The Hundred

[wasteyouryouth]

I've just read two articles (and think Nasser said it on the comms last night) where they've called the five balls that a bowler bowls a 'Set'. Almost like it can be handy to have a word to describe the grouping of deliveries.

 

[Aislabie]

one needs to understand, this is ECB trying to make money

By losing it hand over fist?

 

[Ed Smith]

I've just read two articles (and think Nasser said it on the comms last night) where they've called the five balls that a bowler bowls a 'Set'. Almost like it can be handy to have a word to describe the grouping of deliveries.

Need a decent way to tell when the 5 balls is over too

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

Need a decent way to tell when the 5 balls is over too

"An over in The Hundred consists of five balls instead of the conventional six."

I mean...

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Need a decent way to tell when the 5 balls is over too

What's wrong with waving a white card around?

 

[wasteyouryouth]

 

[Ed Smith]

Fair play. But the 1st game of anything "new" will always attract curious eyes. Will be interesting to see if they hold that audience.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Fair play. But the 1st game of anything "new" will always attract curious eyes. Will be interesting to see if they hold that audience.

Sticking cricket on FTA regularly would get viewers.

 

[Ed Smith]

Sticking cricket on FTA regularly would get viewers.

Aye 100%. Just depends on if they want "proper cricket" or just any cricket

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

Is there any need for a format between T10 and T20?

If you ask my opinion, NO! But seeing how popular the T10 league got and plans of having T10 at the Olympics and all, this should fit in better.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Aye 100%. Just depends on if they want "proper cricket" or just any cricket

People will find and watch anything if it's regular or exciting. See the Olympics. It's always baffled me why the ECB never packaged together some kind of MOTD for the Blast and offered it to BBC/Channel 4 for Sunday mornings. With all the cricket basically being free on YouTube this year it seems remarkable that having a Blast match on terrestrial TV at the weekend is not possible.

That being said. I don't know if the target market are likely to find it the way I might have done when I was younger given the amount of options available.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Anyone watching? Manchester Originals have a hell of a top six.

Certainly, one of the best things is the condensing of the best players into fewer teams.

 

[Bevab]

How do you watch this stuff in India? Asking for a friend.

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

How do you watch this stuff in India? Asking for a friend.

Fan Code's online platform

 

[Aislabie]

How do you watch this stuff in India? Asking for a friend.

Any of the usual definitely legal streaming sites should do the job

Certainly, one of the best things is the condensing of the best players into fewer teams.

Are you telling me you don't enjoy watching Darren Stevens wobbling in to bowl to Anuj Dal?