a club like Salisbury West could have A & B grade play on the main oval, C & D grade play on the small oval first game at 12pm second game at 3pm. All four clubs at home...….what a day that would be and surely a massive opportunity for a club to promote the crap out of their club whilst trying to make it a massive income day.
Whilst I personally don't like the t20 format as a player its hard to deny its popularity and in the same sense T20 brings families to cricket I could see T20 being a gateway for casual players to have a crack. Once playing t20 I could see many wanting to have a go at the 'real' thing.
I think the separate competitions is a must. It's hard enough to get players at the best of time, nevermind when your 0-4 to start your year. If you can extend the length of time a team has a chance to 'make finals' that can only be a good thing. I would imagine it would be fairly 'refreshing' if you were bottom of the 2 day comp to then begin the '1 dayers' and almost get to start your season again. Once again I only see this as a benefit for the club.