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The Hundred, cricket's flagship new tournament, has become the latest sporting casualty of the coronavirus pandemic after being postponed until 2021.
The competition's organisers, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), hoped it would deliver a new, more diverse audience to the sport and have invested millions of pounds into it.
Eight new city-based teams - a first for the sport in the UK - had been created, star players had been signed up to big-money contracts, and some matches were to be shown live on BBC television for the first time since 1999.
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The competition's organisers, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), hoped it would deliver a new, more diverse audience to the sport and have invested millions of pounds into it.
Eight new city-based teams - a first for the sport in the UK - had been created, star players had been signed up to big-money contracts, and some matches were to be shown live on BBC television for the first time since 1999.
How Hundred postponement affects players and counties
After The Hundred is postponed until 2021, BBC Sport investigates the effect it will have on players and counties.
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That sucks.
