The Hundred - Thread

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https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/the-hundred-2021-ecb-set-to-increase-women-s-hundred-salaries-committed-to-double-headers-1274466

 

ECB set to increase women's Hundred salaries, committed to double-headers

 

Sanjay Patel, the managing director of the tournament, claimed 16.1 million people watched the tournament on TV - a figure he said was more than the men's World Cup in 2019 - with 510,000 tickets "sold or issued".

 

 

Among other figures published by the ECB were claims that 55% of ticket buyers for the Hundred had not bought tickets for cricket in England or Wales previously; that, of those watching on Sky or the BBC, 57% hadn't watched any other live ECB cricket in 2021; and that 19% of all tickets sold were for children. As a result, it allowed Harrison to claim the competition was "delivering" in "throwing cricket's doors open" to a new audience.

 

 

But according to regulations circulated to Hundred teams this week and seen by ESPNcricinfo, salary bands have reverted to their initial levels for the 2022 edition, meaning teams will have a purse of £1 million rather than last year's £800,000. As a result, the country's top limited-overs players including Jason Roy, Moeen Ali, Eoin Morgan and Liam Livingstone are in line for pay rises.

 

 

The ECB will also hope that the increase in earning potential helps to attract leading overseas players for the 2022 season after a raft of internationals including Glenn Maxwell, David Warner and Shaheen Shah Afridi withdrew from the first edition due to international travel restrictions and quarantine requirements.

 

 

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