Chelsea owner Todd Boehly adds English cricket team to sports portfolio with £40m deal Chelsea owner Todd Boehly is buying a 49 per cent stake in the Trent Rockets after the Hundred franchise became the latest to be auctioned off by the ECB.
Raine oversaw the sale of Chelsea to Boehly and his business partners including Bedhad Eghbali in 2022 and were part of the process that saw INEOS take a 25 per cent stake in United in late 2024.
Birmingham City's owners Knighthead Capital have taken up a £40m stake in the Birmingham Phoenix and the Ambanis, who own the Mumbai Indians, have taken up a minority stake in the Oval Invincibles.
Cain have entered a period of exclusivity with Nottinghamshire CCC, who will retain a controlling (51 per cent) stake in the franchise, as first reported by the Telegraph.
Glamorgan told their members last month they were planning to retain their 51 per cent of the Welsh Fire with the remainder auctioned off to an Indian-American group which bid about £40m.
