NEIL MANTHORP: Cutting domestic first-class cricket par for the course globally
One-day and T20 became formats in which costs are lower and income greater than in the premier game
17 September 2024 - 05:00
Domestic first-class cricket in SA may be vital to producing a competitive Proteas Test team but it is also responsible for one of the largest expense items on the Cricket SA annual balance sheet.
The decision this year to reduce the four-day competition to a single round of matches between the eight teams in division one has enraged the country’s provincial coaches and senior players, with good reason. As Lions and former Proteas coach Russell Domingo told the Sunday Times last week: “You don’t get better at anything by doing less of it.”..
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