Every new structure will need a kink or two ironed out and even though the association's recent survey fielded some criticism, the feedback from around the league was mostly positive.

Cavaliers' all-rounder Max Pearce was satisfied with the summer just gone and said it was a nice change to play in a competition with so many teams.

"It was good to not be playing the same team so constantly," Pearce said.

"It made everyone try to play that little bit better and you had to fight more for a spot in the finals."

Not only did sides have to show more urgency with the increased amount of teams, it heightened the class of cricket on display.

"It made for a better standard of cricket," he said.

"There's not too much I'd personally change. The committee did a good job."

Cavaliers have one of the younger rosters in the BOIDC and Pearce said all of his teammates are hoping the two-town format sticks around for the long haul.

"It's going to be really good moving forward with this and I hope we keep the joint comp," he said.

"As a player it's something different and we've got a pretty young side at Cavs and I don't think anyone played back when the BOIDC was around before.

"I'm pretty sure all the clubs liked it more."

Orange City skipper Ed Morrish shared Pearce's positivity about the season as a whole but highlighted something he'd like looked at for next year.

"Every game being two-day cricket really makes the season drag out," Morrish said.

"We need one-day cricket in there as well... especially before zone is picked.

"It gives the players and selectors the best chance of being prepared for 50-over games."

While Morrish's stance on a format tweak was a popular one in the survey, CYMS' top-order bat Dave Neil doesn't doesn't fully agree and thinks it will lead to fatigue.

"While I get the merit of broadening the variety of formats I believe 50-over cricket will quickly be seen as a burden by the players," Neil said.

"The potential for 100 overs of play plus 100 kilometres of travel in one day is too much to ask."