Katya Witney says that while the first year has been solid, a format tweak would have added excitement
It’s not so much Blast crunch time as Blast holding pen time.
All three of the teams for Finals Day have been decided more than a week in advance of the event – which has been billed as the flagship of the new domestic calendar.
Instead, it feels slightly anticlimactic, with the competition fighting to keep momentum and build into what should be a momentous occasion.
While it would be harsh to criticise the ECB for not preventing an event out of their control, there would have been a way t...
