The Hundred’s costly makeover still leaves English cricket playing a waiting game

The IPL-ification of the competition was supposed to transform its fortunes, but crowds are down as organisers say it is yet another transitional year It was a story about English cricket that took flight in the final days of July. A viral clip that prompted headlines around the globe. A cut-through moment for a sport always hunting for them and unrelated to the international game. Unfortunately for the England and Wales Cricket Board, it also had nothing to do with the Hundred, into its sixth…