City-based teams are set to be introduced in England from 2018 after a meeting of county chairmen at Lord’s this afternoon overwhelmingly backed one of the most radical changes in the history of the domestic game. The vote in favour of an eight-strong Twenty20 league hosted at the biggest grounds is believed to have gone 16-3 with Surrey, Sussex and Kent said to be in opposition. Somerset, who have also been against, said that they are backing further research on more detailed proposals rather than a new competition itself, and will start consultations with their members next week. Counties have…

Source: The Times September 14, 2016 16:30 UTC