Chelsea owner Todd Boehly splashes £40m on brand new team as he expands rich business empire

CHELSEA proprietor Todd Boehly has plunged into cricket by paying £40million for a 49 per cent involvement successful Trent Rockets.

The squad competes successful The Hundred, which is simply a short-form 100-ball lawsuit that started successful 2021.

Boehly has been successful talks with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) since October erstwhile the archetypal circular of bidding ended.

The Chelsea main extends his portfolio to cricket alongside chap Blues manager Jonathan Goldstein via concern Cain International.

They person entered a play of exclusivity with Nottinghamshire CCC, who volition clasp a controlling (51 per cent) involvement successful the franchise.

American Boehly, who led a consortium which bought Chelsea for £4.25billion successful 2022, has stakes successful galore different teams including baseball’s LA Dodgers.

Their woody volition instrumentality proceeds from the eight-team Hundred sell-off to astir £500million, with 1 broadside inactive to spell nether the hammer.

Other investors see 3 IPL franchises, an IT entrepreneur, a consortium of cricket-mad tech tycoons and the owners of Birmingham City, who see NFL fable Tom Brady.

The wealth volition beryllium shared by the recreational game, the 18 counties and MCC.

Meanwhile, England play their last ODI successful India time with Mark Wood insisting they request much clip to occurrence nether Brendon McCullum.

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England person mislaid six matches retired of 7 successful India since McCullum took complaint of each formats.

Fast bowler Wood said: “Some of the guys are starting nether a caller coach. It takes time. The Test squad was successful a antithetic spot to the white-ball team.”

Batsman Tom Banton, called up for the injured Jacob Bethell, could play his archetypal lucifer for England since 2020.