
A brand new county cricket membership chairman stated they will need to have a “voice” within the construction of cricket, together with the sale of the Hundred.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has begun the method of promoting stakes within the eight franchises.
Gary Hoffman took over at Northamptonshire earlier this month, having beforehand been closely concerned in soccer.
“Now we have an possession curiosity within the Hundred, so we’re acutely focused on what is occurring within the sale course of,” he stated.

The ECB is selling a 49% stake in every of the eight groups, a few of which belongs to the counties, with the opposite 51% then given to the hosts of these groups, who can decide to maintain the stake, promote all or a part of it.
Mr Hoffman stated Northamptonshire wanted “to have the best voice on the nationwide stage”.
“Now we have a voice, however we’re not at all times listened to and I wish to attempt to change that considerably,” he stated.
‘In place’
The previous chairman of the Premier League stated the largest challenge was the impression the Hundred had on the remainder of the home calendar.
“It is actually unusual that on the top of the summer time we’re not taking part in cricket at [home ground] Wantage Highway,” he stated.
Northamptonshire ought to have say within the sale of the Hundred, he stated, including: “I am rather more focused on how the calendar and competitors construction modifications sooner or later.”
Mr Hoffman, who moved to Northamptonshire when he turned chief govt of Barclaycard, stated the membership was “one of the secure counties” financially.
He stated: “Now we have a unique mannequin in comparison with huge counties like Surrey, Warwickshire or Lancashire.
“We have got a mannequin that’s secure and we have no debt. We have got funds that give us a platform to construct on and means we’re in place in comparison with numerous smaller counties.”

Earlier this yr, the county parted company with head coach John Sadler after three years within the position.
Mr Hoffman wouldn’t be drawn on who may take over, however stated “Northamptonshire is engaging” to potential coaches.
“We are going to run a strong course of,” he stated.
“It was nice in early September to see, in a windy considerably moist night, us taking part in in entrance of a full home, and it simply reveals what success and the best product appears like – and extra of that I hope to return.”