Reduced cricket coverage the thin edge of the wedge

Radio Sport has announced it will not be broadcasting live commentary of the Plunket Shield, New Zealand’s domestic first-class competition, this year. Instead they will have someone provide updates on the matches from online scores. The reactions to the radio network’s announcement have been short of accepting, with an online petition urging fans to sign-up and keep a cricket tradition alive. In the New Zealand Herald, David Leggat fears the decision is merely the thin edge of the wedge.

Plainly it won't be anywhere remotely comparable with the service available with voices at each of the three venues used in all 10 rounds; voices to explain to listeners why a bowler has been out of sorts, how a batsmen got himself out in the nineties, who took a spectacular catch at gully.