| The Hundred (*Non QPR) 18:14 - Aug 7 with 6920 views | thame_hoops |
I know there are quite a few County members on this board, what do you think of the Hundred?
Whenever somebody post about it on social media (pundits), it is met with lots of derision, nobody really wants it. The media seem to black out all of the noise.
When it was launched, it was promised to be a competition with all the worlds top Stars. In reality, they all drop out and it is pretty much the same people who are in the blast.
I went to several games in its first couple of years, including both finals. As a Middlesex member, I got very cheap tickets and took clients or friends. The only people who really enjoyed it were my kids but they also enjoyed the blast.
What I find irritating is the amount of promotion the ECB are putting into it, whereas they ignore other tournaments, particularly the one-day cup which is running alongside it. It’s relegated it to a B team competition.
I see on social media that lots of families are enjoying it, a lot of the comments are positive but it always breaks out into arguments between people who hate it and people who love it. There’s no in between it seems.
As someone who lives alone, it’s great to have live sport on TV in the evening when I get back from work, particularly on terrestrial. So I do watch it, and I know that makes me a hypocrite.
I do find it strange though, seeing grown adults in the new replica shirts. I don’t know why.
edit- also, the numbers don’t seem to add up. Tickets are really cheap, for instance, front row Compton upper tickets for the final are £15 an adult and £5 a child. They have double the amount of players to pay and crowds are similar to the blast, especially at the London stadiums.
Thoughts?
[Post edited 7 Aug 2023 18:17]
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| The Hundred (*Non QPR) on 18:20 - Aug 23 with 163 views | thame_hoops |
Changing the subject from today’s game, had a great afternoon with TeddRanger at a beer festival in Oxfordshire.
Just back and watching the hundred cricket.
I know it divides opinion and I’m not a fan, but what gets me, is the constant gaslighting from the commentators.
Michael Vaughan was saying how it’s going to be a full house and a great atmosphere…lords is 60% full. Isa Guah (sp?) saying how there is no better atmosphere in Cricket than a hundred game. This was on the BBC. So I’ve switched to sky and we’ve had Morgan mention the word atmosphere at least three times in half an hour.
It’s here to stay, I get that, but still.
And this year, as a Middlesex member, no discounted tickets, £45 each.
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| The Hundred (*Non QPR) on 18:23 - Aug 23 with 143 views | TGRRRSSS |
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