Comments on: The Hundred is not going to be a big deal, people aren’t going to talk about it and it won’t attract a new audience

By: King Cricket

King Cricket — Tue, 22 May 2018 07:20:04 +0000

In reply to Bert. Deserves a hefty one, but you're asking in the wrong place.

By: Bert

Bert — Mon, 21 May 2018 15:41:45 +0000

Pretty much everybody was influenced by friends or family.

Kids get in free in the summer holidays.

You’re welcome. Can I have my fee now please?

By: Ged

Ged — Mon, 21 May 2018 10:17:56 +0000

The more I think about this new tournament the more bonkers it seems to me.

Here is a link to an article about the stuff Daisy and I did on Friday. It has nothing whatever to do with cricket…

…so anyone reading this website who wasn’t into cricket before might just become enthused about cricket by reading material on something utterly other…

…or it might raise a smile amongst KC’s regular, serendipitous readers:

http://ianlouisharris.com/2018/05/18/les-kapsbergirls-st-johns-smith-square-then-on-to-the-new-wing-of-the-royal-academy-18-may-2018/

By: Edwardian

Edwardian — Sun, 20 May 2018 03:45:12 +0000

I’m hoping, like Brexit, there’s a very slim chance it will never happen. Reality used to be a friend of mine.

By: daneel

daneel — Sat, 19 May 2018 14:27:48 +0000

In reply to King Cricket. Will A Big Deal be involved, or will he be otherwise occupied?

By: King Cricket

King Cricket — Sat, 19 May 2018 09:51:29 +0000

In reply to A P Webster.

Yes, if it’s prominent, the thing being on free-to-air should encourage some casual viewers to speak to cricket fans. It’s an important element. We just think they could do a better job of making it A Big Deal (England players won’t be involved either.)

It’ll also be interesting to see how many cricket fans just watch the thing anyway, even if they’d have preferred something else. Guess they’re banking on that to some degree.

By: A P Webster

A P Webster — Sat, 19 May 2018 08:05:51 +0000

In reply to A P Webster. *the right team WON, not 'one'

By: A P Webster

A P Webster — Sat, 19 May 2018 08:04:26 +0000

I agree with most of this, but I think the simple fact of it being on free-to-air TV is going to make some people aware of it, who will then ask ‘cricket fans’ about it and then potentially either be introduced to other forms of the game or perhaps just become casual couple-of-limited-overs-games-a-year fans that will get more into it the next time there’s a close Ashes series.

In terms of who people become fans : there’s a former colleague of mine who I tried to take to Old Trafford several times but only managed, through a combination of rain, reluctance and scheduling, to see one game. It was a Roses T20, the right team one, but he was only mildly enthused. He then went to work in India for a few weeks, and came back talking about Pune Warriors fringe players.

I also have a colleague who (despite enjoying baseball) falls into the ‘cricket is boring’ camp, and I couldn’t even entice to a T20 game, but has recently started taking an interest because one of his kids has started playing, leading to discussions about Nasser Hussain’s conversion from a teenage spin prodigy to a batting specialist.

So in summary, different strokes for different folks/blokes/Woakes/Stokes/Foakes/deliveries

By: patrick

patrick — Sat, 19 May 2018 05:46:55 +0000

In reply to Marees. England were certainly able to leverage their Pro40 skillset (leadership, challenge, process) in World Cup situations.

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 18 May 2018 14:39:25 +0000

In reply to Mike. I would be pretty happy with 300 off 16.4 overs. I would expect to have a fighting chance of defending that.