An extensive survey of county players has revealed that 67% feel they are playing too many one-day competitions. The Friends Provident Trophy (50 overs) battles for space with the Twenty20 Cup and the NatWest Pro40. The consensus is that the 40 over competition must go.
The Professional Cricketers Association polled all players, and 80% responded.
PCA chief executive Richard Bevan said: "The PCA will submit a comprehensive paper on these resarch findings to the England and Wales Cricket Board."
Only 22% felt new structures of 40-over and 50-over cricket worked in 2006. 95% felt a strong 50-over competition was necessary to develop cricketers for international cricket 93% felt the County Championship is the breeding ground for future England Test cricketers 96%, however, feel there should be a reduction from 104 to 96 overs in a day's play, with three two-hour sessions 48% felt they played 'slightly too much' cricket overall. The ECB is itself working on the final stages of the Schofield report, its review into England's disastrous Ashes campaign.
The review group may also suggest changes to the domestic structure, and will be interested in the PCA's survey results.
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