We need to be honest about the Hundred: it feels as real as Ted Lasso

The shirts, the songs, the supporters, the rivalries. Somebody created the whole thing and it’s all disconnected from county cricket’s culture and history

I went to Old Trafford expecting to watch a game of cricket. Instead, I left thinking about history, identity and whether you can manufacture belonging. Walking through the concourses, I found myself surrounded by the faces of Lancashire’s greats. Farokh Engineer. Sir Clive Lloyd. Players whose stories are woven into the fabric of the ground. The Sir Clive Lloyd Stand is a reminder that this place has accumulated meaning over generations.