'We had nothing' - Colin Graves reveals The Hundred saved Yorkshire from going bust Former England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chairman Colin Graves has revealed Yorkshire County Cricket Club were just two weeks from going bust when he returned to the board last year.
It has saved the structure of English cricket because going forward, there would have been some big black holes to fall down and Yorkshire were facing one of them.”.
According to the former ECB chairman, The Hundred was created as a potential asset for English cricket to pay off the debts accrued by counties through future sales of the teams.
As a result, they were left desperate for a cash influx to the club and turned all their hopes for the success of The Hundred, which they believed could potentially save Yorkshire County’s finances.
Graves claims that Yorkshire was one of the county teams which would have otherwise been left penniless.
