World Cup winning captain believes Southern Brave squad built for success in The Hundred
Southern Brave captain Sophie Molineux, fresh off the back of leading Australia to ICC Women’s T20 World Cup glory, says that the Utilita Bowl-based side is ready to go for this year’s edition of The Hundred.
The annual competition kicks off this week, with Southern Brave’s Men’s and Women’s sides playing their opening fixture against Welsh Fire on Wednesday 22 July at Utilita Bowl, the home of cricket in Hampshire.
Molineux, who was recently announced at captain of Southern Brave Women, is one of the most decorated in the game, and recently led the Australian side to T20 World Cup victory, beating England in the final.
County Cricket vs The Hundred: Has the new format strengthened or weakened traditional county structures?
When the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) launched The Hundred in 2021, it promised a revolution.
Branded as a fast-paced, city-based competition with simplified rules and a family-friendly broadcast package, it was marketed as cricket’s gateway to new audiences.
Four years on, the debate over its impact on county cricket remains intense.
Has The Hundred invigorated the domestic game, or has it undermined the very county structures that built English cricket over 150 years?
The truth, as always, sits somewhere in the middle: there have been undeniable successes, but also structural costs that county cricket cannot ignore.
Here, Sports News Blitz writer Ben Phillips analyses the positives and negatives of The Hundred on county cricket, and discusses whether they can continue to coexist.