Morgan backs 100 ball-format to prevent ‘death’ of cricket
LONDON: England's ODI captain Eoin Morgan believes innovations such as the planned 100-ball format must be embraced otherwise cricket "will die".
The England and Wales Cricket Board stunned existing cricket followers by announcing last week the creation of an eight-team domestic tournament in the brand new format of 100 balls a side to start in 2020 when it had been thought they were planning a Twenty20 event to supplement their existing 18-county Blast competition.
For some fans it was one change too many to a landscape…