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Annie Chave Column: Saving Counties at the cost of County Cricket

Despite county cricket’s new-found riches, Annie Chave is worried about the future…

Despite county cricket’s new-found riches, Annie Chave is worried about the future...

English domestic cricket has never been so wealthy. Eye-watering sums are piling up in the ECB’s piggy bank, golden handshakes turned to bullion.
They have sold the Hundred. The competition that was conceived in a back-street boardroom after the T20 Blast had proved barren has produced the necessary heir.
The Hundred has done its job, made English cricket great again, and we can take our silver place on the podium next to the endlessly fertile IPL. Or so we are led to believe.
In reality, what does it mea...

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