Welcome To The Jungle Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 3 hours ago, cidercity1987 said: So the West and South West of England misses out completely. Good job London got two teams though. Happy for them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myol'man Posted February 16, 2018 Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 On 14/02/2018 at 22:14, cidercity1987 said: So the West and South West of England misses out completely. If they wanted to spread the cricket word there should have been more teams, not less. Plymouth, Glasgow, Belfast , Dublin for starters plus Taunton and Bristol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted February 16, 2018 Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 And Taunton doesn't host an international (mens) game until after 2023 by the looks of it, millions spent developing the ground to host international matches, get given one game and cast aside after the ECB got what they needed in our vote for the new T20 structure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted February 19, 2018 Admin Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 On 2/16/2018 at 21:38, hodge said: And Taunton doesn't host an international (mens) game until after 2023 by the looks of it, millions spent developing the ground to host international matches, get given one game and cast aside after the ECB got what they needed in our vote for the new T20 structure. Expect that is more to do with Guy Lavender moving on and the new regime aren't interested in bidding for the matches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted February 21, 2018 Report Share Posted February 21, 2018 On 19/02/2018 at 11:33, phantom said: Expect that is more to do with Guy Lavender moving on and the new regime aren't interested in bidding for the matches Statement released saying you need 15,000 capacity now to hold international matches and don't want to take on the debt required to build stands to bring up to capacity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted February 21, 2018 Admin Report Share Posted February 21, 2018 4 minutes ago, hodge said: Statement released saying you need 15,000 capacity now to hold international matches and don't want to take on the debt required to build stands to bring up to capacity. This new guy is really starting to piss me off !! For the sake of 3k seats !!! “Many of you will have seen that the England and Wales Cricket Board last week announced the ten venues that will host high profile international and domestic men’s matches for the five-year period from 2020. “It won’t have escaped your attention that the Cooper Associates County Ground was not amongst that list and I feel that in order to quell a great deal of speculation and rumour it is important for Somerset County Cricket Club to outline our position. “When we were awarded the England v South Africa IT20 for 2017 it was made quite clear to us that we would not be eligible to apply for further fixtures in this vein until we met the minimum criteria, which is 15,000 seats within the venue. “As a Club we do not have the appetite to take on the debt that achieving a capacity of 15,000 would incur and consequently we did not apply for this latest round of fixtures. “What we would rather do is make Taunton the very best County Ground in the country with a capacity of up to 12,000 spectators. “Having said that, we will be actively lobbying for high profile matches to be held here where possible and we do expect to host some smaller international fixtures that have yet to be scheduled. “Let us not forget that we will be staging three matches during next year’s ICC World Cup which is a tremendous honour for the Club and the region as a whole. I have no doubt that these fixtures will be extremely well attended and that we will once again demonstrate to cricket supporters from all over the world that we are more than capable of staging highly successful international fixtures.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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