Moves to look at the standard of club cricket and the future of the club game in Wellington will be discussed at a meeting of 14 senior club chairmen next week.

Already, the Onslow club, which is in the second tier Hazlett Trophy section of the inter-city competition, has made its opposition to any changes public.

It has used former international John Morrison as a spokesman for its opposition.

But Cricket Wellington (CW) chief executive Ervin McSweeney is making no apologies for the debate that is going on in the region, especially over the plan to introduce district cricket.

"All we're doing is trying to provide the forum for a debate," he said.

"We've looked at various models promulgated and are intending to encourage debate the next week's chairmen's meeting.

"Some clubs are reacting reasonably aggressively to it," he said.

McSweeney said the considerations were a way of restructuring senior cricket and CW had started some form of consultation with clubs.

"We have had requests from clubs to consider something like this [the district scheme]," he said.

McSweeney said it was likely the review New Zealand Cricket has undertaken to look into club cricket would come up with a requirement of major associations that they do what they can to strengthen club cricket.

"It is seen as an area which needs discussion. We are not only talking about the playing standard but also about the administrative qualities of the clubs."

They were just two areas where all clubs could be much more efficient, he said.

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