Engand and Wales Cricket Board gives county game £144m and targets 200,000 new spectators The plans, among the 23 targets in the ECB's strategic review, entitled "Champion County," include a capital investment scheme worth another £8.1million to cover improvements to sightscreens, floodlights and replay screens. The Board hopes next year's revamped county schedule will help increase spectator numbers, with the relaunched Twenty20 competition due to take place primarily on Friday evenings. David Collier, chief executive of the ECB, said:"I think it is a big change. When we launched Twenty20 we couldn't do that because we only had a limited number of grounds with permanent floodlights. We had to play when it was light and mainly in June. Now we have got the vast majority of grounds with permanent floodlights we can elongate that out a bit more. Counties will be set individual targets and their fee payments from the ECB will depend on meeting them. "Our information tells us the average Twenty20 purchaser comes to 1.1 games a season so they are not supporters at the moment," said Richard Gould, the Surrey chief executive. They are just occasional spectators and we need to turn them into cricket fans. Then I believe we will reach tipping point. The ECB aims to reduce county debt by £5million, a key concern for the newer Test match grounds which have incurred borrowing. "I would not say there is a one size fits all solution," Collier said. Grounds need to be realistic. We do not want too much supply at grounds. That is sometimes where the problems lay. The grounds that have had issues, their business plan could have been strengthened. Now it has and that will show huge benefits.