Middlesex consider selling shares in club and ending member-ownership Lord’s-based club have asked a specialist firm to explore their options, with potential investors already having been sounded out The Guardian - UK · Feb 25, 2025
Kane Williamson signs dual deal with Middlesex and London Spirit for 2025 season NEW DELHI: New Zealand batting maestro Kane Williamson has signed a joint contract to play for English county side Middlesex and The Hundred franchise London Spirit in the 2025 season. The Times of India · Feb 17, 2025
RPSG investment in The Hundred can recapitalize county game: Originals chair NEW DELHI: The RPSG group buying a majority stake in Manchester Originals franchise in The Hundred is seen as breathing life into the finances of the Lancashire County Cricket Club. While the investment is a part of the growth strategy for RPSG, the owners of Lucknow Super Giants and Durban… The Times of India · Feb 15, 2025
New owners want Manchester Originals to rival profile of City and United Challenging Manchesters United and City is within the reach of the Manchester Originals, according to the Hundred franchise’s new majority share owner The Guardian - UK · Feb 14, 2025
Hundred expansion a ‘no-brainer’ if investment succeeds, predicts ECB chief English cricket bosses believe that it will be ‘almost a no-brainer’ to expand the Hundred after raising more than £520m by selling a stake in each of the competition’s eight teams The Guardian - UK · Feb 13, 2025
The Hundred: GMR Group retains Southern Brave GMR Group has acquired a stake in Southern Brave, finalising the ECB's equity distribution process for The Hundred. With this deal, Southern Brave becomes the fourth Hundred team with IPL-linked ownership, joining Northern Superchargers (Sun Group), Manchester Originals (RPSG Group), and Oval Invincibles (Reliance). The Times of India · Feb 12, 2025
Chelsea owner Todd Boehly joins Hundred club with £40m stake in Trent Rockets The Chelsea co-owner Todd Boehly has joined the ranks of investors in the Hundred after his Cain International group agreed to pay nearly £40m for a stake in Trent Rockets The Guardian - UK · Feb 11, 2025
Todd Boehly buys stake in Hundred franchise Trent Rockets The Chelsea owner’s Cain International group has paid nearly £40million for 49 per cent of the Nottingham-based team. The Independent UK · Feb 11, 2025
The Hundred: Who are the investors in each franchise after lucrative process? A lucrative bidding process will inject much-needed cash into the sport in England The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2025
Reliance to own 49% stake of Oval Invincibles in The Hundred NEW DELHI: The Surrey County Cricket Club on Monday announced their new partnership with Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), the owners of Mumbai Indians, where the two will jointly own Oval Invincibles franchise in The Hundred. The Times of India · Feb 10, 2025
Hundred auction leaves counties feeling flush but no longer calling the shots Minority partners will have major influence with combined valuation of the eight teams tracking towards £1bn The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2025
Sunrisers Hyderabad to take 100% stake in Northern Superchargers for £100m The Indian conglomerate Sun Group is set to buy the entire stake in the Northern Superchargers with Yorkshire’s chief executive Sanjay Patel ‘delighted’ The Guardian - UK · Feb 5, 2025
Yorkshire set to sell entire Hundred stake in reported £100m deal Kalanithi Maran’s Sun Group, which also owns Sunrisers Eastern Cape in the South Africa’s T20 league, saw off rival bidders. The Independent UK · Feb 5, 2025
'A marriage made in heaven': Tech Billionaire Sanjay Govil on Welsh Fire acquisition Washington DC based Indian American tech tycoon Sanjay Govil is all set to acquire a large chunk of minority stake in Welsh Fire franchise in The Hundred competition. Govil is set to acquire 49% stake for £33m after his winning bid valued the franchise at £67.5m. This is Govil’s second… The Times of India · Feb 4, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Feb 3, 2025 IPL franchise owners RPSG Group buy stake in the Hundred’s Manchester Originals The owners of Lucknow Super Giants have agreed a stake in Manchester Originals, extending the Indian Premier League’s footprint in the Hundred
The Times of India · Feb 1, 2025 Desi titans of tech are now Lords of cricket US-led consortium's winning bid stood at £295 million
The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2025 Tech consortium agrees 49 per cent stake in London Spirit for reported £145m The ECB is selling 49 per cent stakes in each of the Hundred teams.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2025 Silicon Valley billionaires splurge £144m on London Spirit in Hundred auction A consortium comprising chief executives of Microsoft and Google won the right to buy a 49% share in the Lord’s-based franchise
The Guardian - UK · Jan 30, 2025 IPL billionaires and Birmingham City owners win auction for Hundred teams Indian billionaires and owners of Mumbai Indians shell out £60m for share in Oval Invincibles, while Knighthead Capital pay £40m for stake in Birmingham Phoenix
The Guardian - UK · Jan 15, 2025 Yorkshire put private ownership plans on hold as focus turns to Hundred auction Yorkshire have put controversial plans to take the 162-year-old members’ club into private ownership on hold
The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2024 ECB in talks to extend controversial Hundred sponsorship with KP Snacks New four-year shirt sponsorship deal in advanced negotiations despite 2022 ban on Hundred advertising campaign that targeted junk food at children
The Times of India · Nov 11, 2024 'It's still hurting all of us': Jemimah Rodrigues on India's early T20 World Cup exit NEW DELHI: India's star batter Jemimah Rodrigues didn't hold back, acknowledging that the team didn't play at their best during the 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup in the UAE last month.
The Times of India · Oct 29, 2024 MCC members vote to accept 51% share in The Hundred's London Spirit NEW DELHI: The Telegraph said on Monday that members of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) had voted in favor of taking a 51 percent stake in the London Spirit franchise of The Hundred.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2024 Former IPL chair claims Hundred franchise sale is ‘big fat Ponzi scheme’ Lalit Modi derides the Hundred as a ‘struggling non-starter league’ with figures that are ‘definitely not achievable’
The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2024 Glamorgan excited by potential investment from Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney The Hollywood duo became co-owners of Wrexham in 2020 and they have been tipped as potential investors in Cardiff-based Hundred side Welsh Fire.