That's the argument

But ignores the strength of the tier below that in Australia, the fact that Cricket is much more prominent there than in the UK and that, when Australia went through their ropey patch and we won there, they suggested that they needed a set up more like ours.

If the talent does agglomerate in the top tier of a six team county championship league that approximates what Australia does much more closely than simply destroying a bunch of smaller county sides (who have often provided the development/route for successful test players far more effectively than the bug sides that would be left).

People were appalled by the idea of the ESL but don't seem as bothered about the casual destruction of cricketing infrastructure based no more on the whim and Musings of gobs for hire like Vaughan.

(I'm a Worcestershire fan, so I hope you all will forgive me for a grumpy response to the casual dismissal of my team to the bin of history on the basis of massively shaky reasoning).

Posted By: Cardiff Canary on December 30th 2021 at 13:36:25

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Best dissection of the Ashes debacle I've read so far (Other Sports) - Cardiff Canary, Dec 30, 11:33:46
- If I were in charge of the ECB (Other Sports) - DiscoDale, Dec 30, 12:27:45
  - I think those in charge of English cricket are genuinely idiotic (Other Sports) - paulg, Dec 30, 18:08:40
  - I'd bullwhip all batsman ,on the square at Lords. (n/m) (Other Sports) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Dec 30, 15:15:18
  - I concur with 1-7, but particularly 3 (Other Sports) - Cardiff Canary, Dec 30, 13:01:31
    - I’d go for a much smaller county championship (Other Sports) - CWC, Dec 30, 13:07:50
      - Nonsense (Other Sports) - Cardiff Canary, Dec 30, 13:19:18
        
        Isn't the problem that with 18 first class counties the talent is spread too thinly? (Other Sports) - mr carra, Dec 30, 13:22:48
        
        Yes (Other Sports) - CWC, Dec 30, 14:13:05
        
        That's the argument (Other Sports) - Cardiff Canary, Dec 30, 13:36:25
  - I’d promote the use of anthracite (n/m) (Other Sports) - Augustus Pablo, Dec 30, 12:31:18
- Woss gorn orn wuh yor squirrels though? (n/m) (Other Sports) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Dec 30, 11:36:31
  - Heh - I'd seen that on the news before it was posted here (Other Sports) - Cardiff Canary, Dec 30, 11:50:43
    - No wonder it was furious..😄 (n/m) (Other Sports) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Dec 30, 12:21:18
      - Don't even get them started (Other Sports) - Cardiff Canary, Dec 30, 12:25:15

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