Apologies for the non-Everton content, but cricket is a love of mine, in particular Lancashire County Cricket Club.
As is the case with football, cricket faces the challenge of globalisation, of private money, of media companies taking effective control of the development of the game through the lure of lucrative media rights revenues.
There’s nothing wrong with developing the game, nor increasing the numbers of people watching the game. As is the case with football, there’s hardly a day or time when cricket cannot be watched on a computer or TV screen from anywhere in the world.
However, as with football, this development should not mean that ordinary fans (or in the case of County Cricket, members) should be disenfranchised from the sport and club they love.
I explore this with Alan Highman, life long Lancastrian and in recent years campaigner for member’s rights with his beloved Lancashire.
I hope you enjoy it, as ever comments most welcome!
Categories: Special
Well a mark deducted for not playing the original version of “Soul Limbo” but otherwise first rate! Funny to hear reference to the scorching 1976 Summer as I remember me and workmates getting the train from Sale to Old Trafford to see Mike Holding and others bowling a few overs for the Windies during our lunch hour. Happy memories also of me, my wife and my parents watching Sunday League games.
The Hundred holds no interest for me; I’m a Mancunian and still wouldn’t watch Manchester Originals if they played in my back garden. Half the players don’t play for Lancs.
The present set up at Old Trafford is not only a front to democracy, it’s also doing a dreadful job. Lancs CCC has a lot of advantages not enjoyed by other counties but still managed to get relegated last year. Worrying times.