Cricket is in a shambles and needs fixing, says Cleveland coach and national selector Allan Douglas.Douglas, a former Bermuda international player and national coach, believes it is time for the Bermuda Cricket Board to address the league structure in order to improve the amount of cricket being played and subsequently the standard.“I think things will change next year with the league set-up because what we’ve been having is a shambles with the six teams at the top (division),” said Douglas.This season saw the Logic Premier Division made up of six teams but it failed to create the high quality of matches as was seen with the so-called ‘Super Eight’ years ago which guaranteed four top matches every weekend. Last weekend, the Devonshire Rec-St. David’s match was not played because of a shortage of players on both teams. Rec finished bottom of the division and were already relegated while St. David’s were soundly beaten in the Eastern Counties the week before. They are already guaranteed a place in next season’s Belco Cup.The BCB attempted to introduce a Regional Championship this season involving four teams from the Eastern, Central and Western regions along with a team from the Cup Match clubs. However, player apathy to the tournament meant that three rounds of competition in June never materialised. That same competition was scheduled to complete the season in September but will be scrapped, probably in favour of preparation matches for the national team ahead of next year’s Division 3 Championships which will be staged here in April.“We need to look at the entire thing all over again and where we are going with our cricket,” said Douglas who is in favour of returning to one division and playing both overs and open cricket. He also wonders why T20 matches are held at the beginning of the season.“Something will have to happen. If we want this game to continue there has to be some decisions made,” he said. “The clubs called the board to meet the other day and nothing was done afterwards. At the end of the day something has to happen and the cricket purists have to get it done. I can’t rely on the board to get it done. The meeting we had in the middle of the season, it wasn’t because the Board called it, it was because the clubs called it.“We talked about teams not showing up, we talked about discipline, the level of cricket being played, international commitment ... everything that you can think about. It is up to us the clubs to make the changes and make cricket work.”Douglas feels the issues of work commitment and shortage of players can be addressed by increasing the number of matches. “At the end of the day we need to play more cricket,” he insists.“In the Premier Division we only had 10 matches and one was rained out so we have nine matches. And if you have work commitments you are not going to play much cricket.”Douglas suggests the Board could look at starting the season in April in order to get in more matches. Next year’s international tournament is scheduled to be held in April but domestic doesn’t start in April like it once did.“We need to go back to April and if it means using concrete wickets, then use them,” Douglas urged.“We need one league and a few open matches where people can develop. We need a combination of overs and open so that players can bowl longer spells and bat longer. And why are we starting the season off with 20/20 matches which should be at the end of the season, at night and with music for enjoyment.”One of the biggest concerns is that the T20 matches create bad habits and don’t allow players to develop the proper technique. “Look at Cup Match, yes teams have been bowled out cheaply before and I’m not concerned that they (St. George’s) were bowled out cheaply, but I am concerned about their approach to it,” said Douglas.“And that’s what we have to be working on, developing these players to bat longer.”