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Perhaps, but as its acronym confirms, the IPL is played in India where cricket is the main spectator sport and the fans are just that; fanatical. You only have to watch the way the crowd, adults both male and female together with numerous young children, because it must be said Indian cricket certainly does attract a joyous family audience, all surge to get their faces on screen whenever a TV camera scans the crowd; the ubiquitous, hand-written and often inane messages written on scraps of cardboard and just the general, almost Carnival atmosphere at grounds throughout the country to understand why their IPL matches are so well-attended. But, somehow, I don't foresee similar size crowds flocking to Cardiff on a cold, damp English summer evening to watch two teams with little or no local interest. Oh Well. I am sure the ECB knows best.

No no no, you’ve got it all wrong. #gaslogic would clearly prove that we drew with Rotherham in one of our games last season. Their beating Rotherham clearly demonstrates that they are, in fact, considerably better than us..!

Found it. Savour and enjoy again and again and again:

Will he get a 2 match ban?

You heard wrong - they're getting promoted to the Champion's League because they're now unstoppable, and everyone everywhere loves them but not those gurt Teds

Eighthly: you mean fifthly

I was sent a link to a match vlog from a Rotherham supporter whose dad works at my place. I sat and watched it and thought my broadband had died as it was so slllloooooooowwwwww. It was like a shit football video on frame by frame. You know the sort where a nine year old is waiting for the ball to stop before kicking it, just slower. Utter garbage. Championship at the Mem, my arse!

Billy, Don`t Be A Hero.....Paper Lace

Can't find it but hope this will do Swede:

Did you see the 15er Lee Brown drop to the floor in the incident where Kieffer Moore was sent off?

WELSH summer evening. I'll grant you the cold and damp, though...

Tenthly: coming, ready or not. Sorry about that. (butt out Juan - Eleventhly doesn't work with my post)

Fitfhly: quick edit

Fourthly............pathological Liars !

I must say I despair at the thought of a 20/20 franchise competition. I love 'proper' cricket and even appreciate 20/20 when it is Somerset. India vs Pakistan just does not appeal to me, even with perhaps some of the best 20/20 players in the world, so there is no way I would go to Cardiff to watch a 'local' franchise team, even if this included a number of Somerset players. Surely, I can't be the only one who thinks this way, so why do the relevant cricket bodies want to create this nonsensity?