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[uknsaunders]

Read all about it here

http://twitition.com/sxkfc#.VAywii1PyOk.twitter

Please sign the petition!

[Sam]

Pointless championship match? Does that mean the vital one that decides the result of  the entire tournament?

[Cowcorner]

Why can't Sky show both? There's nothing but tat on a tuesday during the day - the channels are just full of golden goals repeat programmes and amateur fishing. And tennis. Which is basically ping pong.

[uknsaunders]

I would rather watch the club t20. Rather watch players who I can relate to than a county championship game, however important. Yet another example of sky/ecb failing to relate to the average cricketer. The ecb already pour huge amounts into the county game to keep counties solvent, at the expense of funding grass roots cricket.

[ProCricketer1982]

Championship all the way. Sack off the slap and tickle

[smilley792]

Rather watch championship cricket.


I can go to a local park for club stuff.


As for show both. Sky dint seem to have 2 set ups to be able to do that!
It was showed early on in the t20 tournament. That if the test finished at 6.30. And a t20 started at 7. They couldn't show both! 

[Kieron_BT]

Completely agree that this should be shown and shocking that they have changed this late. Players might have even sorted sponsorship out for the day!

However I'm not signing up to an App that can post on my twitter and follow new people for me, sorry.

[Sam]

I think the petition has been gone about in a terrible way, slagging off the countries domestic league is not the way to go if you want fellow cricketers to support it...

Quite sure sky can setup both, but not sure they want to. They normally just don't want a t20 following a day of test due to lack of an audience after everyone's watched the test all day I'd have thought. Quite sure I've seen 2 county games covered at once.

[max91]

Quite harsh to change there minds last minuet might be one of the only chances an amateur cricketer would get to play on sky.

[mattw]

Signed the petition, this is one event I look forward to watching on Sky - I understand that the CC game is pivotal in the title race, however they have the capability to be able to show both.

[Vitas Cricket]

Completely agree that this should be shown and shocking that they have changed this late. Players might have even sorted sponsorship out for the day!

However I'm not signing up to an App that can post on my twitter and follow new people for me, sorry.

Peterborough Town have pushed for sponsorship quite a lot. They are now in a difficult situation. We are providing their track suits/warm up gear to arrive to the finals day in. We are subsidising some of the cost and will continue to do so despite loss of sky coverage.

A shame to lose it, I think the major problem is that all season they have been saying it will be broadcast live. To visit the clubs at the start of the week to discuss coverage etc and then to announce midweek that they were downgrading to a small highlights package is poor form.

Equally player priority should be to win, not to worry about a TV appearance that let's be honest, will have pretty poor viewing figures as many people who would watch will be at work.

[Manormanic]

Lets face it, the Championship game is going to decaide the title (well, probably confirm that the mighty Yorkshire have won the title) and is of interest to far more people than a Club day that, whilst of a high standard for the recreational game, means very little to anyone beyond the teams involved.

[ajmw89]

I've grown up playing alongside a few of the ashtead team when I was at Cheam and feel absolutely gutted for them as I consider them mates.  This would probably be the biggest day of their sporting careers for most of them.

The way they have gone about slagging off the CC is wrong, but a lot of that is down to pure heartbreak at not being able to get their day in the sun.

[Manormanic]

I've grown up playing alongside a few of the ashtead team when I was at Cheam and feel absolutely gutted for them as I consider them mates.  This would probably be the biggest day of their sporting careers for most of them.

and winning the Championship won't be for Jack Leaning, Alex Lees, Steve Patterson, JAck Brooks et al?

[uknsaunders]

As Jake rightly points out - these clubs would of been pushing for sponsorship because it is a live televised event. Sky are kicking grass roots cricket in the teeth. Are Sky going to refund them if sponsors do pull out, I very much doubt it.