ECB chief bats for ‘Hundred’ tournament despite Virat Kohli’s doubts
ECB chief, Tom Harrison, is of the opinion that the game’s best players will be involved with the new ‘Hundred’ tournament which is set to be launched next year despite concerns from Virat Kohli. The Indian captain had earlier said that he does not want to be a test participant for a new format.
England Cricket Board chief, Tom Harrison, believes the world game's best players will be involved when the controversial new ‘Hundred’ tournament which is set to be launched next year.
Harrison insisted that the cutting-edge
"I think we will be very successful in getting players to come over. I think it will be a good training ground for international Twenty20," Harrison told AFP sources.
The Englishman further revealed that the ECB planned to spend £180 million on ‘The Hundred’ in the next five years. Indian captain Virat Kohli, who recently led India to their first Test series win in Australia, had a different outlook on the whole tournament.
"I'm already very...I wouldn't say frustrated but sometimes it can get very demanding of you when you have to play so much cricket regularly. I feel somewhere the commercial aspect is taking over the real quality of cricket and that hurts me.
"I don't want to be a testing sort of a cricketer for any new format," Kohli said in an interview with Wisden Cricket Monthly in August last year when questioned about the upcoming tournament.
However, ECB's proposals led to a strong reaction from many cricket traditionalists in England who are scared of the impact it could have on the existing 18 first-class counties.
"The new competition is designed to appeal to cricket fans. There is room for growth...The competition is designed to do a certain job, We cannot keep relying on the same audience. Cricket can be bigger. Success in five years times will be people saying 'cricket is a game for me'," Harrison added.
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