The Oval-based Surrey/Kent team will become the final franchise to be named

Surrey have reached a compromise in their battle with the ECB over the name of their Hundred franchise, with the south London-based team set to be called the Oval Greats.

While the staging agreement has yet to be signed The Times has learnt that the name emerged as the favoured option, in preference to an alternative suggestion of Oval Rebels, after talks this week.

Surrey had rejected four potential names proposed by the ECB — London Fuse, London X, London Union and London Rebels — with the club eager to keep an element of the county’s identity in their Hundred brand.

The ECB had originally wanted to have two teams called London in the eight-strong competition, with the side based at Lord’s to be known