Oli Slipper interview: Surrey cricket chief reveals Oval Invincibles takeover plan

Consultations over the way forward for the Hundred are ongoing, with Slipper, whose day job is as government chairman of media rights agency Pitch International, attributable to supply his tuppence together with the remainder of the county chairs. He believes the horse has bolted so far as a return to a three-format home summer time is worried, with a “condensed window” short-form match right here to remain, although whether or not that’s T20 or 100-ball is much less necessary. To persuade broadcasters, he warns, any change must produce a match “larger and higher than the Hundred… larger razzmatazz, higher gamers”.