100-ball cricket

[1] Before the launch of the professional The Hundred competition in July 2021, the 100-ball format was trialled in several amateur local leagues across England.

The more detailed proposal was presented by the ECB to the chair and chief executives of the first-class counties and the MCC on 19 April 2018, and was unanimously supported by the board of the new competition.

[5] Trial events using the format have taken place at The Purchasers annual cricket festival at Belmont House in Kent, and club level in England.

The teams include Solihull Blossomfield Cricket Club, Knowle & Dorridge, Sutton Coldfield, Bedworth, Alcester & Ragley, Stratford upon Avon, Water Orton, Four Oaks Saints, Moseley Ashfield and Aston Manor, who are all members of the Midlands Club Cricket Conference.

Stratford Upon Avon beat Knowle & Dorridge to win the first 100 ball competition in the U.K.[6] Shropshire County Cricket Club introduced the Swancote Energy Smash, which began in June 2019.

[12] The Africa Cricket Association plans to hold an annual 100-ball competition to further boost the game within the continent.

England's then Test captain, Joe Root, welcomed the ECB's plans for its new-team format in 2020.

[23] New Zealand all-rounder Jimmy Neesham was bemused on this move, asking why the England and Wales Cricket Board is trying something different when the current format is already so successful.

[23] Current limited overs specialists Dawid Malan and Mark Wood shared that in spite of the new format, T20s will still remain as the preference.