Alison Mitchell asks if we really need a new format, or can we just tinker with the current T20 to make it more appealing
Cricket is full of change. It always has been. The reassuring constant is the hullabaloo that ensues when change is first suggested. No fans care as much about their sport. Then again, no sport has ever been tinkered with so much.
The overriding sense from the cricket-loving public, is that the ECB’s proposal for a 100-ball competition (15 overs of the usual six balls, plus an over of ten deliveries) is an unnecessary butchering of a format which...