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Further details of how England's proposed new Twenty20 (T20) competition will work have been revealed in a report by The Times newspaper on Wednesday (8 February). A briefing memo has been sent to all county executives and sets out plans for the new eight team tournament which is set to start in 2020. Each squad will consist of 15 players which will include three overseas players and will be picked using a draft system that the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) hope will be televised.
The tournament will run from mid-July, after the Natwest T20 Blast has finished, and alongside a 50-over competition. England players are unlikely to feature as Test cricket will be played at the same time but all county players will be entered into the draft in different salary bands unless they specifically opt out. Each team will have the same fixed budget for players, another budget for coaching and support staff and a salary cap.
Players will be signed on an initial one-year contract and are likely to have a reduction made to their county salary while they are away in the new competition, one that will be offset by payment from their T20 team. Teams will be able to call up players from the 50-over competition in case of injury but players will also be able to be released back to their counties to get some game time should they not be required.
As yet, there is no mention of where the eight teams might be based. This has been a key concern for the counties as they each scrabble for hosting rights. The report suggests that it may not exclusively be the big city centres such as Leeds, Manchester and Nottingham that get to host the new teams and that the smaller counties also have a chance should teams host their home games at multiple venues.
In a move to reassure the smaller counties that the new competition will not be a vehicle for their best players to move to bigger clubs, head coaches and directors of cricket will not be allowed to work at their home venue. Players, however, will be allowed to play at their local venue despite the ECB's original intention to create teams with a totally separate identity to the counties.
The ECB is keen to get the details of any new competition agreed before it puts the TV rights for international and domestic cricket out to tender at the end of March. The Times reports that the terms of this will stipulate that a number of the matches, perhaps as many as ten, must be shown on terrestrial TV with highlights available on digital outlets such as YouTube.
The ECB will be holding a meeting with county executives in March to discuss the plans in more detail and to decide on the way forward. Cricbuzz understands that at least one county, previously in favour, has changed their mind on the competition but it is thought there is still plenty of support for its introduction for what would be the biggest shake-up to the domestic game since the introduction of one-day cricket in 1963.
Three overseas players per team likely for England T20 competition - Cricbuzz
The tournament will run from mid-July, after the Natwest T20 Blast has finished, and alongside a 50-over competition. England players are unlikely to feature as Test cricket will be played at the same time but all county players will be entered into the draft in different salary bands unless they specifically opt out. Each team will have the same fixed budget for players, another budget for coaching and support staff and a salary cap.
Players will be signed on an initial one-year contract and are likely to have a reduction made to their county salary while they are away in the new competition, one that will be offset by payment from their T20 team. Teams will be able to call up players from the 50-over competition in case of injury but players will also be able to be released back to their counties to get some game time should they not be required.
As yet, there is no mention of where the eight teams might be based. This has been a key concern for the counties as they each scrabble for hosting rights. The report suggests that it may not exclusively be the big city centres such as Leeds, Manchester and Nottingham that get to host the new teams and that the smaller counties also have a chance should teams host their home games at multiple venues.
In a move to reassure the smaller counties that the new competition will not be a vehicle for their best players to move to bigger clubs, head coaches and directors of cricket will not be allowed to work at their home venue. Players, however, will be allowed to play at their local venue despite the ECB's original intention to create teams with a totally separate identity to the counties.
The ECB is keen to get the details of any new competition agreed before it puts the TV rights for international and domestic cricket out to tender at the end of March. The Times reports that the terms of this will stipulate that a number of the matches, perhaps as many as ten, must be shown on terrestrial TV with highlights available on digital outlets such as YouTube.
The ECB will be holding a meeting with county executives in March to discuss the plans in more detail and to decide on the way forward. Cricbuzz understands that at least one county, previously in favour, has changed their mind on the competition but it is thought there is still plenty of support for its introduction for what would be the biggest shake-up to the domestic game since the introduction of one-day cricket in 1963.
Three overseas players per team likely for England T20 competition - Cricbuzz
