The fielding side can call a two-minute timeout when the head coach can come on the field and talk tactics to players. There will be 50 seconds allowed for change of ends for broadcasters. One of the main reasons for the Hundred is to complete matches in two and a half hours ending at 9pm to attract young families.
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The decision review system using Hawkeye will be available for the first time in domestic cricket in England as well as a ‘smart replay’ system that will call no balls automatically (which will result in a free hit). The bowlers can bowl a maximum of 20 balls per innings and can bowl two five ball overs in a row either from the same end or alternate ends. The captains will choose whether a bowler bowls five balls in a row or stays on to bowl all ten. So for the team batting first the scoreboard will show runs scored from balls faced (57 runs from 25 balls), for the team batting second it will be runs needed and balls remaining (75 required from 51 balls) with Sky using the winviz equation as well (which shows the percentage chance of each side winning updated ball by ball).Įach team’s innings will be 100 balls long (plus no balls and wides) with ten lots of ten balls from each end. The broadcasters will try to make it easier to tell which team is winning.
The ECB’s market research showed that two and a half times more people questioned identify with a city rather than a county 75 percent of families said they prefer short games that finish by 9pm and 19 percent of those asked who do not follow cricket said the complicated nature of the sport’s terminology is the main barrier to attending games. Those answers have underpinned the design of the tournament. The Hundred will be played over five weeks during the school holidays and will be a great way for families to enjoy cricket.” The blurb on the Hundred website sums up the aims from simplicity of the game to the desired audience: “Seven cities, eight teams, 100 balls. The Hundred is here - so how does it work and what are the rules? - GETTY IMAGES