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Overhaul of The Hundred offers a poisoned olive branch to the smaller counties

HUW TURBERVILL: As the 100-ball competition looks set to expand to 10 sides and a second division, with the prospect of promotion and relegation, introduced for 2025 amid the spectre of private investment, cricket's tectonic plates are shifting again

Huw Turbervill | 22/11/2023 at 12:39

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Posted by Barry Horton on 01/12/2023 at 14:39

100% agree with Ian Goodings post and I suspect that approach is something that would unite most cricket fans going forward. The reality is that no other country has shown any inclination to go for The Hundred format and why would they when they have the tried and trusted T20. We must also rescue the County Championship from its current unacceptable marginalisation- it is after all where our future Test players will come from.

Posted by Ian Goodings on 22/11/2023 at 23:36

Why are the ECB persisting with the Hundred. No other cricketing nation has adopted this format, they are all going with the T20 version of the game. Pour the money from the Hundred into the Vitality Blast thus including all counties and have each match day as a double header with the womens T20 as well as the mens. This would satisfy most people and free up August for the County Championship and avoid so many games being weather affected