2008-2014: English exceptionalism When it was launched in 2008, the IPL instantly destroyed English cricket’s traditional dominance of the northern hemisphere summer months.

English cricket has generated around $650 million from the sale of stakes in franchises in The Hundred to big-business investors from India and the United States. Auctions held over the past two ...

The ECB tournament has its detractors but the sale of a 49 per cent stake in its franchises raised £520m for the county and ...

They are cricket’s global superpower both on and, particularly, off the field and begin their marquee Test series against England this week in absolute control of the world game. But India take ...

Foreign investors have been googly-eyed about English soccer for decades. Now, they are buying into an even more quintessential English sport — cricket. Auctions of franchises in a tournament ...

Private investment into English sport is nothing new. But for cricket, the past few months, kick-started by the Hampshire takeover, have been seismic.

Cricket faces an existential crisis in the near future, and it has little to do with the future of the Test or ODI formats in ...

Hear from former and current players including Lord Ian Botham, Vic Marks, Brian Rose, Marcus Trescothick and Jack Leach.

Foreign investors have been googly-eyed about English soccer for decades. Now, they are buying into an even more quintessential English sport — cricket. Auctions of franchises in a tournament called ...