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Hundred set for expansion as ECB seeks £750m in private investment
The County Championship is also reversing their points system after only one season to encourage battling for a draw
Oval Invincibles’ Sam and Tom Curran celebrate winning the men’s Hundred final in August
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The Hundred is likely to expand to ten teams in 2025 with the possibility of a second tier of a further eight or ten teams after 2028 in a two-phase expansion of the controversial tournament with private investment being sought by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).
A consultation is under way with county chiefs about the medium and long-term future of both the Hundred and the T20 Blast. Five options were put forward by the ECB which have now been whittled down to three but with two of those options being given the most serious consideration.
The first, and most likely in the short term, is an expansion of the tournament from eight to ten teams in 2025, which could include an extra
