QLD, forever in our shadow.
Seriously, this is quite embarrassing with NSW winning the comp again quite comfortably without the leading run-scorer (Steve Smith) and leading wicket taker (Mitchell Starc) from last year's tournament. Even a full-strength Victorian side was given 2 chances to topple them, and they couldn't.
Proposals for next year's tournament:
- Cricket Australia should do away with the CA XI side and replace it with an ACT franchise (would be good to see Canberra back in the state comp, like they were in the late '90s). CA XI have only won one game in their 2 seasons, and an ACT franchise would give Canberra (and the territory) the opportunity to develop their own players as well as increase the presence of cricket in the ACT.
- ALL games during the preliminary rounds at the teams' home venues, rather than North Sydney Oval/Hurstville Oval/Drummoyne Oval etc. monopolising the matches.
- If crowd attendances are to be increased, day/night matches to be only played on Friday and Saturday. The Sunday day/night match at North Sydney Oval last week didn't work, with the match finishing at 9:50pm and kids having to go to school the next day. A day fixture would've drawn a larger crowd.