The last season of the Hundred V1.0 got underway at Lords on 5th August. A double header between the Invincibles (Sarf) and the Spirit (North). The Hundred V2.0 with the franchisees in charge starts in 2026
As in earlier iterations the women’s match saw decent cricket with the Spirit winning.
The men’s match where the Invincibles won with 36 balls (out of 100) to spare was dire.
26,000 or so attended (the men’s game anyway) but the star was a fox that did a circle of the pitch.
A reminder of previous rounds of the Hundred. The women’s matches are of a good standard with potential selection for England at stake. The men’s games are essentially mostly journeymen cricketers playing in just another franchise competition.
What the new franchisees made of that one might wonder and what they will do about given the money invested one might wonder even more…
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