Zakir, I think that was an excellent post. Keep up the good work!
Here is what I think of your proposal.
1) I think it is a very good idea to have historic rivalry between teams. This is good for cricket and also keeps financial stability.
However, this has problems, because of the rivalry organizers and advertisers become very keen to promote a handful of teams (maybe just 2 or 3)
and ignore most of the rest. Not enought cricket talent can come out a system like this.
2)Having a new system does not mean that rivalry will die. Over time new rivalries can be built and interest generated.
It is crucial that the sports administration work hard to keep the interest in games. If they out enough effort and spend enough money,
it is possible to create genuine lasting interest.
3) Having clubs for one-dayers and national league for 4 dayers sounds like a good plan, but I think it will be diffcult to manage. I would rather see
national league teams play both O-Day and 4-Day.
[Edited on 28-3-2003 by Piranha]
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