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  • England and international stars sign up for The Hundred

    Bairstow, Gordon, Malan and Roy retained Overseas stars Du Preez, Kapp, Lee, Nabi, Narine and Tryon confirmed The final retained players for the men’s competition will be announced on 4 Feb deadline day
    A host of star names have put pen to paper to play in The Hundred this year, with over 100 players now confirmed for the new, action-packed 100-ball competition.
    Welsh Fire have confi

  • England and local stars sign up for Southern Brave

    Southern Brave today announced the signing of 13 players ahead of The Hundred launching in 2021.
    World Cup winners Anya Shrubsole and Danielle Wyatt will be lining up on the south coast for the women’s squad, while England internationals Liam Dawson, James Vince and Chris Jordan are among those confirmed for the men’s squad.
    They will join up with global stars Jofra Archer and Stafanie Taylo

  • MASURI TO BECOME OFFICIAL HELMET AND NECK PROTECTION SUPPLIER FOR THE HUNDRED

    The Hundred has today announced that Masuri will be the Official Helmet Supplier ahead of the exciting new competition launching in 2021.
    The action-packed 100-ball competition will be sporting a brand-new look in the way of a painted helmet range that compliments each of the eight men’s and women’s teams' playing kits and branding.
    James Brown, Senior Commercial Manager for The Hundred, sai

  • Aussie stars Gardner and Zampa lead eight players committing to Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred

    Australian stars Ashleigh Gardner and Asam Zampa headline a group of eight players who have signed up for Birmingham Phoenix in next year’s inaugural The Hundred competition.
    Leg-spinner Zampa, who is ranked five in the ICC men’s T20 bowler rankings, and all-rounder Gardner, who won the ICC women’s T20 World Cup earlier this year, join a further six locally-based players from Warwickshire and W

  • Cazoo named as Principal Partner of The Hundred

    The Hundred, cricket’s innovative and exciting new format launching next year, has today announced that Cazoo, the UK’s leading online car retailer and fastest-growing digital business, will become the Principal Partner of the competition under a multi-year partnership agreement.
    The Hundred, which launches in summer 2021, is set to provide sports fans with an exciting new 100-ball format featu

  • ​First Year Of The Hundred Women’s Competition To Be Played Across Eight Venues

    The Hundred Women’s Competition will be played across the same eight venues due to host the Men’s Competition in 2021.
    The decision has been taken due to the operational implications of COVID-19, with double-headers and increased alignment with the men’s teams providing the Women’s Competition with appropriate visibility and exposure – including more comprehensive broadcast coverage.
    Prior t

  • English quartet sign up for Oval Invincibles

    Oval Invincibles have today announced that Georgia Adams, Tom Curran, Tash Farrant, and Reece Topley will be part of their men’s and women’s squads for the first season of The Hundred in 2021.

    Tom Curran will be playing at his home ground alongside brother and fellow England international Sam who was retained by Oval Invincibles last month. Renowned for his death bowling ability in white-ba

  • World Cup winning skippers stay at London Spirit

    England’s World Cup winning captains Heather Knight and Eoin Morgan will be leading London Spirit women’s and men’s teams respectively in The Hundred next year, it has been announced today. Knight and Morgan will be joined by Naomi Dattani and Dan Lawrence, who have also been retained.
    Eoin and Heather will join the team based at Lord’s, the Home of Cricket, where they both lifted the World Cup

  • Players on the move as first batch of men’s and women’s players confirmed for The Hundred in 2021

    Ollie Pope joins Welsh Fire as the men’s retention window opens for The Hundred  Windies stars Deandra Dottin and Stafanie Taylor re-sign for London Spirit and Southern Brave respectively, alongside a group of England Women’s players re-committing to The Hundred
    The first 18 players confirmed to take part in The Hundred have been revealed today – with England batsman Ollie Pope one of the

  • The launch of cricket’s newest competition, The Hundred, will take place in 2021

    The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) today confirms that the launch of The Hundred will now take place in summer 2021. The news follows a meeting dedicated to the subject, where the Board concluded it was not possible for the competition to be staged this year.
    The new competition has a vision to grow the game and is part of the ECB’s long-term strategy to inspire a new generation to choos

  • The Hundred: Second priority window and general ticket sale postponed

    The ECB has today confirmed that the next two sale windows for The Hundred are to be delayed. Following February’s first priority access window, a second instalment, available for subscribers to The Hundred, was due to open on 2 April. 
    The competition’s inaugural general sale was scheduled for 8 April. It was scheduled to be the first time that tickets for The Hundred were available in an all

  • Sophie Devine to captain Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred

    ​New Zealand all-rounder Sophie Devine has been named captain of Birmingham Phoenix’s women’s team for The Hundred.
    Devine recently captained the White Ferns in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in Australia and is currently ranked the number one all-rounder in the ICC T20 International (T20I) rankings, having contributed 2,384 runs, at a strike rate of 126.4, as well as taking 87 wickets in her 91

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