Wait... is England ditching The Hundred?
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The Pros and Cons of County Cricket
The ECB wanted control of all the teams, and they didn't trust the counties to run the competition. We were also told at the time that broadcasters are not interested in county teams. Their research tells them that young people don't associate themselves with counties. You ask my kids, they don't have no idea what a county is or what those names or brands mean. They made us, because they live in London. I was in life-taught and disappointed. A shortcoming of the high performance review last year was that it didn't mention 100, right? The Strauss review just avoided the topic altogether. It was so baked in to the future of professional cricket. But nevertheless, this
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