At a meeting the Board agreed that a new tournament using the format would take place, and also agreed the rules for it
The ECB has announced that hundred-ball cricket will take place in England and Wales in 2020, and have also agreed the rules for it.
At a meeting, the Board agreed that a new tournament would take place, and also agreed that in each innings 100 balls would be bowled, that a change of end would happen after every ten balls, and that each bowler could deliver either five or 10 consecutive balls, with a max of 20 per game allowed.
The rules agreed were recommended by the Cricket Committee. The Board also approved both a new structure for county competitions and a new five-year strategy which will “support the sustainability and future growth of cricket in England and Wales”.
Chief Executive Officer of the ECB Tom Harrison said: “The game has made huge progress this year, through collaboration, constructive debate and a volume of detailed discussion. The outcomes for all of this combined work are vital for the growth and sustainability of cricket, at all levels, in England and Wales.
ECB Chief Executive Officer Tom Harrison
“The Strategy we have created over the last twelve months will give the whole game clear priorities and allow us to deliver these together. It will guide our investment, drive our relationships, and make things happen locally and nationally.
“The Strategy, Domestic Structure, New Competition and CPA are all interlinked so it is right that we share all the details - together and in context - at the same time across the game. This will happen in the New Year.”
All of these decisions are set to come into effect in 2020, and further details will be presented at a series of meetings in January 2019.
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Posted by Les Bone on 30/11/2018 at 19:07
The 100 ball format is not cricket. It is simply a form of entertainment. It will clearly kill off the 50 over format as a serious competition. It will also endanger the existing 20/20 game in this country because we are basically going to be talking about the same audience and the majority are unlikely to be able to afford to pay the entrance fees to attend both. If the 20/20 game does struggle then many of the existing 18 counties will go to the wall. The new franchises will take over and become the new structure of the game in this country. This is perhaps the hidden agenda of the marketing people.
Posted by Christopher Rowsell on 30/11/2018 at 12:34
The good news is that it won't last long, the bad news is that it could seriously damage 'proper' cricket in this country. Well done ECB, the lunatics have truly taken over the asylum.
Posted by Robert Smith on 30/11/2018 at 12:18
Words fail me. Absolutely no need for another 'contrived' format. Disrespects the championship and virtually downgrades the 50 over competition at a time when we are number one in the world.
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