< 1 minute read We literally just wanted to rehash our favourite Hundred joke in the headline. Now we have to follow-through with some semblance of an article. Just as a quick recap for those that don’t know, Manchester Originals are… A couple of years back, they were also new. But that’s no longer
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We have one big question about The Hundred TV graphics
2 minute read We watched some of The Hundred last night. We watched it the way we have watched so much cricket over the years: with the sound down slightly too low while having a conversation about something entirely unrelated. The experience reminded us that the on screen graphics remain a major source
Continue readingThe Minecraft cricket ground
4 minute read We tried to get the lay of the land with The Hundred about to get underway. Amid all the earnest stat-fuelled previews and grave warnings about how franchise cricket has already eaten international cricket and really only needs to digest it now, we spotted a video about a cricket ground
Continue readingObservations after half-watching the Hundred on TV with a couple of kids milling about the place
5 minute read We don’t really want to be an ambassador for the Hundred and nor are we in the #opposethehundred camp. Our natural habitat is the muddy middle ground, taking ineffectual potshots at both sides. But let’s for now bypass the argument about whether the competition represents the future or death of
Continue readingWill The Hundred be even a third as ludicrous as the film 300?
2 minute read A lot of people think that The Hundred is ludicrous. To these people, we ask: “Have you not seen 300? That’s truly ludicrous.” The film 300 (which we’ve just this minute found out isn’t actually called “The 300”) is about 300 Spartans attempting to fend off over 300,000 Persians. Not
Continue readingThings that are not rubbish about the Hundred: Sarah Taylor (+ videos)
2 minute read Say what you like about the Hundred, but it’s giving us Sarah Taylor when we otherwise wouldn’t have Sarah Taylor. The former England wicketkeeper is returning to professional cricket after joining Welsh Fire, having previously retired from cricket in 2019. We wonder how many times this year we’re going to
Continue readingThe Hundred: Does a two-and-a-half minute break in a game of cricket actually constitute a ‘time-out’?
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Continue readingYou can add to the English cricket season but you can never take away
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