Cricket: the thrills of The Hundred finale

A landmark moment and a feast of hitting in the double bill at Lord’s 

Southern Brave men’s team and Oval Invincibles women’s team celebrate at Lord’s
Southern Brave men’s team and Oval Invincibles women’s team celebrate at Lord’s
(Image credit: Stu Forster/Getty Images)

The “rights and wrongs” of The Hundred, the new competition introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board, have been endlessly debated, and will doubtless go on being so for some time to come, said Matt Roller on ESPNcricinfo. Purists object that a contest between sides from different English cities – one that does away with cricket’s basic unit, the six ball over, in favour of “sets of five” – undermines the sport’s very soul. Others contend that the game faces such severe problems, from a decaying county structure to the younger generation’s lack of interest in the game, that it makes a gamble like The Hundred fully justified.

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