22:21, Thu 30 Jan
It's an outlier. They will want it to compete with the IPL & others and it's not going to do that on its own.
22:22, Thu 30 Jan
Once we have the council, we will change the city boundaries again
22:25, Thu 30 Jan
Birmingham City Heathens

Royal Blue and White strip

Lovely
22:26, Thu 30 Jan
Woakes and Mousley will have to go
22:27, Thu 30 Jan
[www.theguardian.com].

What will they call it

Birmingham Blues is nice
22:31, Thu 30 Jan
The birmingham blinders with flat caps instead of helmets.
22:35, Thu 30 Jan
number8
It'll end up as a 20/20 competition. The new investors want the franchises and will then change the format, and the ECB won't stop them.

Do you reckon? I think they may keep it as a point of difference.
22:35, Thu 30 Jan
I like this having its own page. Nice touch.
22:46, Thu 30 Jan
Can’t be right.
Bloose owners will never build a new stadium or invest in the city. Day’re skint. Chancers
Tony Fantastico
22:50, Thu 30 Jan
I honestly think it'll become a totally different beast. Now they have private franchises, there's no need to worry about all 18 counties.
mad
22:59, Thu 30 Jan
When it expands to 2 divisions I wonder what Somerset and Derbyshire will go for. They'll be 100 per cent stakes I'd say and it will be T20 by then 2032 or whenever that stage kicks in. Once all 18 have a team even if the Vile lot buy Derby that's when I might go and watch one of these things
23:07, Thu 30 Jan
mad
It will go to 10 teams max. This is the start of a proper franchise tournament.
23:08, Thu 30 Jan
number8
It'll end up as a 20/20 competition. The new investors want the franchises and will then change the format, and the ECB won't stop them.

You think the counties, who remain the majority owners, will go for that?
Frosties are just Cornflakes for people who can’t face reality
23:10, Thu 30 Jan
Always thought the T20 should have been, get rid of all the tinpot counties, Worcestershire, Northants, Derby, Leicester, Glamorgan etc
What did the Knights in White satin?
23:13, Thu 30 Jan
The new investors can already change the name and colours. The power has changed hands. Wont be long before the ECB sell up the other 51%, with probably a contingent percentage of future income to go back to them to be distributed.