100-ball cricket

100-ball cricket is a new format of cricket developed by the ECB for their new city-based competition launching in 2020. The proposal was presented by the ECB to the chairmen and chief executives of the first-class counties and MCC on 19 April 2018, and has been unanimously supported by the board of the new competition.[1][2]

In July 2018, England and Wales Cricket Board appointed Trent Woodhill as a consultant for their new city-based competition scheduled to begin in 2020.[3]

Format

100-ball cricket is a form of limited overs cricket, each team plays a single innings consisting of 15 traditional six-ball overs, and a 10-ball over, a 20-delivery shortfall on traditional twenty20 matches. Various groups have come up with different positives and negatives of this type of system. The loss of 20 balls per innings, vis-a-vis a T20 match, will help to ensure that the competition fits comfortably into a three-hour window. the proposed 10-ball final over may require buy-in from MCC's law-makers, seeing as Law 17.1 that currently states: "The ball shall be bowled from each end alternately in overs of 6 balls each."

Reactions from cricket fraternity

Some experts have stated that proposals for the new format outlined by the ECB are, at worst, nothing more than a small step further down "that alley",[4] whereas some are appreciating it as a brilliant innovation.

England's current Test captain, Joe Root, welcomed the ECB's plans for its new-team format in 2020. As per Root, it will attract a completely new audience.[5] ODI and T20 captain, Eoin Morgan, had a similar opinion about this format.[6]

Former T20 captain Stuart Broad said he was hugely optimistic about the new format. Michael Vaughan also echoed with Broad and stated that it will be a more appealing concept to broadcasters. Michael Atherton shared that a T20 match was to be completed in a 3 hour window and this can be achieved with the proposed format.

Former Kiwi all-rounder Jimmy Neesham was bemused on this move, stating why ECB is trying something different, when the current format is so successful.[7] Current limited overs specialists Dawid Malan and Mark Wood shared that inspite of the new format, T20s will still remain as the preference. [8]

Former MCC chief Keith Bradshaw calls 100 ball tournament as an innovation for innovation's sake. He says the main reason behind this thought process is that ECB couldn't exploit the T20 boom.[9] Professional Cricketers' Association shared that, overall, players were open to this new idea.[10]

Indian captain Virat Kohli raised a few concerns with commercialisation of cricket and was not in favour of this new format.[11]

Meanwhile, down under, Cricket Australia has no plans to tinker with its existing Big Bash League.[12] It also shared a concern that introducing such tournaments is further ignoring of Test cricket.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "ECB unveils plans for tournament with 100-ball format and 10-ball special over". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "ECB holds talks to introduce 100-ball format to new competition". BBC. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "ECB appoint Trent Woodhill as consultant for its 100-ball T20 tournament". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Fast-food cricket is coming, whether we like it or not". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "The Hundred 'will bring new people to cricket' - Root". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Eoin Morgan declares himself a 'big fan' of ECB's 100-ball plans". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Mixed reaction to ECB's '100-ball' format". Cricket.com. 20 April 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "Malan, Wood raise concerns over 100-ball tournament". Cricbuzz. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 19 Jul 2018.
  9. ↑ "Former MCC chief Keith Bradshaw queries ECB innovation for innovation's sake". ESPN Cricinfo. 27 Apr 2018. Retrieved 19 Jul 2018.
  10. ↑ "Players remain open-minded about ECB's 100-ball proposal". Cricbuzz. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  11. ↑ "Virat Kohli raises concerns over 100-ball format". ESPN Cricinfo. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  12. ↑ "CA offers straight bat to 100-ball format". Sydney Morning Herald. 20 April 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  13. ↑ "100-ball game can prove a winner but Test cricket ignored once more". Sydney Morning Herald. 21 April 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.

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