The Hundred: cricket’s saviour or a load of marketing crap?

[RileyOBlimey]

So it's a big fuck-off to The Hundred and those behind it from me. Put T20, 50 over and test cricket back on normal telly, market it correctly, and see how popular proper cricket can be then.

T20 back on the telly like it was in the 1970s?

T20 is not “proper” cricket. Its plastic fun. The laughable temerity to pine for the good old T20 days when you could leave your doors unlocked, get pissed for a fiver with change to spare.

What I’ve thought for around 30 years is test cricket is the pinnacle. Short forms of the game should be played at the start of the season, with the shortest first. Start off with the fireworks of the whackathons to grab the attention of the youth and then evolve, eventually into the longest format. International series should follow the same order, making test cricket the crescendo.

Shitting on a format that’s doing good by getting more people involved is pretty embarrassing.

 

[strung out]

You're right, T20 isn't proper cricket, but it's still better than The Hundred, because it's embedded in the existing county game and infrastructure.

They could have done virtually every 'innovation' they used in The Hundred in T20 instead, and attracted the same number of new fans to the mens and women's games. Instead, they decided to shit on the smaller counties and county cricket's loyal fanbase. Fuck them.

 

[planetgeli]

Some of the games did produce very exciting endings

Name them then. It produced almost no last ball thrillers. I remember one.

 

[brogdale]

Name them then. It produced almost no last ball thrillers. I remember one.

Maybe I was lucky?
I'm not gonna remember them in any detail now, though.

 

[RileyOBlimey]

You're right, T20 isn't proper cricket, but it's still better than The Hundred, because it's embedded in the existing county game and infrastructure.

You don’t sit there beard stroking “cor this county infrastructure is thrilling” while watching T20. I’m calling bullshit on this nonsense. At best you’re behaving like a spoilt brat, at worst a bigot.

 

[strung out]

You don’t sit there beard stroking “cor this county infrastructure is thrilling” while watching T20. I’m calling bullshit on this nonsense. At best you’re behaving like a spoilt brat, at worst a bigot.

Hahahaha, you fucking prick.

 

[RileyOBlimey]

A new generation of youngsters are getting into cricket because of the Hundred. Cricket should be a sport for everyone and this format caters for many of those excluded by other versions. The Hundred will ultimately boost the 4 day game by generating greater support for all cricket in the long term.

 

[skyscraper101]

Test cricket still sells out every game in England. The problem is that the four-day county game that's needed to develop test players does not bring in crowds or make money.

Couldn't an argument be made here that the Hundred might just be the impetus needed to getting more kids into playing cricket and more casual viewers into watching cricket at all levels?

I don't know the answer here. I can see both sides of the argument, but if it helps grow the game as a whole, then fine.

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

You don’t sit there beard stroking “cor this county infrastructure is thrilling” while watching T20. I’m calling bullshit on this nonsense. At best you’re behaving like a spoilt brat, at worst a bigot.

Calling someone a bigot because they don't like the Hundred? Get a grip FFS.

 

[RileyOBlimey]

Calling someone a bigot because they don't like the Hundred? Get a grip FFS.

This thread is littered with comments on how the Hundred no different to T20. This completely ignores the Hundred’s audience. This wilful ignorance is bigotted,

 

[RileyOBlimey]

The Hundred: Tournament has single-handedly changed women's cricket, says Charlotte Edwards​

The Hundred: Tournament has single-handedly changed women's cricket, says Charlotte Edwards

Southern Brave coach and ex-England captain Charlotte Edwards believes the Hundred has "single-handedly changed women's cricket in this country".

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[SpookyFrank]

The ASA has noticed that KP's sponsorship of the 'family-oriented' hundred amounts to targeting junk food ads at children.

English cricket on back foot after ad watchdog bans junk food campaign

ASA found that campaign from KP Snacks, which sponsors ECB’s Hundred competition, targeted ads at children

www.theguardian.com

 

[Doctor Carrot]

The ASA has noticed that KP's sponsorship of the 'family-oriented' hundred amounts to targeting junk food ads at children.

English cricket on back foot after ad watchdog bans junk food campaign

ASA found that campaign from KP Snacks, which sponsors ECB’s Hundred competition, targeted ads at children

www.theguardian.com

No shit! ASA really earning their money there eh?