Support for Scottish cricket's new domestic structure may be lukewarm in some quarters but there appears to be universal agreement that last season's weighty 16-team divisions had little future.
Instead, Cricket Scotland's Future Structures Group have persuaded clubs to accept a regional format which today sees the introduction of Eastern and Western Conferences, each featuring two eight-team divisions.
At first glance the Eastern Premier Division looks more competitive, consisting of eight teams who finished in the top 10 of last season's SNCL.
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