The IPL-ification of the competition has not transformed its fortunes just yet – crowds have been down in another transitional year
It was a story about English cricket that took flight in the final days of July. A viral clip that prompted headlines around the globe. A cut-through moment for a sport always hunting for them and unrelated to the international game.
Unfortunately for the England and Wales Cricket Board, it also had nothing to do with the Hundred, into its sixth edition, and everything to do with a Saltburn CC fielder accused of clicking his fingers.
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