For what reason are these two occasions related? Indeed, I drew nearer the two of them with a feeling of complete fear. I unwilling dental encounters enthusiastically and to standard peruses of this site my sentiments on the Hundred are no confidential. After the two occasions I encountered a similar inclination, that of wonderful little treat that the occasion had not been pretty much as terrible as I envisioned it would be. As a matter of fact it had been very mediocre, however it was as yet not something that I would decide to encounter once more.

First we should begin with the up-sides about the Hundred

For not entirely set in stone to save my typical curmudgeonly pessimism and discover some. It is a game changer for ladies’ cricket. It was awesome to see such countless youthful female fans at the premiere night at The Oval. It is immensely huge for female cricketers in this country to get the opportunity to play before such a sizeable group, as well as the chance of equivalent openness on Sky and the BBC and equality on prize money with the men. Perhaps presently more individuals will come to acknowledge what a really exceptional and noble pioneer Heather Knight is, the Gareth Southgate of cricket, maybe. Positively, she is a more fruitful and great skipper than a significant number of her male partners.

I watched the initial round of the men’s Hundred at a similar scene the next night. The BBC inclusion and the fireworks absolutely gave it that “enormous occasion” feel that the ECB have been longing for. There was plainly a splitting of fervor in the group at a new thing. The cutaways to interviews with and vocalists likewise functioned admirably.

Obviously, a great deal of this flew right by me. As a 30 something man I have no clue about who is, however I’m dependably educated that youngsters realize him well. Genuine stars appear to have been reserved to perform at a portion of the games too. Woman Lasher probably won’t be natural to many cricket fans at the same time, as an educator, I can see you that my high school understudies have been excitedly playing me her music for quite a long time. The actual game feels more like cricket than I naturally suspected it would, despite the fact that it actually feels like a lower quality variant of T20.

This leads us pleasantly onto the negatives of the Hundred, of which there are a large number.

The real game varies so little from what we as of now have that one considers what the fact was in making it? It is T20 with less methodology and insight. Disposing of overs unnecessarily distances the people who as of now follow the game, especially when they are supplanted with “blocks” of 5 balls that are overs altogether yet name. Similarly as with a significant part of the new contest it simply feels like change for change.

The group names are still terribly ambiguous and subordinate. The individuals who have supported the possibility of city based sides for a long time will feel exceptionally let somewhere near “Southern Daring” and “Northern Superchargers”. To help a group, fans need to feel an association with it. Who can feel an association with words, for example, Southern or Northern when everyone incorporates a portion of the country?

On the off chance that the ECB planned to make city establishments, something which I don’t accept was vital in any case, then they ought to have gone the entire hoard and named every one of the groups after genuine towns, as they do in football. Northern Supercharges play at so they might have turned into the Leeds Superchargers.