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PFXCarty, I pretty much agree with all you say, though I would have said that the mismanagement of cricket you talk about goes back way beyond 10 years!
The other comment I would make is in relation to what you say about Yorkshire and Lancashire. As my name imlplies, I am a Yorkshireman but I am ashamed of the attitude of the county organisation. We have a very large ethnically-mixed population, especially with Afro-Caribbean and Indian / Pakistani / Sri Lankan backgrounds, where cricket approaches the status of a religion. For all that, no Yorkshire born cricketer from any of those communities has ever been selected for the county team. Yes, the present "overseas professional" is Indian, but I remain saddened by this apparent racist approach. [I say "apparent" because some of those from our ethnic minorities have chosen to keep themselves apart from the county structure for cultural and sociological reasons that go way beyond sporting considerations - but that's whole other can of worms!]
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