DJ Ager
International Cricketer
Next year, the C&G will not the FA Cup of cricket.
Instead it will a rubbish league format with no minor county sides with just Ireland and Scotland (which is good for them).
This bad news for minor counties as this is the highlight of the season for them. I know there aren't many shocks but there are so many positives. I was proud of my home county, Wiltshire, when we almost beat Kent this year. Devon and Ireland won last year, with Herefordshire beating Middlesex a few years ago. There have been about 13 shocks in the competiton. Durham, then a minor county, beat Geoff Boycott's Yorkshire once. Thanks to the cup, Durham are now a minor county with Steve Harmison and Paul Collingwood. Plus many players have come out of minor county cricket thanks to the cup, like Shreck(Cornwall) and Read(Devon), to name a few.
It's a big shame.
Instead it will a rubbish league format with no minor county sides with just Ireland and Scotland (which is good for them).
This bad news for minor counties as this is the highlight of the season for them. I know there aren't many shocks but there are so many positives. I was proud of my home county, Wiltshire, when we almost beat Kent this year. Devon and Ireland won last year, with Herefordshire beating Middlesex a few years ago. There have been about 13 shocks in the competiton. Durham, then a minor county, beat Geoff Boycott's Yorkshire once. Thanks to the cup, Durham are now a minor county with Steve Harmison and Paul Collingwood. Plus many players have come out of minor county cricket thanks to the cup, like Shreck(Cornwall) and Read(Devon), to name a few.
It's a big shame.