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ECB plans fresh review of County cricket just three years after the last one to take into account Covid and The Hundred as teams push for a return to two-division Championship New review of the domestic cricket scene will map out country game from 2023 The ECB's last review in 2018 led to changes to County Championship make-up But Covid has since interrupted two seasons and The Hundred has started Most counties favour returning to a two-division set-up rather than three
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The ECB are planning to launch another review of domestic cricket this winter - just three years after their previous one.
The governing body believe it is justified because the county landscape has changed significantly through two seasons of Covid-hit competitions and now has to accommodate a fourth format in the Hundred.
In 2018, then Leicestershire chief executive Wasim Khan chaired a working group that recommended the flipping of the County Championship's divisional balance to a 10-8 team split, retained 14 matches and banned overseas players from the Royal London Cup - but the pandemic meant they were not adopted in 2020.
