Currently The Hundred tournament is being played in England which is a tournament of only 100 balls.
Match Fixing in The Hundred: The Hundred tournament is currently being played in England which is a tournament of only 100 balls. In this league, the over is not of 6 balls but of 5 balls. In this article, we will talk about the 7th match of the league. People are talking a lot about this match. Along with this, this tournament organized by the England Cricket Board has come under the scanner of fixing.
Actually, the seventh match of The Hundred was played between Manchester Originals and Trent Rockets. Manchester Originals won the toss in this match and decided to bowl.
Batting first, Trent Rockets scored 145 runs in 100 balls for the loss of 6 wickets. Tom Banton played an innings of 45 runs in 22 balls for the team. After that Rovman Powell scored 27 runs in 17 balls. The rest of the batsmen could not perform well. On the other hand, Tom Hartley took the maximum 3 wickets, Osama Mir took 2 and Paul Walter took 1 wicket for Manchester.
Manchester Originals did match fixing
The Manchester team, which came out to chase the target, could only score 144 runs in 100 balls. And Trent Rockets won the match by 1 run. You must be thinking that this is a game, there is always victory and defeat. But let us tell you that, Manchester Originals needed 2 runs in the last 3 balls, but the team lost 2 wickets in the last 2 balls and lost the match.
Fans have highlighted this on the internet and are showing a lot of anger. One user said- “Fixing is going on openly in The Hundred, 1 run is not being scored on 3 balls.”
At the same time, a user said- “The England Cricket Board wants to make ‘The Hundred’ the biggest T20 league in world cricket but the matches of the league are not exciting. Therefore, it seems that the board has resorted to match fixing.”
: Fixing is going on openly in The Hundred Men’s Competition 2024 as well, 1 run is not being scored in 3 balls #TheHundred2024 #INDvsSL pic.twitter.com/ZyNRye5vew
— [email protected] (@sanajanama47427) July 30, 2024
The ECB wants to make The Hundred the biggest T20 league in world cricket but the matches in the league were not exciting. That is why it seems that the board has resorted to match fixing. pic.twitter.com/DZGsvxhMtJ
— anand jha (@anandjha999936) July 30, 2024