The Hundred: England star Saqib Mood opens up on bigger and better second season

The ECB’s flagship tournament, The Hundred, kicked off in 2021 amid a storm of fervent fan-fair and purist doubt.

Having been pushed back a year, the sparkling new format was rolled out to fans across the UK alongside DJs, live music and a heap of other fantastic entertainment.

While it was the on-field action that was the main attraction, the ECB did everything they could to ensure that fans were enveloped in a pseudo cricketing reality that would have them desperate to come back for more.

It worked a treat as well, especially among young fans, with the stands packed to the brim with families and children – many of whom were at the cricket for the first time.

Now, with the second addition rapidly approaching, we sat down and spoke to England star Saqib Mahmood to get his thoughts on the tournament and the format.

Saqib Mahmood was speaking following The Hundred Draft, having been selected to play for Oval Invincibles in the summer’s ultimate sport and entertainment event.

The Hundred throws cricket’s doors open to a new audience of fans, treating you to a combination of live music and world-class men’s and women’s sporting talent.

Saqib obviously we’ve had the first year of The Hundred. How excited are you for the second season to get underway and for everything that the hundred is doing for the English game?Yeah I’m really excited! I think the tournament last year exceeded all of our already high expectations, myself included.

It was great and obviously looking forward to this year as well. I think for the last few months we’ve been looking forward to it, you’re waiting on draft day and obviously that’s finally come around.

Having a squad put together and knowing who your teammates are going to be is one of the