It turns out that lowering the average testosterone levels of a sporting crowd really can make a difference

Cricket’s culture wars can call a truce. There is something traditionalists and progressives agree on, and rather surprisingly it’s about the Hundred. Now the all-important final scores are in – and we’re talking bums-on-seats and eyes-on-screen, not who hit most sixes or which weird-named franchise triumphed – there is consensus on a single, indisputable fact. The tournament was A Good Thing for women’s cricket.

Related: Enough already! Sport needs to slow down and rein in its endless lust for growth | Emma John

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