Categories: Cricket

Hundred expansion a ‘no-brainer’ if investment succeeds, predicts ECB chief

  • Auction has brought injection of £530m to English cricket
  • Richard Gould insists control of structure stays with ECB

English cricket bosses believe that it will be “almost a no-brainer” to expand the Hundred in the future after raising more than £520m by selling a stake in each of the competition’s eight teams.

The England and Wales Cricket Board announced on Thursday that the eight bids had placed a total enterprise value of just over £975m on the Hundred teams – with £520m being injected into the professional and recreational game.

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Source: Cricket - The Guardian

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