Consumer and actually say, to cricket fans, we have the ability to make that proportion of cricket fans that care about our sport much, much bigger than what it is now. We need to be more open, we need to be more representative, and we need to connect more with more people. This is how the new tournament may look. From 2020, there will be eight teams, as yet unnamed, based around regions instead of counties. Each will field a squad of 15 players, including three from overseas, and in a crowded schedule the competition will consist of 36 games over the 38 days, building towards a final. The counties, meanwhile, are preparing for the new season yorkshire taking on lancashire in a friendly this week in the warmth of dubai. These two clubs know theyll at least host matches of the new tournament at their grounds. Others, however, will miss out. I think they might be quite disappointed that theyve not got a franchise, say it is one of the smaller grounds, but on the other hand, i think ill b
Consumer and actually say, to cricket fans, we have the ability to make that proportion of cricket fans that care about our sport much, much bigger than what it is now. We need to be more open, we need to be more representative, and we need to connect more with more people. This is how the new tournament may look. From 2020, there will be eight teams, as yet unnamed, based around regions instead of counties. Each will field a squad of 15 players, including three from overseas, and in a crowded schedule the competition will consist of 36 games over the 38 days, building towards a final. The counties, meanwhile, are preparing for the new season yorkshire taking on lancashire in a friendly this week in the warmth of dubai. These two clubs know theyll at least host matches of the new tournament at their grounds. Others, however, will miss out. I think they might be quite disappointed that theyve not got a franchise, say it is one of the smaller grounds, but on the other hand, i think ill b
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The australian needed nearly two and a half hours to get the better of Croatias Ivo Karlovic taking it 6 4, 6 7, 7 6 to set up a last 16 match against either david goffin or diego schwartzman. Czech number 10 seed Tomas Berdych is into the fourth round after he saw off the challenge of luxembourgs gilles muller, winning in straight sets 6 3, 6 4 and will next play Frances Adrian mannarino. Andy murray was meant to be playing in miami but had to withdraw because of injury. Hes now unlikely to be fit for great britains davis cup tie against france next week. His brotherjamie has revealed that the world number one has a tear in his elbow and needs rest. We already knew about the injury but not the severity. The scotsman had hoped to return for the start of the Clay Court Season in about three weeks time. 0n the wta tour, world number one Angelique Kerber is through to the Quarter Finals of the miami 0pen. The number one seed breezed past japans risa ozaki in straight sets, the german winn