With cricket in turmoil the tournament’s architects have unwisely opted against shifting to a more pragmatic course
A little window of opportunity for the England and Wales Cricket Board has been rapidly slammed shut. Everything is up for grabs; the sheets of paper in front of those in charge of our summer game have never been blanker. On Friday the ECB said there would be no cricket before 1 July and that delivering the T20 Blast was one of their highest priorities; then we were alerted to another meeting about the future of the Hundred, to be held on Wednesday.
For an hour or two, before the ECB briefing from the chief executive, Tom Harrison, there seemed to be the faint possibility not just of postponing the Hundred, which was supposed to start on 17 July, until next year but abandoning it completely. This turned out to be a pipe dream probably brought about by too much self-isolation.
Written by Vic Marks
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/apr/26/ecb-sticking-with-the-hundred-risks-twisting-cricket-further-into-chaos under the title “ECB sticking with the Hundred risks twisting cricket further into chaos”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
