Hollywood star have turned their faces towards The Hundred League as the 100-ball format is catching heat in the West. Among the emerging notable names, Hollywood and Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds, Rob McElhenney, and the Glazer family are reportedly considering getting involved in the league. Moreover, the NFL legend, Tom Brady, has also shown his interest in getting associated with the coveted cricket event. The developments come in the wake of the England Cricket Board’s open invitation to the investors to claim a stake in the teams.
Joining the bandwagon, former England pacer, Stuart Broad has shown interest in investing in the England-born league. It is worth noting that, the ECB has approached all ten Indian Premier League team owners to invest in the league. They have also reached out to NFL owners intending to leverage the recent T20 World Cup buzz co-hosted by USA.
“Nottinghamshire are a club I’ve represented for a long period of time, so any opportunity to be around Nottingham and this ground would interest me. I think it is the natural next step, to get some private investment. To grow the game. I’ve been lucky enough to go over to the SA20 and see how the private investment has worked. The Hundred is going to be important for the ECB going forwards,” Broad was quoted as saying by Mirror.
“You can see how much the IPL has done for the BCCI and Indian cricket and the quality of the cricketer that India are churning out in the short format style. Ultimately, from a players’ point of view, you set these tournaments up to improve your international team’s quality, the pathway coming through, to mean that England have successful men’s and women’s teams going forward,” he added.
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