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Former ECB chairman Lord MacLaurin believes the proposed new Twenty20 tournament in English cricket will bring money back into the game.

The ECB board has voted unanimously to formally start the process that will bring about a new eight-team T20 competition. The tournament will involve new city-based teams playing 36 games in 38 days and is due to begin in 2020.

Speaking to Eleanor Oldroyd, Lord MacLaurin said the introduction of Twenty20 cricket in 2002 was 鈥渢he best thing to ever happen to country cricket鈥� and believes that if cricket 鈥渄oesn鈥檛 move with the times, it may start to die鈥�.

This clip is from 5 live sport on Tuesday 28 March 2017.