By Richard Edwards
ROD Bransgrove has hit back at suggestions that counties have been railroaded into accepting the ECB’s plans for a new franchise-based T20 competition – and believes it’s time that the doommongers woke up to the fact that the tournament will save English cricket’s future, not threaten it.
The Hampshire chairman has been a long-term proponent of the introduction of a tournament that mirrors the Indian Premier League (IPL) and Big Bash.
The new eight-team city franchise format was backed by an overwhelming majority last week and Bransgrove has reacte...