After introducing the T20s to the cricket world, England has now invented another format of the game – The Hundred. The England Cricket Board (ECB) has tinkered with the rules and regulations of the conventional game to generate this brand new product. The fans are curious to know about The Hundred because it’s totally different from the other formats of cricket. Here’s all that you need to know about The Hundred

Where did the idea come from?

A survey conducted by the ECB, which involved hundreds of thousands of people, threw alarming results. Out of all the people who showed interest in cricket, only 10% were willing to attend the matches. 95% of the kids, who were a part of the survey, didn’t mention cricket as one of the top two sports they would like to play.

From the results of the survey, the ECB concluded that cricket, as a sport, needs to increase its speed in order to attract more fans. The T20s were launched with the same motive, but the T20s still take about double the amount of time that a Football match takes.

The reason why Football is the most popular game across the globe is that it provides high speed entertainment in a short span of time. A Football match takes 105 minutes to complete including the mid-time break.

The challenge for the ECB was to come up with a format whose completion time is close to the completion time of a Football match and they came up with “The Hundred”. The games of The Hundred are supposed to be over in less than 2.5 hours.

Rules of “The Hundred”

The new rules that have been introduced in The Hundred are as follows –

There won’t be a 6-ball over. A bowler will be allowed to bowl a maximum of 20 balls in a match, which he can bowl in the blocks of 10 balls or 5 balls. If he wants, he can bowl 4 blocks of 5 balls, 2 blocks of 10 balls or 1 block of 10 and 2 blocks of 5, whichever way it suits him.
The striking end of the batsman, which generally changes after every over in the other formats of the game, will change after 10 balls in The Hundred. For example – if a bowler bowls a block of 5 balls, the striking end of the batsman won’t change. It will change only after the next 5 balls.
The batting power-play, which happens to be a 6-over affair in T20 cricket, will be a 25-ball affair in The Hundred.
There will be only one strategic timeout of 2.5 minutes. The fielding captain, in consultation with his coaching staff, can ask for the strategic timeout at any stage between the 25th and the 75th ball of the innings.
Tournament Structure

There are a total of 8 teams in the tournament – Manchester Originals, London Spirit, Birmingham Phoenix, Oval Invincibles, Trent Rockets, Welsh Fire, Northern Superchargers and Southern Brave.

All the 8 teams will play one match against each other and two matches against their “paired rivals”. The paired rivals of each team are –

Manchester Originals – Northern Superchargers
London Spirit – Oval Invincibles
Birmingham Phoenix – Trent Rockets
Welsh Fire – Southern Brave
After all the teams have played all their matches, the top 3 teams in the points table will enter the finals day. The first ranked team will automatically qualify for the final match, while the second and the third ranked teams will lock horns. The winner of that match will face the first ranked team in the final.

Franchise Ownership

There are 18 counties in the English domestic circuit. These 18 counties will be represented by 8 franchises in The Hundred. Here are the counties which the franchises will be representing –

Manchester Originals – Lancashire
London Spirit – Middlesex, Essex, Northamptonshire
Birmingham Phoenix – Warwickshire, Worcestershire
Oval Invincibles – Surrey, Kent
Trent Rockets – Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire
Welsh Fire – Glamorgan, Somerset, Gloucestershire
Northern Superchargers – Yorkshire, Durham
Southern Brave – Hampshire, Sussex
These franchises have not been sold to the private entities by the ECB. The board itself owns the franchises and will be funding all their expenses.
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