22-05-2018, 07:28
A lot of the momentum behind it seems to come from the idea that, with 18 counties, the current format is more complicated than IPL or BBL where there's just eight or ten.
Well, maybe, but it strikes me this way.
The Sheffield Shield has six sides, so Australia actually increased the number of teams, putting another in each of their major cities.
The IPL has retained its number of franchises as it has gone along, staying in major cities all the way. At the very top level, India is divided into seven Union Territories, so there is at least some historical precedent there.
Two conferences of nine teams, or three of six (play all your five conference mates twice each year, home and away, and then five more from another and alternate which year on year)
Well, maybe, but it strikes me this way.
The Sheffield Shield has six sides, so Australia actually increased the number of teams, putting another in each of their major cities.
The IPL has retained its number of franchises as it has gone along, staying in major cities all the way. At the very top level, India is divided into seven Union Territories, so there is at least some historical precedent there.
Two conferences of nine teams, or three of six (play all your five conference mates twice each year, home and away, and then five more from another and alternate which year on year)