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Australia back Molineux as key return for ODI World Cup

Injury-hit Sophie Molineux has been named in Australia's ODI World Cup squad, and will be given every chance to play her first match in nine months.

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Hundred to drop draft in favour of IPL-style auction as new owners’ influence grows

The Hundred will drop the draft next season in favour of an open auction that gives franchises the chance to sign players directly on multiyear deals

The Guardian - UK

My punishment for calling the Hundred the worst thing in cricket? A day at the Hundred

Crowding out every other format from the centre of summer for this still seems odd, but if you sell it they will come and this was a good day

The Guardian - UK

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Yorkshire chief says Hundred cash can give county a ‘once in a lifetime’ chance

Sanjay Patel believes the windfall could end years of financial turmoil at Headingley

The Independent UK

The Hundred can be a ‘multibillion-dollar product’ like the IPL, says Tech Titans chief

The leader of the Tech Titans consortium that has bought 49% of London Spirit believes the Hundred will become a competition to rival the IPL

The Guardian - UK

Hundred’s days could be numbered with T20 switch in play for next year

IPL investors in the Hundred are thought to be keen on the switch although formal discussions will take place in October

The Guardian - UK

Hundred returns for placeholder season before uber-rich enter the scene next year

On-field drama may compete with host of off-field questions as tournament hands control over to crop of global investors

The Guardian - UK

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The Hundred set for change as new season approaches

Overseas investment could mean new team branding and a switch to Twenty20.

The Independent UK

‘It would be better as a T20’: Welsh Fire’s Sanjay Govil questions Hundred format

The Welsh Fire investor says a potential format change ‘is something for the future’, while he also wants the Hundred’s TV rights to be sold separately

The Guardian - UK

Cricket paying the price for being ruled by the big stick, and the big cheque

The suspension of the IPL has ramifications for the game worldwide, but it has allowed itself to be too in thrall to the Indian money machine

The Guardian - UK

ECB set to retain control over domestic TV rights in Hundred trade-off deal

The ECB is close to reaching a compromise with the new Hundred investors that will enable it to retain control of selling domestic TV rights

The Guardian - UK

Buyers of Hundred franchises given extended time to complete deals

Potential buyers of cricket’s eight Hundred franchises now have until end of April to sign deals after raising concerns about the contract with the ECB

The Guardian - UK

Investment in the Hundred could save UK cricket from a financial sticky wicket

Cricket is an old sport that has evolved over centuries. But 2025 is shaping up to be a historic – and lucrative – year for the game in England and Wales.

The Conversation

‘It’s so exciting to be in on this’: why Chelsea owners bought into the Hundred

Jonathan Goldstein, who with Todd Boehly spent £40m to buy half of Trent Rockets, says English cricket has been ‘significantly underexploited’ until now

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Middlesex consider selling shares in club and ending member-ownership

Lord’s-based club have asked a specialist firm to explore their options, with potential investors already having been sounded out

The Guardian - UK

New owners want Manchester Originals to rival profile of City and United

Challenging Manchesters United and City is within the reach of the Manchester Originals, according to the Hundred franchise’s new majority share owner

The Guardian - UK

Hundred expansion a ‘no-brainer’ if investment succeeds, predicts ECB chief

English cricket bosses believe that it will be ‘almost a no-brainer’ to expand the Hundred after raising more than £520m by selling a stake in each of the competition’s eight teams

The Guardian - UK

Chelsea owner Todd Boehly joins Hundred club with £40m stake in Trent Rockets

The Chelsea co-owner Todd Boehly has joined the ranks of investors in the Hundred after his Cain International group agreed to pay nearly £40m for a stake in Trent Rockets

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The Independent UK

Todd Boehly buys stake in Hundred franchise Trent Rockets

The Chelsea owner’s Cain International group has paid nearly £40million for 49 per cent of the Nottingham-based team.

The Independent UK

The Hundred: Who are the investors in each franchise after lucrative process?

A lucrative bidding process will inject much-needed cash into the sport in England

The Guardian - UK

Hundred auction leaves counties feeling flush but no longer calling the shots

Minority partners will have major influence with combined valuation of the eight teams tracking towards £1bn

The Guardian - UK

Sunrisers Hyderabad to take 100% stake in Northern Superchargers for £100m

The Indian conglomerate Sun Group is set to buy the entire stake in the Northern Superchargers with Yorkshire’s chief executive Sanjay Patel ‘delighted’

The Independent UK

Yorkshire set to sell entire Hundred stake in reported £100m deal

Kalanithi Maran’s Sun Group, which also owns Sunrisers Eastern Cape in the South Africa’s T20 league, saw off rival bidders.

The Guardian - UK

IPL franchise owners RPSG Group buy stake in the Hundred’s Manchester Originals

The owners of Lucknow Super Giants have agreed a stake in Manchester Originals, extending the Indian Premier League’s footprint in the Hundred

The Independent UK

Tech consortium agrees 49 per cent stake in London Spirit for reported £145m

The ECB is selling 49 per cent stakes in each of the Hundred teams.

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