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ThorntonRunner Jul 2021 11:23am, 23 Jul 2021 5,139 posts	Quote Pin ThorntonRunner [Desperately hopes he doesn't get expelled from the thread for liking the hundred. Honest everyone - the only reason I can watch it on sky is because I bought a now tv pass for the recent test matches]
Goofee Jul 2021 11:27am, 23 Jul 2021 3,779 posts	Quote Pin Goofee It's short-form cricket featuring some of the best players in the world, as a cricket fan there's a lot to like about it. We don't need another format, we don't need franchise teams, but that aside, it's fun to watch competition between good players.
Goofee Jul 2021 12:56pm, 23 Jul 2021 3,780 posts	Quote Pin Goofee And back to proper cricket, in the next phase of the County Championships Hampshire start with 8.5 points. My understanding was that points gained against Somerset in the initial phase would be carried forward, this works out at 17, any ideas why only half the points get carried forward?
Oscar the Grouch Jul 2021 2:06pm, 23 Jul 2021 3,311 posts	Quote Pin Oscar the Grouch They played each other twice... no, it was to make it fairer. It was possible that a team would have a 40 point head start on others. Unlikely, but possible. As it is, the gap can still be closed in a single match.
Goofee Jul 2021 2:16pm, 23 Jul 2021 3,781 posts	Quote Pin Goofee I would have thought it was fairer for Somerset to have the full 37 points they gained against Hampshire, it devalues the work your fellas did earlier in the season. But there you go - I'm happy to have any deficits halved!
Oscar the Grouch Jul 2021 4:44pm, 23 Jul 2021 3,312 posts	Quote Pin Oscar the Grouch Glad it was yours that came through, we'd have had less points if the noisy neighbours had qualified!!
rf_fozzy Jul 2021 7:57pm, 24 Jul 2021 14,932 posts	Quote Pin rf_fozzy I'd rather they'd have played all 5 teams once, including the teams you'd already played -that'd be fairer. Yorkshire have no chance of winning the Championship due to carrying basically no points over, but because Lancashire lost to the other sides, this no longer counts. Anyway, I'm mystified why Yorkshire Players Malan, Root, Bairstow aren't playing for Yorkshire in this new competition. Seems stupid.
Dooogs Jul 2021 8:20pm, 24 Jul 2021 6,929 posts	Quote Pin Dooogs Same here, fozzy - not that I'm bothered about the Hundred anyway but not attempting to map local counties' players onto their local franchise (yuck) does seem a bit of a marketing OG.
Ocelot Spleens Jul 2021 8:23pm, 24 Jul 2021 31,465 posts	Quote Pin Ocelot Spleens There was a draft system based england qualification, overseas players and pay. Nowt to do with counties, which would be right as it is a franchise. thehundred.com
Dooogs Jul 2021 8:37pm, 24 Jul 2021 6,931 posts	Quote Pin Dooogs Thanks, OH - that technically makes sense. I know the Hundred wasn't built for the like of me, which is fine, but they can FRO if they expect me to support a localish franchise that doesn't even have any of our usual players. If it fails, I'm expecting a bunch of passive-aggressive bullshit from the ECB blaming existing cricket fans for failing to get behind the concept.