The Hundred caused quite a stir in domestic British cricket last year, with the new format ripping up the ancient rule book.
The competition’s inaugural season was generally regarded a big success with a new kind of fan drawn to the sport - the final at Lords was packed out with over 25,000 spectators.
Occupying the tournament’s filled seats were not just beery men, but children - taking 20% of tickets, in fact, a huge jump from previous years of the T20 Blast.
