At last... Jim Maxwell says what all the commentators actually think... Well done sir..

@NotTheHundred @jimmaxcricket Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you As you said, no other country plays it. And for good reason. We had to cram The Ashes into a month to make way for it. And thanks to @philtufnell for the comment “It’s balls, mate”. I hope you meant it as I heard it.

Well done @jimmaxcricket. And thanks. It certainly is just balls. Some would turn up for the opening of an envelope to earn their cash and betray the proper game that gave them their living in the first place.

"The other nonsense". I think the Blast is great but can't disagree with this pithy summing up the Hundred. Shame on those who inflicted/funded this soulless irrelevance on the the English cricketing summer.

Well said Jim! Saying what all actual cricket fans think.

And the other BBC commentators quickly distanced themselves from his excellent comment. Well there's a surprise 🏏🏏🏏

Tuffnel desperately trying to justify it 🙄

I've always liked listening to Jim Maxwell but after hearing his comments regarding the 100, I have to say the blokes gone right to the top of my list of top commentators. #PlainSpeakingAussie

The freedom of not being a BBC employee.

@Hathers46allout I was laughing my head off listening to this live. I could just imagine the panicked faces around him in the commentary box.

How refreshing to hear someone calling it out for the shambles that it is. Shame that he’s the only one with the spine to mock it, all the others more worried about their pay cheque rather than admitting how poor the concept is.