It's not loved but it is here to stay

From the outset, I was fearful of what it would do to the domestic schedule as we were obliged to fit a quart into a pint pot. I was also frustrated at the prospect of a barren August in  those parts of the country that would be ostracised from major cricket. In the west,all we would be left with was a handful of 50 over matches, contested by depleted sides. Those reservations still apply and I could muster a few others.

There is supposed to be a vitally important struggle out there between the SuperGiants and the Rockets or the SunRisers and the Spirit; we are supposed to care who wins; yet we indulge in banal interviews of those in the field, which often seem to coincide with the interviewee’s dropped catches. This immediately undermines the notion that this contest really matters. Nor am I a fan of strategic timeouts in a game that is supposed to be fast and furious.