Reynolds and McElhenney 'make contact' over Welsh Fire stake

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, nan Hollywood actors who person transformed nan fortunes of Wrexham Football Club arsenic co-owners, are considering a further finance successful Welsh athletics pinch cricket broadside Welsh Fire.

Under nan pair's stewardship, Wrexham person enjoyed back-to-back promotions to return to nan 3rd tier of nan English Football League for nan first clip successful 19 years.

Now Reynolds and McElhenney could bargain a liking successful Welsh Fire, The Hundred franchise who play their location games astatine Glamorgan County Cricket Club's Sophia Gardens crushed successful Cardiff.

Glamorgan clasp a 51% liking successful Welsh Fire and nan club's main executive, Dan Cherry, told ESPNcricinfo that Reynolds and McElhenney person "made contact" complete buying into nan franchise.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is looking to raise astir £500m from nan waste of 49% stakes successful nan 8 teams taking portion successful The Hundred.

"It is simply a feasible option. Contact's been made," Cherry confirmed.

"There's not been thing important travel backmost yet, but we're successful nan process and I cognize that they'll surely beryllium included successful immoderate process that we've sewage going forward.

"All bids and offers that are going to travel successful are going to beryllium absorbing to us, and we're going to person to measure what nan champion bid is for us.

"There's evident liking successful what Ryan Reynolds and nan guys person done astatine Wrexham, which has been awesome for shot successful northbound Wales.

"That doesn't needfully mean to opportunity that it'll beryllium nan correct action for us, but if they're willing successful talking to us, evidently it's an breathtaking proposition."

Reynolds and McElhenney are portion of an finance group that owns stakes successful Mexican shot broadside Necaxa and nan Alpine Formula 1 team, truthful becoming progressive successful cricket would adhd different limb to its sporting portfolio.

The ECB has formed its nett wide successful courting willing parties to bargain stakes successful The Hundred franchises, speaking to each squad proprietor successful nan Indian Premier League (IPL) and Women’s Premier League (WPL), positive owners of teams successful nan NFL arsenic good arsenic backstage equity funds.

The 8 hosts that will get a 51% stock of their The Hundred teams are Lord’s (MCC/London Spirit), The Oval (Surrey/Oval Invincibles), Southampton (Hampshire/Southern Brave), Cardiff (Glamorgan/Welsh Fire), Trent Bridge (Nottinghamshire/Trent Rockets), Edgbaston (Warwickshire/Birmingham Phoenix), Old Trafford (Lancashire/Manchester Originals) and Headingley (Yorkshire/Northern Superchargers).

These hosts tin waste each aliases portion of their stake, aliases support it all. If they do sell, 10% of nan proceeds will spell to nan recreational game.