It’s fireworks on and off the pitch

By Ellen McLaughlin

The stage was set, and history was made. The inaugural edition of The Hundred got underway with the women’s game taking centre stage as the Oval Invincibles claimed a dramatic five-wicket win over the Manchester Originals.The game attracted a peak TV audience of 1.6m, making it the most watched women’s cricket match ever on the BBC.It was also streamed live over 180,000 times.Yes, the result was perhaps secondary to the significance for women’s cricket on a sundrenched evening that played out against backdrop of a crowd of 7,395 – a ...

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