Quote Originally Posted by FormerlyJohnnyBreadhead View Post
Interesting article on it by Michael Atherton here: https://www.thetimes.com/sport/crick...rton-t0506qst2 (Non-paywall version here: https://archive.ph/ercSr)

I don't know the ins and outs of the relationship but surely Glamorgan would benefit from any financial growth and success that Welsh Fire have, and the owners seem very bullish about that. Although he does acknowledge some of the big barriers to Glamorgan's long-term success.

On a side note, I'd be tempted to watch a few more Welsh Fire games if they could attract the likes of Travis Head, Glenn Maxwell, and Rachin Ravindra.
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Thanks for posting that, it gives me a better understanding of what's involved and makes me feel a bit better about the half sale - I'm glad we're still nothing to do with the IPL.

I'm not sure cricket has ever been that big in Wales or that it ever will be, but there is talent in Wales and I've always thought that the absence of Glamorgan players from England teams in the last twenty years has as much to do with the selectors seemingly getting lost on the rare occasions they cross the Severn Bridge. Forget about senior England sides, Glamorgan players don't even get picked for things like England A teams - I'm convinced that, somewhere along the way, someone like Kiran Carlson would have got picked for at least one England A tour if he played for any other county.

This deal only widens what was already a pretty large gap between Glamorgan and Gloucestershire and Somerset when it comes to the whole One Hundred franchise team for the area and, if I were a supporter of one of those sides, I'd feel even less inclined to class the Welsh Fire as "my team".