Updated On: 19 May, 2018 02:42 PM IST | London | AFP
England great Ian Botham has backed controversial plans for a new city-based 100-ball competition despite widespread criticism from within the game.


Ian Botham
England great Ian Botham has backed controversial plans for a new city-based 100-ball competition despite widespread criticism from within the game. The former all-rounder believes England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Colin Graves is right to press ahead with the "Hundred" concept in the hope that it can match the global appeal of the Indian Premier League and Australia's Big Bash, both played under Twenty20 rules.