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[joeylough]

Lancs and yorks together too no more of this roses crap

So we'd have...

'South-west'
Birmingham
London
Home Counties
Roses (lanc + yorks)
Wales
North of England
South of England


Who else?

I think that Roses would win everything, also it would leave the North of England very small

[Sam]

Are we talking as in our own version of the IPL/BB here or for all formats? Could go for all the test grounds?

[Alvaro]

All formats. Counties could continue underneath.

[joeljonno]

I think that Roses would win everything, also it would leave the North of England very small

Are you not counting Scotland in the North of England section. 

[Sam]

I've always thought splitting the country into 3 and every year the best players (that aren't international regulars) from each region are selected. Each team then plays each other once in a FC/OD/T20 match spread throughout the season. Would be a good judge of performance in my opinion. The regions could be :

Essex
Middlesex
Kent
Surrey
Sussex
Hampshire

Somerset
Glamorgan
Gloucestershire
Worcestershire
Warwickshire
Northamptonshire

Leicestershire
Derbyshire
Nottinghamshire
Lancashire
Yorkshire
Durham

Could prove to be some interesting matches. I then also feel we should start a T20 franchise competition split between the test grounds and named after the cities 3/4 overseas per team :

London 1
London 2
Durham (Or Chester-le-street but that isn't quite as appealing to me! Newcastle could also be used to attempt to draw in football fans and remove links to the county?)
Leeds
Manchester
Birmingham
Nottingham
Cardiff
Southampton

The unselected county players could then be allocated to the other 9 teams and play a kind of lessly noticed D2 of this while the main competition is running. No overseas in any teams to all playing time for all remaining English players.

[ProCricketer1982]

I think that Roses would win everything, also it would leave the North of England very small

Why would they?

Of course it wouldn't work as. O one really wants to see the traditional counties go but there are way too many

[joeljonno]

York? Do we have a test arena?

Do you mean Leeds?

[Sam]

York? Do we have a test arena?

Do you mean Leeds?

Woopsy  . Felt like I'd screwed up somewhere!

[joeljonno]

Woopsy  . Felt like I'd screwed up somewhere!

Thought so. 

[smilley792]

No one will support a team called Leeds accept anyone from Leeds!

[ProCricketer1982]

No one will support a team called Leeds accept anyone from Leeds!

No one supports the current ones ! Attendances are rubbish. I don't care how many slap and tickle gets... It's county stuff and maybe 50 over too.

[Sam]

No one will support a team called Leeds accept anyone from Leeds!

Same could be said about the IPL/BBL and those teams attempt to cover more areas than those I've listed above!

[ProCricketer1982]

People once they are used to it and have no choice will support them. True you might take a 10 ish year hit as the stuck in the MUDs stop but the next generation will grow up with it and so will know no different. Short term pain, long term gain.. I know it's not a modern way to do things but sometimes it's the way forward!

[Sam]

People once they are used to it and have no choice will support them. True you might take a 10 ish year hit as the stuck in the MUDs stop but the next generation will grow up with it and so will know no different. Short term pain, long term gain.. I know it's not a modern way to do things but sometimes it's the way forward!

I would still keep the current county system for FC/OD though (maybe convert the OD competition at a later date if the T20 is successful). In my opinion grouping the FC teams will reduce tickets sales even more. I personally it's not low quality cricket that reduces FC ticket sales but simply the fact that it is FC.

[ProCricketer1982]

I would still keep the current county system for FC/OD though (maybe convert the OD competition at a later date if the T20 is successful). In my opinion grouping the FC teams will reduce tickets sales even more. I personally it's not low quality cricket that reduces FC ticket sales but simply the fact that it is FC.

It's not all about the quality. It's a mixture of everything. Counties can't afford to run.. The system is broken. Slap and tickle has a place on fri evenings starting at 7 so people know when it's on and it's at a time families can go. Put 50 over stuff on Sundays so people can go to them too.