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I don t want to be Mr Grumpy who rushes to condemn controversial new format
Too much has been invested in this by the ECB for The Hundred to be a flop now
I would prefer colleagues with a more open mind to go about reviewing games
I have struggled to see why the ECB are doing this and I maintain that view
Otley couldn t build on their impressive fun in the Aire-Wharfe Cricket League this weekend ADDINGHAM produced a performance as scorching as the weather to deny Otley a seventh successive win in Division One of the Aire-Wharfe League on Saturday. Otley skipper George Huntley led from the front, reaching his highest individual league score with a fantastic 129 not out to help his side to 225-7, Rob Ellis (3-65) and Richard Atkins (2-66) doing the damage with the ball. However, Addingham had a century of their own, with opener Robbie Miller scoring eight fours and four sixes in an unbeaten 102, backed up by John Johnson (81) in a 145-run partnership for the second wicket, to see them to victory in the penultimate over.
LONDON: English cricket takes a step into the unknown with the launch of the Hundred, a brand new 100 balls per side format, on Wednesday.
Cricket already has several established professional formats at domestic and international level first-class games, which includes five-day Tests, 50 overs per side one-dayers and Twenty20 matches.
But even though Twenty20 was pioneered as a professional sport in England, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) are convinced an even shorter format is needed to attract a new, younger and more ethnically diverse audience to the sport.
Rather than rely on the current 18 county set-up, the Hundred will feature eight specially created franchise teams all featuring men’s and women’s sides.
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