The Hundred - Not On?

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Whilst I welcome the return of cricket to the BBC, it's with mixed feelings, as it strikes me that the true home of televised cricket is just going to be hosting yet another short-form format of the game: 'The Hundred'. I've no problem with the variations-on-a-theme approach to a sport which to most people, frankly is impenetrable and long-winded. This may be the case, but I for one relish the fact that the First Class game and in particular Test cricket, can run for a full five days and result in stalemate. There is something philosophically pure in its very nature, almost Buddhist in its serenity and acceptance of the Karma of the long game.

What I find particularly strange is that us, non-Sky-viewers are to be left with what is in reality a form of the game even better suited to commercial media outlets than say Twenty-Twenty. I should have thought that the traditional five-day game is far better suited to the national broadcaster than any of the 'Pyjama Games'. So, please if there is anyone out there that thinks the same way as me that has even a modicum of influence in these matters; can we please have our true national game back on the Beeb and let the commercially-driven stations/media have the forms of the game best suited to making money: we'd all be happier in the long run.

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