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BBC News
14-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Morgan set for key committee role with the MCC
Former England white-ball captain Eoin Morgan is set to join the Marylebone Cricket Club's main committee as its new chair of 38-year-old is on course to take over the position from ex-England international Claire Taylor, who will officially stand down from her position at the end of September after a six-year role is set to be rubber-stamped at the MCC's annual general meeting on 7 May and will be subject to approval of the club's members, although that is largely expected to be a at Lord's, which it owns, the MCC acts as custodian and arbiter of the laws and spirit of is expected to serve an initial three-year term in the role and will then be eligible for an additional three years. The decision to recruit Morgan would appear a shrewd one by the MCC as it comes in the wake of an agreement to sell a 49% stake in London Spirit, the Lord's-based franchise in The Hundred, to a consortium of tech extensive experience of franchise cricket, in addition to his breadth of knowledge and interest in the whole game, is seen as a valuable asset to the MCC as it navigates a pivotal time in its Morgan captained England to 50-over World Cup glory in 2019 and is widely credited as playing a significant role an upturn in the fortunes of the country's limited-overs side. Morgan will also be consulted on some of the broader cricket issues facing the them would be the future of the Eton versus Harrow match, which is currently set to remain at the Home of Cricket until at least who was made an honorary life member of the MCC in 2024, is also president of the Professional Cricketers' Association (PCA).He previously sat on the MCC's world cricket committee, which was revamped earlier this year as a new global advisory board including International Cricket Council chair Jay is among four recommendations for key positions to be voted on by full MCC members at the AGM. It also includes a proposal for Julian Metherell, a partner at financial investment firm MW&L Capital Partners, to join the main PCA chair Metherell led the MCC's negotiating team throughout the process of selling a stake in London Spirit, which brought in £145m. The MCC's main committee is chaired by broadcaster and former cricketer Mark Nicholas and includes new chief executive and secretary Rob Lawson and president Lord King, the former governor of the Bank of England.
BBC News
28-03-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Hundred sales deadline extended after delay in negotiations
The deadline to finalise the sale of The Hundred franchises has been extended by the England and Wales Cricket Board after delays in sources have told BBC Sport there are no major concerns over the hold-ups, with investors still fully committed to the deals agreed earlier this year which had an initial eight-week exclusivity have centred on the participation agreement, the key legal document between the ECB and the Hundred franchise investors which includes how television rights for the tournament are sold in the is now hoped the sales process will be concluded by the end of April, but all parties are said to be relaxed about the time frame should the legal process take reported by the Daily Telegraph,, external the prospective buyers of the two London franchises are among those who have raised concerns over the participation American consortium of tech billionaires agreed to pay £145m for a 49% stake in Lord's-based London Spirit, while India's richest family - the Ambanis - purchased the same stake in the Oval Invincibles for £ one investor told BBC Sport they would be "flabbergasted" if any of those who had agreed to buy a franchise would pull out at this stage. The ECB is retaining control of The Hundred competition, but sold stakes in the teams to provide a cash injection to the game in this the total money raised, 10% will go straight to the recreational game. Proceeds from the 49% sales will be divided between the 18 first-class counties and the change is expected to The Hundred for the forthcoming season, which is seen by both the ECB and the new investors as a transitional year.
