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Cricketers to debate controversial new competition
A county cricket match between Middlesex and Northamptonshire

COUNTY cricketers will get the chance to debate plans for the new 100-ball competition with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) tomorrow.

Player representatives from the 18 counties and senior figures from the Professional Cricketers Association (PCA) will meet ECB chiefs at Edgbaston in what promises to be a lively discussion.

Since the ECB unveiled its idea to ditch the popular Twenty20 format for the flagship franchise tournament, which launches in 2020, and replace it with “the Hundred,” reaction has been mixed.

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