The Cricketer canvassed opinion for a second year, with a 25 per cent rise in the number of responses to our call to action. Questions were asked on a wide variety of subjects and the results shared with the ECB...
While the number has fallen from 2018, when the equivalent figure was 63.71 per cent, it still highlights concerns over the amount of money required by fans to fully follow the game in England and Wales
It has been a difficult year for public relations in English cricket, with the introduction of The Hundred raising questions about the future of the domestic game and many county members feeling as though their voices are not being heard
Just 24.39% went to more than two days of men's international cricket last year - with 88 saying they attended more than 10 days
An enormous 54.93 per cent of Surrey fans said they were very satisfied with the administrative team at The Oval when the poll was made available during the early part of the 2019 season
Of the 2,382 respondents to The Cricketer's poll, 65.8 per cent said they strongly opposed plans for The Hundred, with a further 18.52 per cent saying they tended to oppose the blueprints
The Big Cricket Survey revealed that 62.06 per cent of respondents preferred the four-day tournament above all others in the English domestic schedule, down from just over 66 per cent in 2018
The Cricketer’s Big Cricket Survey has revealed that 63.71 per cent of supporters believe the price to be too high, with just 2.47 per cent saying the cost of signing up is very affordable
The existing Championship dynamic of two divisions, with promotion and relegation, was favoured by more than 55 per cent of respondents, with the idea of a three-tier conference system coming out ahead of a return to the single league of old
Supporters were asked how satisfied or dissatisfied they are with the way their county is run, and the Chelmsford faithful appear to be delighted by the way things are progressing as 88.6 per cent replied saying they were fairly or very happy
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There are considerations to make when it comes to pricing, including the overheads incurred by the venues, but compared to county pricing, the international game has a long way to go to change the opinions of its customers
Just over 66 per cent of those who responded to our online poll put the four-day tournament top of the pile, ahead of the Royal London One-Day Cup and the Vitality T20 Blast, while a further 18.06 per cent said they liked all three events equally
In the spring, The Cricketer ran an online survey asking readers a whole host of questions about the state of the sport in England and Wales. It is something we intend to do once a year, every year going forward...
Of the more than 1,800 responses, 56.47 per cent said they want to see the number of international games being played in the shortest format drop, with 29.06 per cent saying they would be happy with the existing arrangement
The Cricketer's Big Cricket Survey received almost 1,900 replies from the cricket community. Here, ECB chief operating officer Gordon Hollins responds to the results...
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