Former England skipper Michael Vaughan has given criticism to England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for making bad schedules for the recently concluded The Hundred 2024. Michael believes the ECB’s decisions were the factors which made the tournament look like it was lacking something. The IPL has established itself as the benchmark for franchise cricket and is now inspiring other cricket boards to launch heir own leagues.
While the BCCI has successfully managed to continue the IPL for 17 years, other cricket boards are still trying to figure things out. The ECB recently introduces The Hundred a couple years ago, as a new format trying to captivate cricket fans.
Despite its success in the initial phase, The Hundred has struggled to bring viewers this year. Vaughan blamed this decline to be the reason of bad scheduling. He said that ECB made the decision to run The Hundred along with the Paris Olympics 2024, which mad a significant impact in the viewers retention and interest.
Vaughan advised the ECB to take another look at their strategy and make choices about scheduling for future to prevent similar difficulties.
“I’ll be honest about this year’s Hundred. I think the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) screwed up. I think they put it up against the Olympics. I just think that the scheduling of this year’s Hundred was poor. When you think, you are trying to sell it for a lot of money. I think the ECB have got to make it very, very kind of brutal call. I don’t think there should be bilateral one day series anymore,” said Vaughan.
