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You can bank on our talent pool suffering

By Roderick Easdale

Left in the dark: Counties like Worcestershire are concerned that The Hundred will see local youngsters get lost in the system
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Concern: Mervyn King

FORMER Governor of the Bank of England and President of Worcestershire CCC, Mervyn King has warned that ‘The Hundred’ competition risks reducing the talent pool of players coming into the game.
To prevent this, he wants each franchise to be given a strong local element “so that, for example, the Birmingham-based one would bid for its overseas players and then draw their remaining ...

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