Not The Hundred

Love cricket - 4/5 day, One Day and T20

Love 18 counties

Hate franchises - Scrap the Hundred and the ECB

[Not The Hundred @NotTheHundred]

We've created 8 new franchises to compete against the counties - we'll take your grounds, your best players and a prime spot in the calendar.

It's not for you, there are new fans who take priority.

Now get behind it.

#TheHundred

[Not The Hundred @NotTheHundred]

@WillSBradley @lancscccaction Thanks, interesting read not that I agree with all of it.

[Not The Hundred @NotTheHundred]

@CricketAleTrain @MattersCounty @lancscccaction @KP_Franchise Promotion and relegation very important

T20 makes more sense than the newer format but that was never the biggest problem

[Not The Hundred @NotTheHundred]

Intriguing.

I’m not totally convinced yet but the reaction from some makes me think it’s an improvement on where we are.

[The Cricketer @TheCricketerMag]

"Richard Gould wants to replace The Hundred with a new 39-team T20 tournament involving the grounds of all the first-class and National Counties" | @huwzat

https://t.co/45AZXNtzEA

[Not The Hundred @NotTheHundred]

Very clever - disposable vales and disposable cricket teams.

[Murali End 🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰 @MuraliPod]

The Hundred Teams as Lost Mary Disposable Vapes:

London Spirit

[Not The Hundred @NotTheHundred]

@adelemitch You have a fair point.

Much as I loathe the Hundred, let’s preserve and build on the progress made in the women’s game, even if it could have been achieve differently.

[Not The Hundred @NotTheHundred]

@GuyHornsby @78DarknessTour @BBCSport There’s no hiding it doesn’t get the crowds the Blast does but please don’t fall into the one man & a dog myth.

Attendances are hampered by it being inspring and autumn so difficult for those at work and school and, as you say, the streams are popular because there’s interest.

[Simon Hancock @simonhancock_uk]

@SomersetGrockle @OwenJervis1 @NotTheHundred @ECB_cricket To use a cheesy phrase, when the ECB created the Hundred, division was a feature not a bug.
Telling existing fans 'it's not for you' and only playing in 8 of the 18 grounds. Division is baked in.

[Not The Hundred @NotTheHundred]

@GuyHornsby @78DarknessTour @BBCSport The county championship is vital for the test team which pays the bills, it’s a cross subsidy.

The large majority of the tv deal is international cricket, the Hundred was £40m a year or 18% so from that point of view the red ball game more than pulls its weight.

[Not The Hundred @NotTheHundred]

@78DarknessTour @GuyHornsby @BBCSport It’s been good to follow some civilised debate, too rare at the moment.

[Not The Hundred @NotTheHundred]

@slimmatt1 @lordloopin @MarkWin11134147 @thehundred I’d comment but that was gibberish.

Time to ignore your antagonistic trolling.

Have a wonderful day in Singapore.

[Not The Hundred @NotTheHundred]

@Owen80645564 @ReubenHerbert1 @thehundred I’m all for growing the game but I disagree with the franchise method as it harms counties.

In a sentence build on what we have rather than relegate and undermine.

Politics….

[Not The Hundred @NotTheHundred]

The Twitter account @thehundred has 92k followers.

The lowest follower counts for a FC county is Leics at 75k and Derbyshire at 78k

After three seasons of vast marketing, and certain people maintain it’s a phenomenal success, wouldn’t you expect more?

[Not The Hundred @NotTheHundred]

@GuyHornsby @BBCSport Good spot, I’m not neutral on this!

We had a reasonably harmonious game until the creation of this, it’s horrible what’s being done to the County game in its three formats.

[Not The Hundred @NotTheHundred]

@ReubenHerbert1 @Owen80645564 @thehundred Among the endless disagreements I thought it interesting to compare social media numbers as they’re a visible measure of engagement and interest.

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@lordloopin @MarkWin11134147 @thehundred I don’t blame you

[Not The Hundred @NotTheHundred]

@KentWomble @slimmatt1 @simonhancock_uk @thehundred In fairness I don’t think there’s an official OI Facebook but there is one on instagram.

It has 33k followers to Surrey’s 180k

I know it’s bitter of me to mention it.

[Not The Hundred @NotTheHundred]

@slimmatt1 @lordloopin @thehundred My actual experience when T20 started was that we all went along with it.

[Not The Hundred @NotTheHundred]

@bickers1969 Please be right and not just in a change to T20.

[Not The Hundred @NotTheHundred]

@slimmatt1 @simonhancock_uk @thehundred I found it interesting to compare social media numbers as it’s an easily visible measure of engagement.

You seem rather cross that they don’t support your narrative, if anyone’s bitter and miserable, it’s not me.

All good.