Hampshire’s foreign cricketers Shahid Afridi and has objected the format of English T20 event and both agreed with criticism of Jose Butler who objected the long schedule of the tournament.
At this time, T20 blast matches are played at the end of every week while first class matches are played in other days. Sammy said this is T20 and it should finish earlier while Afridi said he talked to few officials so that maximum period of this tournament should be of one month. It becomes difficult for specialist cricketers to keep their form and interest due to long gap.