Telegraph
12-03-2025
- Sport
- Telegraph
James Anderson snubbed in Hundred draft as Rocky Flintoff overlooked by his own father
James Anderson and Rocky Flintoff have been snubbed for this year's Hundred after missing out in Wednesday's draft. David Warner, meanwhile, was snapped up by London Spirit. The former Australia batsman will return to Lord's for the first time since his flashpoint with spectators in the Long Room during the Ashes two years ago. But neither Anderson nor Flintoff, son of Northern Superchargers head coach Andrew, were selected while Jason Roy, England's 2019 World Cup-winning opener, was overlooked for the second year in a row. England's record wicket-taker Anderson put himself forward despite not playing a T20 since 2014 and, having been snubbed at December's Indian Premier League auction, the 42-year-old found no takers again. At the other end of the spectrum is 16-year-old Flintoff but while he attracted no bids, his England Lions team-mate Ben McKinney, an opener with Durham, was bought by Manchester Originals for £78,500. After finishing bottom of the men's standings last year, the Lord's-based Spirit were handed first pick and selected England fast-bowling all-rounder Jamie Overton, who receives a bumper £200,000 pay day. Also in the top wage bracket was former England left-armer David Willey, who will move to Trent Rockets, while spinners Noor Ahmad and Michael Bracewell went to Manchester Originals and Southern Brave respectively. Seventeen-year-old Harry Moore, an emerging prospect with Derbyshire and England Under-19s, was acquired by Birmingham Phoenix for £41,500, with Jafer Chohan fetching the same price for the Spirit. England Test opener Zak Crawley is set for a £125,000 windfall after being purchased by the Superchargers and compatriots Joe Clarke, Lewis Gregory and David Payne were put in the same banding. But the highest-profile acquisition was former Australia Test opener Warner, snapped up by London Spirit to seal his return to Lord's this summer. Warner and Usman Khawaja had an extraordinary altercation with Marylebone Cricket Club members, one of whom was expelled and two others suspended, during a fiery conclusion to the second Ashes Test in 2023. But Warner is set to call Lord's home from August 5-31 and play in the Hundred for the first time after the Spirit agreed to pay the 38-year-old's base price of £120,000. New Zealand pair Lockie Ferguson and Rachin Ravindra, who like Bracewell helped the Black Caps reach the Champions Trophy final last weekend, were also in the same six-figure bracket. England paceman Mark Wood's recent injury issues always meant he was unlikely to be signed up, with his £200,000 reserve effectively a placeholder in case he appeared as a replacement player later on. England-capped players Reece Topley, Rehan Ahmed and Dawid Malan made the cut, signed for £52,000 as 39 slots in the men's draw and 29 in the women's were filled out of more than 800 player entries. In the women's draft, England captain Heather Knight was signed by Spirit after leading them to their maiden title last year. Birmingham had the first pick and tried to recruit Paige Scholfield, Sophia Dunkley and Knight, but were dashed by other teams' right-to-match-option, so instead plumped for Australia's Georgia Voll. Australia captain Alyssa Healy, who set a reserve price of £50,000, was conspicuously overlooked.
Yahoo
12-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Warner to star at Lord's two years after MCC bust-up
The irrepressible David Warner is going back to Lord's as the star signing for the London Spirit team in The Hundred at the age of 38 -- just two years since his infamous clash with MCC members at the 'home of cricket'. Warner will make a lucrative debut in England's premier white-ball competition after being snapped up by the Lord's-based Spirit for Stg120,000 ($A247,000) in Wednesday's draft. After his retirement from the international arena, the evergreen left-hander's recruitment demonstrated his enduring star power as a host of the big names in the current Australia white-ball team all got overlooked. WHAT A SIGNING 😱David Warner will be heading to London Spirit for The Hundred 2025! 🇦🇺 — The Hundred (@thehundred) March 12, 2025 There were no takers for superstar allrounder Glenn Maxwell, the country's top white-ball spinner Adam Zampa, Sean Abbott nor Nathan Ellis, all of whom were at the recent Champions Trophy and were in the same Stg120,000 base-price bracket as Warner. Warner's signing was the big news of the draft for August's tournament, even if it was perhaps somewhat of a surprise after he couldn't find a team interested in 2024. Yet he's clearly considered a valuable asset by Spirit's incoming coach Justin Langer, another former left-hand opener who was close to Warner when in charge of the national team set-up. Warner will be returning to the dramatic scene of the 2023 Test match at Lord's when he was involved in the infamous lunchtime bust-up with Marylebone Cricket Club members in the Long Room following the controversy surrounding Alex Carey's stumping of Jonny Bairstow. The MCC ended up expelling one member and suspending two others after their altercation with Usman Khawaja and Warner amid unprecedented scenes after the anger sparked over the Carey-Bairstow incident. The members were all found to have used "abusive, offensive or inappropriate behaviour or language", with one member given a four-and-a-half-year suspension and the other serving 30 months. NEW to #TheHundred in 2025! 