Twenty20 Comes to the West Indies

[Paoli]

Originally Posted by flanflinger

However, we do not normally get Full Houses for County games and the demographic is normally Old men. But for Twenty20's you get full houses and the crowd demographic is younger and contains more women. Getting people into to see County games is crucial for the long term viabilty of the Test and ODI team


I do agree here, the money needs to be handled well, and needs to get to the grass roots.

I am not against this guy making money though - if the tournament is a success and it gets people watching and enjoying this great game, why not make some money out of it as well. I do not feel he will make a lot in the short term though

On your first point; it means bugger all. Nobody in their right mind goes to watch state cricket in Australia but we still get fairly big crowds at international fixtures. Take a look at the size of the grounds in Australia compared to England...apart from the Adelaide Oval and Bellerieve, they aren't all strictly "cricket" grounds; 45,000 can fit into the SCG, 50,000 at the Gabba, 100,000 at the MCG and 30,000 at the WACA. In England, the ground have significantly smaller capacities.

The fact is; people want to see the best people play and in cricket, unlike football and many other competitions, players No.1 priority is their nation and not their state.

On the subject though, it is a brilliant idea and I hope it generates interest.

[flanflinger]

But Paoli me old chum, with Twenty20 games you do get full houses.

I was at Lords earlier this year where a full house got to see Surrey play Middlesex, something that until Twenty20 was unheard of.

[Paoli]

Ok, apologies I misunderstood you. Twenty20 in Australia will get good crowds; Aus A vs. Pakistan was a sellout, and Victoria and WA attracted 14,000 people to the WACA.

I thought you meant FC games, obviously not.

[Wanderer]

Was originally planned for August/September 2006, but has now been moved up to July.

From Mr. Stanford: "This tournament is unique so many ways, not only because of the prizes up for grabs but also for the different elements that we are going to add to the game that will make it even more exciting."

I wonder if these will be foam pits, jacuzzi's and dunking tanks...Scantilly clad ladies walking around with microphones asking people silly questions like: "what are you doing here?" Proves to be very popular in SA.

Stanford has set aside a $2.75m (£1.6m) budget for a marketing and promotional campaign and every match will be televised across the region. (that's nice) Although ALL the Twenty/20 games in SA are broadcast live (pay channel) and delayed (SABC), it still attracts sell-out crowds.

Now, a question please. How long is the West Indian Cricket season? Will this series be cutting into the first-class or limited overs season?


http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cric...es/4859870.stm

[Vrock]

Well the KFC cup this year ran through October.

The Carib Beer series ran from late November through to mid April.

So I don't suspect that this series will even cross over in the first class season at all, and all of the international players will be just available in July as the final test against India (which finishes the West Indian home games this year) finishes on the 4th July.

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favourties to win?

im from Guyana but Jamaica looks really strong, Taylor, Gayle and so on...
A string battin lineup and very good owling as well...

Barbados looks good as well, best bowling linup...

My bets on Jamaica...

[Wanderer]

Amazing innings by Chris Gayle last week. Jamaica absolutely annihilated Bermuda.

Anyhow, just perhaps now over there, like here, this will provide that much needed injection into the domestic game.

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nice match 2moro, TRini finally playing, come good lara, come good..

[harsha]

what is happening between the west indian cricket board and the players........there is always a squarrel.between them for the contract

[harsha]

could any one tell me .what is the contract all about?