Franchise tournament remains an enigma after a men’s international summer and a thrilling Championship title race.
The Women’s T20 World Cup was on home soil, but for all that it outstripped its 50-over equivalent in 2017 by way of impact the men’s football World Cup dominated.
At Warwickshire on Sunday, they were celebrating their ninth County Championship title, the outfield flooded with supporters and players in clover.
Manchester Super Giants won the men’s Hundred 30% shareholders and with crossover in staff, are chuffed; that Daniel Gidney would be sprinkled with red rose petals as he leaves his role as chief executive.
The Twenty20 team have won 23 out of their past 26 games, while after years of neglect the 50-over side has won all six bilateral series this year.
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Six weeks after the Hundred finals at Lord’s, the mood at two of its host counties tells us something about where it sits in the sport’s consciousness. The main attention thief was still the England men’s team.
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Headline as published: County pride and England chaos relegated Hundred to summer undercard | Ali Martin
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Franchise tournament remains an enigma after a men’s international summer and a thrilling Championship title race.
After pumping sums of money into English cricket, the headline act of the summer should probably have been the Hundred’s rebirth under private ownership.
The Women’s T20 World Cup was on home soil, but for all that it outstripped its 50-over equivalent in 2017 by way of impact the men’s football World Cup dominated. Plus, folks kind of knew Nat Sciver-Brunt’s England side was not ready to halt the Australian machine.
At Warwickshire on Sunday, they were celebrating their ninth County Championship title, the outfield flooded with supporters and players in clover. No one seemed too fussed that Birmingham Phoenix, the entity that is 50.4% Warwickshire-owned, had stunk out the men’s and women’s Hundred. By definition, it will go down as a famous summer.
Manchester Super Giants won the men’s Hundred 30% shareholders and with crossover in staff, are chuffed; that Daniel Gidney would be sprinkled with red rose petals as he leaves his role as chief executive.
The main attention thief was still the England men’s team.
The first half of the season was a psychodrama, featuring another late-night drinking incident, a strung-out Ben Stokes quitting as Test captain and Brendon McCullum being demoted to white-ball head coach after the 2-1 Test defeat against New Zealand.
The Twenty20 team have won 23 out of their past 26 games, while after years of neglect the 50-over side has won all six bilateral series this year.
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