Alan Higham lobbies on behalf of the County Cricket Members Group and would have us believe that the selling of franchises would be unnecessary if only the first-class cricket counties were to allocate funds as their members wish (Letters, 13 May). How I wish that this were true.
The Hundred may not be perfect, but it has opened new pathways into playing and watching for young people and their families. But there is a further huge step to take. Those of us in Cornwall, Norfolk and Buckinghamshire have no access to first-class cricket in any format locally, and the pathways for our young people are convoluted and often prohibitively expensive.
