Thompson on the Hundred in Cricinfo

It seething we can’t do anything about it, can’t get out of the straightjacket ECB are now in after signing the contract with Sky.

dougieginn wrote:It seething we can’t do anything about it, can’t get out of the straightjacket ECB are now in after signing the contract with Sky.

All about money, nothing to do with cricket.
You know the two "dicks" are as bad as their predecessors in this wretched organisation. Funny how power corrupts. I've just read the article and it ludicrously says that the Ashes are finishing in July because of the amount of "white ball" cricket in September. Well if you believe that you'll believe anything. They originally said it was not to clash with the Premier League. No no, it's so the horrible hundred has no competition in August. In fact stupidily they've got themselves stuck in contract they can't get out of.
Indeed a woke competition for a woke generation.
When the great unwashed wake up and rise up all before will be swept aside. And they will.
Sunday sermon over. Have a nice day.

Chinaman wrote:Indeed a woke competition for a woke generation.

The Hundred is woke? Have I missed something? Was Black Lives Matter demanding the introduction of the Hundred?

I dare say that many people who some would label as woke absolutely detest the Hundred. There simply isn't one entire set of views to which a so-called woke person signs up.

To be fair, you set out a cogent set of arguments against the Hundred first but often it just seems to be a very lazy substitute for debate - "it's woke - end of discussion".

It's an analogy, an opinion if you like and related more to the.following sentence as above.  But the commentary alone is full of wokery and the whole concept of the 100 fits the McDonald's generation perfectly. The problem with woke discussion is that most of  them just shout you down because their arguments are generally flawed. Present company an exception, but I'm not getting in to another woke debate.

Chinaman wrote:It's an analogy, an opinion if you like and related more to the.following sentence as above.  But the commentary alone is full of wokery and the whole concept of the 100 fits the McDonald's generation perfectly. The problem with woke discussion is that most of  them just shout you down because their arguments are generally flawed. Present company an exception, but I'm not getting in to another woke debate.

Two sides of the same coin. Crying "woke" is just as much an attempt to stifle as crying "racist".

I've only watched about three overs of Hundred so I can't comment on the commentary. I suppose Sky and BBC have to say how wonderful it is as they are paying money to show the product. Do you mean something beyond confected enthusiasm?

Reading that it feels like he was forced to write "long and successful future" at gunpoint.

Crying woke? Confected enthusiasm? (What?)Long and successful future? Dear me. Have a nice afternoon