🤩The explosive Australian batter joins Birmingham Phoenix ⭐️Follow #TheHundredDraft at 🔗 — The Hundred (@thehundred) March 12, 2025 In perhaps a sign of the times in the women's draft, there was also no place for Alyssa Healy, while the first player to be snapped up - by Edgbaston-based Birmingham Phoenix - was her 21-year-old compatriot Georgia Voll, who's been brilliant filling in as opener while the national captain has been out injured. Voll's also just come off a spectacular spell at the Women's Premier League in India where, in just a week for UP Warriorz after a late call-up as an injury replacement, she ended up recording the equal highest score in WPL annals, 99 not out, against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Lucknow. It felt like a surprise 34-year-old Healy was overlooked at her base price of Stg50,000 ($A103,000) but Voll was elevated to the top women's bracket of Stg65,000 ($A134,000) to end her landmark week. The other Aussie men snapped up in the draft were Ashton Turner, who'll team up with Warner at the Spirit, allrounder Chris Green and paceman Riley Meredith, who'll be at the Cardiff-based Welsh Fire, and left-arm quick Jason Behrendorff, who'll boost Oval Invincibles' title defence. Other Australian stars who had already been signed up for the competition include Steve Smith at Welsh Fire and Ellyse Perry, who'll be alongside Voll in Birmingham. COMPLETE LIST OF AUSTRALIANS TO PLAY IN THE HUNDRED 2025 IN AUGUST Birmingham Phoenix Women: Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Georgia Voll London Spirit Women: Grace Harris, Georgia Redmayne Men: David Warner, Ashton Turner, Dan Worrall Manchester Originals Women: Beth Mooney (AUS) Northern Superchargers Women: Annabel Sutherland, Phoebe Litchfield, Georgia Wareham Men: Ben Dwarshuis Oval Invincibles Women: Meg Lanning, Amanda-Jade Wellington Men: Jason Behrendorff Trent Rockets Women: Ash Gardner, Alana King, Heather Graham Men: Marcus Stoinis Welsh Fire Women: Jess Jonassen Men: Steve Smith, Chris Green, Riley Meredith
The Independent
12-03-2025
- Sport
- The Independent
David Warner gets Lord's return in The Hundred but James Anderson goes unsold
David Warner will return to Lord's for the first time since his flashpoint with spectators in the Long Room two years ago after being snapped up in The Hundred draft by London Spirit. Warner and Usman Khawaja had an extraordinary altercation with Marylebone Cricket Club members, one of whom was expelled and two others suspended, during a fiery conclusion to the second Ashes Test in 2023. But Warner is set to call Lord's home from August 5-31 and play in The Hundred for the first time after the Spirit agreed to pay the 38-year-old former Australia opening batter's base price of £120,000. But Jason Roy, England's 2019 World Cup winning opener, was overlooked for the second year in a row and James Anderson and Rocky Flintoff, son of Northern Superchargers head coach Andrew, also missed out. After finishing bottom of the men's standings last year, the Lord's-based Spirit were handed first pick and selected England fast bowling all-rounder Jamie Overton, who receives a bumper £200,000 pay day. Also in the top wage bracket was ex-England left-armer David Willey, who will move to Trent Rockets, while spinners Noor Ahmad and Michael Bracewell went to Manchester Originals and Southern Brave respectively. England's record wicket-taker Anderson put himself forward despite not playing a T20 since 2014 and, having been snubbed at December's Indian Premier League auction, the 42-year-old found no takers again. At the other end of the spectrum is 16-year-old Flintoff but while he attracted no bids, his England Lions team-mate Ben McKinney, an opener with Durham, was bought by Manchester Originals for £78,500. Seventeen-year-old Harry Moore, an emerging prospect with Derbyshire and England Under-19s, was acquired by Birmingham Phoenix for £41,500, with Jafer Chohan fetching the same price for the Spirit. England Test opener Zak Crawley is set for a £125,000 windfall after being purchased by the Superchargers and compatriots Joe Clarke, Lewis Gregory and David Payne were put in the same banding. New Zealand pair Lockie Ferguson and Rachin Ravindra, who like Bracewell helped the Black Caps reach the Champions Trophy final at the weekend, were also in the same six-figure bracket. England paceman Mark Wood's recent injury issues always meant he was unlikely to be signed up, with his £200,000 reserve effectively a placeholder in case he appeared as a replacement player later on. England capped players Reece Topley, Rehan Ahmed and Dawid Malan made the cut, signed for £52,000 as 39 slots in the men's draw and 29 in the women's were filled out of more than 800 player entries. In the women's draft, England captain Heather Knight was signed by Spirit after leading them to their maiden title last year. Birmingham had the first pick and tried to recruit Paige Scholfield, Sophia Dunkley and Knight but were dashed by other teams' right-to-match-option, so instead plumped for Australia's Georgia Voll. Australia captain Alyssa Healy, who set a reserve price of £50,000, was conspicuously overlooked.
