ECB to Introduce New 100-ball Tournament for Men and Women

ECB exhibited its proposed approach for the new eight-group residential rivalry - beginning in 2020 - to Chairmen and Chief Executives of the First-Class Counties and MCC.

The opposition will be founded on the straightforward organization of 100 balls for each group.

Highlighting adjusted rivalries for the two men's and ladies' groups - sharing a typical configuration, brands, and personalities in their own particular alliances - it got overpowering help at the present gathering at Lord's following consistent help by the leading body of the new rivalry.

Supporting the points of the amusement wide system of Cricket Unleashed, the new 100-ball arrangement will meet key goes for the new rivalry, including:

Drawing on a more extensive crowd – its straightforwardness speaking to families and a more differing and more youthful gathering of people.

Advancement for the amusement – a five-week window amidst summer exhibiting cricket at real settings, advanced crosswise over Sky and BBC and connected to cooperation.

The clear separation from different rivalries – unmistakable from the famous Vitality Blast with a new way to deal with communicate scope and advancement.

The 100-ball idea has likewise been examined and upheld by the ECB Board, the agent T20 Development Group and ECB's T20 Governance Group and will now be additionally created. It has been invited by telecasters and player delegates – the two men and ladies – have been counseled.

ECB's Chief Executive Officer Tom Harrison stated:

"This is a crisp and energizing thought which will interest a more youthful gathering of people and pull in new fans to the diversion.

"All through its improvement, we have demonstrated administration, gave challenge and took after a procedure. We will keep on doing that as the idea advances.

"Our amusement has a past filled with advancement and we have an obligation to search for future development for the wellbeing and maintainability of the entire diversion.

"There are 18 First Class Counties, playing red and white ball cricket, at our center and these Counties and rivalries will be bolstered, advanced and advantage from the diversion's development."

ECB Chief Commercial Officer, Sanjay Patel, MD for the new rivalry, stated:

"The improvement group has had solid help and support in its discussions to date and it's an ideal opportunity to take the idea more extensive as we construct the detail.

"This is 100-ball cricket, a basic way to deal with achieve another age. In view of fifteen customary 6-ball overs, the other ten balls will include a new strategic measurement.

"Urgently, this will likewise help separate this opposition from Vitality Blast and other T20 rivalries around the world, keeping up our amusement's history of fruitful advancement.

"The players and our profitable communicate accomplices under the new TV organizations from 2020-24 are crucial to the achievement of this opposition and they will see the vitality, fervor, and effortlessness of this approach."

Clare Connor CBE, Director of Women's Cricket at ECB, stated:

"Our World Cup win at Lord's last July demonstrated what's conceivable as far as our game coming to another, more youthful and more assorted gathering of people.

"Kia Super League has huge affected interest, player improvement and the profile of our amusement. It was a major speculation and an intense choice by the Board and made ready for this next phase of development.

"To fabricate the ladies' and men's rivalries and personalities together, next to each other, is a prospect that few games ever have and will give us more prominent achieve, scale and unmistakable quality.

"It will pull in more ladies and young ladies to the amusement, guarantee that cricket comes to and engages more families and give our players an energizing stage whereupon to show their ability."