PRINGLE’S VIEWPOINT

The Hundred is here and was launched by two pretty good games with both Oval Invincibles teams, the men and women, prevailing over their Manchester Originals counterparts. So far so sporting, which makes you wonder what all the acrimony between the traditionalists and progressives has been about.
From what I saw, watching both matches mostly on BBC2, this was essentially T20 cricket on E numbers (steroids being too strong for the effect I witnessed).
It was mildly more frenetic and speeded-up than its close cousin, with the women’s match the more comp...