Dear every Australian who has ever watched cricket, played cricket, loved cricket, so much as sniffed a cricket ball,
We know the public hates the idea. We know that 78% of our players don’t like the idea. We know our ODI captain, and unbeaten world cup winning captain, thinks the idea frankly stinks. We know it might effect preparation for future ODIs and world cups, because there will no domestic 50 over game. We know it might affect the development of young players in the 50 over game.
We don’t care.
We know the public hates the idea. We know that 78% of our players don’t like the idea. We know our ODI captain, and unbeaten world cup winning captain, thinks the idea frankly stinks. We know it might effect preparation for future ODIs and world cups, because there will no domestic 50 over game. We know it might affect the development of young players in the 50 over game.
We don’t care.
We have decided we’re completely changing the format of the domestic one-day game. Because we bloody well want to.
From the stooges you love to hate at Cricket Australia
From the stooges you love to hate at Cricket Australia
7 thoughts on this post:
Gargghhrrrrgrahhhhh
Sunstroke in the middle of winter, all of them. My head explodes.
Wait, so they will HAVE to play ODI's in this format till the World Cup? What if the other team doesn't agree?
What the f. are these idiots doing?
I have no idea what they're thinking - it's so stupid not to have a domestic 50 over game. They asked members of the players association and a whopping 78% said "no way" - but do they care?
No.
No Purna, that's the thing - ODIs will still be as we know them now. It's the domestic set up. Their will be no 50 over games in state cricket. So the only 50 over matches the Aussies will play from now on will be at international level.
What will this mean for world cup prep? What will it mean for development of the 50 over game?
Nobody knows and it seems the people who make the decisions don't care.
I feel like stuffing the CA in a cooker and then forget to turn the stove off.
What if this stupid idea now encourages other countries to adopt a similar format?
All the state players will have the concentration levels of kids on a permanent diet of red food colouring as these ideas expand like the Big Bash itself.
The captains will be nervous wrecks. Is it the 20th over? Is that two fielders out or four?
And CA will be hacked off with the state of our test team, though why they are so blinking thrilled with it now is beyond me.
Sounds like a grand tantrum throw along the lines of 'if we can't get Little Johnny into the quasi-head honcho position of the ICC, we'll try to destroy cricket completely.'
But then again, it may turn out to be a corking format for a couple of years. Just like t20 used to be before the over-scheduling took over.
Stooges. Excellent Fat Pizza reference.
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