(Cricket news) The newest competition in the cricketing world, The Hundred has been a platform to unearth new cricketing talent and give them a stage to show their ability to the world. Let’s have a look at how the numbers stack up of The Hundred so far.
103,650 – The number of people that have been in attendance at the stadiums in the last week.
13,537 – The attendance of a professional women’s domestic game between London Spirit vs Oval Invincibles at Lord’s that set a new record.
496,000 – The number of tickets sold and issued for The Hundred comprising 89,000 for kids and 109,000 for female buyers.
100,000 – Number of tickets sold in the first week of The Hundred out of which 21% has been for kids and 24% buyers were female.
The Hundred was also broadcasted on Sky Sports and the BBC in the last week for those who were not in attendance at the stadiums.
8,540,000 – The number of people who watched The Hundred on tv out of which 3.33m had not seen any other live ECB cricket on TV this year.
2,500,000 – The number of people who saw the opening match of the men’s competition between Oval Invincibles and Manchester Originals. Sky’s first exclusive match between Birmingham Phoenix vs London Spirit had an audience of more than 1 million.
1,950,000 – The number of people who saw a women’s fixture across Sky and BBC in the opening game.
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The Hundred app is also a way for fans to engage with the competition, buy tickets, play fan games and more!
6,700,000 – The total number of video views online so far across The Hundred.
46,000 – The number of votes in the polls on The Hundred app. Fans can vote for their Match Hero, Fanfare Music and more.
3,700 – The number of fans who have voted for Northern Superchargers’ Jemimah Rodrigues as player of The Hundred so far.
The Hundred is also giving a platform for new talent to showcase their skills to the rest of the world.
16 – The age of Oval Invincibles’ Alice Capsey who hit a half-century and won Match Hero on her debut at Lord’s.
24 – The number of runs that rookie Chris Benjamin smashed from 15 balls, taking his Birmingham Phoenix side to victory against London Spirit, in only his fourth first class game.
152 – The number of runs that leading scorer Jemimah Rodrigues has smashed in the competition so far. She’s also the current leader of the favourite player vote in The Hundred app.
Sanjay Patel, Managing Director, The Hundred, said: “The opening week of The Hundred has seen world class cricket and millions of fans enjoying the action live at games, from home or online. To see over 8 million people tuning in and so many families and children going to games so far shows how the competition can support cricket in future.
“There’s still a long way to go if The Hundred is to truly achieve its aim of throwing open cricket’s doors. But this is a promising start, thanks to the amazing talents of the men and women we have the privilege of watching on the pitch, as well as those bringing the entertainment off it, and I hope fans continue to be wowed with the show we’re putting on for the rest of the competition.”
