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Bumble, Mahela Jayawardena and James Taylor are on the panel

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James Taylor, Mahela Jayawardena and David Lloyd discuss the future of the domestic T20 game.

The future of domestic T20 cricket was the topic up for discussion on the first Saturday Debate of the Test summer.

Sky Sports commentators David Lloyd and Mahela Jayawardena and recently retired England and Nottinghamshire batsman James Taylor joined host Michael Atherton for a look at how cricket's shortest form may evolve.

You can download the show as a podcast here, or you can listen via audioBoom in the link below.

ECB chairman Colin Graves revealed in an interview with Atherton earlier this week that he would like to improve the NatWest T20 Blast as it aims to compete with the Indian Premier League and Australia's Big Bash.

But what would our experts change, if anything, about the English competition?

Should the tournament be played in blocks rather than on Friday evenings? Is a franchise system worth considering? What about two divisions?

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Listen to Taylor, Jayawardena and Bumble's views on the Saturday Debate Podcast and then head back to Sky Sports every Saturday of the Test summer as our pundits discuss the game's key issues.

James Taylor of Nottinghamshire
Image: James Taylor played in 91 T20 matches in his career

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