Christ and I thought I was miserable
You are right AET. I don’t think this new format goes down well at the moment with the majority of this Board’s demograph.
I was unable to watch last night but have just watched most of it on a highlights package I would echo most of what has been posted re the graphics
I'm not a regular watcher of the women's game as the poor quality fielding usually puts me off- the batting, 'keeping and most of the bowling is fine
Read the reports in the media this morning and they are quite different from each other
The first by an un-named BBC reporter and the 2nd by Valkerie Baines of Cricinfo
One might think that the BBC report was written by Tom Harrison
“As opening nights go, The Hundred's was surely as good as organisers could have hoped for.
A record-breaking crowd and a thrilling win for Oval Invincibles over Manchester Originals only told half the story.
As the match reached its thrilling climax, a noise alien to English cricket stadiums went around a ground.
Not 80s classics sung by well-oiled fans or roaring chants in support of the home team.
Instead, an excitable, rhythmic clap.
A young crowd was fixated not on the half-time music acts or fireworks, but on the sport unfolding in front of their eyes.
But, for a format billed as an opportunity to engage a new audience, this was an encouraging start.
The crowd was undoubtedly younger and more diverse than those seen at men's internationals, or in the current Twenty20 Blast.
In total around 7,400 people attended the game, a number believed to be a record for a women's professional, domestic cricket match anywhere in the world.
A large number of those were given away free - but when the object is expanding in the game, does that really matter?”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/57923883
“Upon arrival, there was the familiar buzz of any well-attended cricket match, slightly surprising given the hype surrounding the first-ever match of the Hundred, between Oval Invincibles and Manchester Originals. The demographic filing in early were also the same as you'd see at any other fixture.
There was "ooh-ing" and "ah-ing" in the right places during the on-field action, suggesting that those watching knew why they were there as opposed to brand new fans who had never seen the sport before”
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/...-opening-night-provides-the-fireworks-1270576