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England’s Hundred Moved to Undercard After 5% Drop

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  • England’s cricket board moved the Hundred to the undercard after attendance fell 5% in 2026.
  • Warwickshire secured its ninth County Championship title while its 50.4%-owned Birmingham Phoenix performed poorly.
  • Manchester Super Giants won the men’s Hundred while Lancashire finished second-bottom in Division Two.
  • Lancashire dismissed Mark Chilton as director of cricket performance and appointed Richard Kenyon chief executive.
  • Joe Root resumed England Test captaincy, offering calm after Ben Stokes’s resignation.