Yes this is a good idea, and regional cricket could be used as a template to take to non cricketing nations such as America or France. You may have problems with the county game, and if south east cricket consisted of kent, essex, sussex,
surrey combined then you'd have a super team, but would people who played for kent or sussex be eligable for south eastern regional cricket? Would counties see it as competition for spectators/tv or advertising revenue? Would "tv" be interested in the regional game,as they don't seem too bothered about the national or county game.
Rugby used the "less is more " route, and cut clubs ( in Wales lots of clubs merged and they formed a celtic league) and the Welsh team looks better.
Could this work for English cricket, is it just Infrastructure?

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