Either way, the one thing everyone agrees on is that the Hundred is at a pinch point. Covid undoubtedly had something to do with it, delaying its inaugural year by 12 months to 2021. It felt like a hammer blow, hence the haste to get extra cash from investors into the competition. However, ECB chief executive Richard Gould is bullish about ‘not just competing, but winning,’ the territorial duel with their transatlantic rivals. England’s Test players missed the opening contests due to a clash with the West Indies series.
