The new ECB competition will change after ten balls

A bowler may throw 5 or 10 consecutive balls © Getty

The ECB Council confirmed that the controversial competition of a hundred new balls will take place from 2020 and also approved the proposals relating to the conditions of play at a meeting held on Wednesday.

Council has ratified the conditions of play proposed by their cricket committee, which include a format of 100 balls for each team and bowlers capable of playing five or ten consecutive deliveries.Although the board is in favor of the adoption of the new format, it is not certain that the proposal could still change once the first-clbad countries have been consulted early next year.

read: "The cricket committee's recommendation regarding playing conditions in the new competition – approved by the council – is for; Each round counts for 100 balls, a change of round every ten balls and an individual pitcher capable of delivering 5 or 10 consecutive balls with a maximum of 20 per game. "

The competition is controversial as it will be played by eight city-based teams rather than the 18 traditional first-clbad counties, some of which number have serious reservations. Some, such as Somerset's former president, Andy Nash, believe the competition could marginalize the counties The Professional Cricket Players' Association is also pushing for more details to be confirmed to give more certainty to the players.

It is not clear if the counties, which are part of the ECB's members, will be asked to ratify the playing conditions although the ECB has confirmed that the development of the "new competition", as they the call, will be presented to the "whole game" in January 2019. This will be next to a new 2020-2024 strategy, in including the county partnership agreement and a new structure for the competitions county, also agreed at the meeting of the board of directors.

A formal vote to amend the statutes of the ECB is held in early 2017 to allow the holding of tournaments without all of the first 18. counties concerned, pbading by 38 votes to three. This vote paved the way for a new tournament and is the mandate of the new competition on which the ECB is progressing despite the absence of formal and specific vote on the creation of a new tournament.

The ECB says that a new competition will be organized. Although the board of directors has approved the one-hundred-ball formula, it is still possible that the playing conditions will change after a discussion with the 18 first-rate counties and other stakeholders. However, since the counties are eager for the new competition to be different from the remaining Vitality T20 Blast, their acceptance of the game conditions may prove to be a formality.

"The game has made tremendous progress this year through collaboration, constructive debate and extensive discussions," said Tom Harrison, Executive Director of the ECB. "The results of all this combined work are vital to the growth and sustainability of cricket at all levels in England and Wales.

" Strategy, National Structure, New Competition and New CPA are all related, so it is fair that we share all the details – together and in context – at the same time through the game. This will happen early next year. "

The ACP is the joint agreement between the ECB and the leading countries governing relations between them.For the first time, the Professional Cricketers' Association was convened at the table negotiations, representing the interests of their members and the agreement, once finalized, will cover items such as the salary cap and an agreed minimum wage.

Although the CPA is generally in favor of negotiations, there are still "important" challenges: the £ 1.1 billion broadcasting agreement, which is expected to come into force in 2020, encourages players to seek a bigger share. The wages are still unresolved and the final figure has not yet been agreed.

"We are negotiating in all these areas and have made substantial progress in all these areas, but not without challenges," says a statement from the PCA. At the PCA Player Summit in October, our goal is to protect and support the three phases of a player's career in the short, medium and long term. Engagement with the ECB and countries has been positive so far, but there are still a number of important points to be agreed upon.

"Over the next few weeks, we will continue to negotiate on behalf of all CPA members to ensure that we continue to defend their current interests and seek to present a draft agreement to the representatives of PCA players who form the PCA committee as soon as possible. "