Global franchise leagues ‘major risk’ to ECB and The Hundred

The Southern Brave Men (left) and Oval Invincibles Women (right) lift their trophies after The Hundred Final at Lords Cricket Ground. (Photo by Tom Jenkins/Getty Images).
The Southern Brave Men (left) and Oval Invincibles Women (right) lift their trophies after The Hundred Final at Lords Cricket Ground. (Photo by Tom Jenkins/Getty Images).

The growth of franchise cricket leagues around the world poses a “major risk” to the sport in England, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), the sport’s domestic governing body, has conceded.

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