WAGGA CITY captain-coach Josh Thompson believes the all 50-over fixture for this summer could have the potential to remain in place long term if it's well received by clubs.
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The schedule, which gets underway on October 24, has been introduced due to COVID-19 regulations but Thompson, who skippered the Cats to last year's premierships, believes it could help improve participation in the sport.
"I think so. That was a problem every club had was trying to get players available for both weeks," he said.
"I know we always struggled with it because people like to go away and do things on certain weekends of the year.
"I'm pretty excited to see how this year pans out and whether people like it or not, be're definitely all for it,.
"I reckon it's going to be a great move for the comp. It's going to be different cricket to what we're used to and a lot of changes have to be made at training, but we've enjoyed the change and looking at cricket a bit differently."
Thompson was unsure what effect it would have on the competition, but was confident the young Cats are as well placed as anyone to adapt.
Asked if the 50-over schedule could be adopted long term if it was well received, Thompson said: "I don't see why not. Two day cricket is good and I like the competition it brings personally, but not everyone is in the same boat as me.
"I'm not too sure what it's going to do to the comp to be honest, no one really knows what's going to happen leading into round one.
"But as a team we should be very adaptable to it, with a young fit group it should suit us to a tee."
Wagga RSL captain Sam Perry also threw his support behind the schedule.
"We're all quite excited about it actually. Everyone knows we struggle with our batting a bit, but the one day stuff may even out the playing field given you can maybe not win games in a small amount of overs, but you can set yourself up.
"I think it evens the playing field which not only helps Wagga cricket but will help us in rep cricket given they're all 50 over games."
"With so many blokes being unable to play football over winter as well, perhaps it will help drive a few more players back into playing cricket again."
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