The Hundred Schedule, Teams, Matches, Players, Squads, Coaches all you need to know.
The Hundred: With the evolution of cricket in the modern era, multiple overseas leagues have been established and have their own identity. To continue the custom but with a different taste and a couple of added flavours, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) earlier proposed a 100-balls a side competition called the ‘The Hundred’.
The competition will see its inaugural season this summer in England, having been delayed for one year courtesy Covid-19 pandemic which originated from Wuhan.
After a couple of backlashes from the experts as the modern T20 and other such short leagues are eating up the craze for Test Cricket among the young cricketers, the ‘The Hundred’ had to go through a lot of validations.
The idea for the format which came in 2016 got executed in 2019 and the first season was scheduled to be held in 2020. The dreaded pandemic forced the ECB officials to postpone the tournament, just as various other leagues either got cancelled or postponed.
The Hundred Schedule, Teams, Matches, Players, Squads, Coaches all you need to know.
The Hundred Format:
‘The Hundred’ has enforced a lot of changes in the original cricket rules to make the sport easier to understand for the new audience. In fact, the basic idea behind the proposed league is to attract young people and wives to the sport during English summer.
The tweaks include the removal of Leg Before Wicket (LBW) appeal completely and a 25 balls powerplay.
Here is the format of the league:
- 100 balls per innings.
- No LBW appeal.
- 25-balls powerplay given at the start of each inning.
- Switching ends after 10 balls.
- Bowlers will bowl either five or ten consecutive balls.
- No bowler is allowed to bowl more than 20 balls in an inning.
- Two and a half minutes Strategic Time Out for the Bowling team.
- Teams are entitled to call for time outs.
- Not more than two fielders outside the 30-yard circle during the power play.
- One game will last nearly two and a half hours.
Squad Rules:
- A team to have 15 members.
- Not more than three overseas players are allowed in a team.
- At least one English test cricketer will be signed by each team.
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The Hundred Schedule, Teams, Matches, Players, Squads, Coaches all you need to know.
The Hundred Teams / Franchise Names:
The tournament consists of eight teams for both men’s and women’s spread across the major cities of England and Wales.
- Birmingham Phoenix (Edgbaston)
- London Spirit (Lord’s)
- Manchester Originals (Emirates Old Trafford)
- Northern Superchargers (Emerald Headingley)
- Oval Invincibles (The Oval)
- Southern Brave (Ageas Bowl)
- Trent Rockets (Trent Bridge)
- Welsh Fire (Cardiff)
The Hundred Teams, Squad, Coaches, Players List:
Birmingham Phoenix
Central Contract Player: Chris Woakes
Overseas Players: Adam Zampa, Kane Williamson, and Shaheen Afridi
Other Players: Moeen Ali, Ravi Bopara, Pat Brown, Benny Howell, Adam Hose, Liam Livingston, Cameron Delport, Henry Brookes, Riki Wessels, Tom Helm, Chris Cooke.
Coach: Andrew McDonald
London Spirit
Central Contract Player: Rory Burns
Overseas Players: Mohammad Nabi, Glenn Maxwell, and Mohammad Amir
Other Players: Dan Lawrence, Joe Denly, Dan Lawrence, Mason Crane, Roelof van der Merwe,Kyle Abbott, Adam Rossington, Eoin Morgan, Zak Crawley, Mark Wood, Jade Dernbach, Luis Reece.
Coach: Shane Warne
Manchester Originals
Central Contract Player: Jos Buttler
Overseas Players: Daniel Christian, Imran Tahir, and Mitchell Santner
Other Players: Saqib Mahmood, Dane Vilas, Phil Salt, Tom Abell, Wayne Madsen, Matt Parkinson, Wayne Parnell, Marchant de Lange, Ed Pollock, Joe Clarke, Eddie Byrom.
Coach: Simon Katich
Northern Superchargers
Central Contract Player: Ben Stokes
Overseas Players: Mujeeb ur Rahman, Aaron Finch, and Chris Lynn
Other Players: Adil Rashid, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, David Willey, Ben Foakes, Adam Lyth, David Wiese, Nathan Rimmington, Brydon Carse, Ed Barnard, Richard Gleeson, John Simpson
Coach: Darren Lehmann
Oval Invincibles
Central Contract Player: Sam Curran
Overseas Players: Sandeep Lamichhane, Sunil Narine, and Fabian Allen
Other Players: Tom Curran, Reece Topley, Jason Roy, Rilee Rossouw, Hardus Viljoen, Alex Blake, Sam Billings, Will Jacks, Nathan Sowter, Chris Wood, Laurie Evans
Coach: Tom Moody
Southern Brave
Central Contract Player: Jofra Archer
Overseas Players: David Warner, Andre Russell, and Shadab Khan
Other Players: Chris Jordan, Delray Rawlins, Tymal Mills, Ollie Pope, George Garton, Alex Davies, James Vince, Max Waller, Craig Overton, Ross Whiteley.
Coach: Mahela Jayawardene
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Trent Rockets
Central Contract Player: Joe Root
Overseas Players: D’Arcy Short, Rashid Khan, and Nathan Coulter-Nile
Other Players: Lewis Gregory, Matthew Carter, Harry Gurney, Steven Mullaney, Luke Wood, Tom Moores, Alex Hales, Ben Cox, Luke Fletcher, Dawid Malan, Luke Wright
Coach: Stephen Fleming
Welsh Fire
Central Contract Player: Jonny Bairstow
Overseas Players: Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, and Qais Ahmed
Other Players: Tom Banton, Danny Briggs, Ben Duckett, Simon Harmer, Colin Ingram, Liam Plunkett, Ryan ten Doeschate, David Payne, Ravi Rampaul, Ryan Higgins, Leus du Plooy
Coach: Gary Kirsten
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The Hundred 2021 Complete Schedule, Date, Fixtures:
The 2021 Men’s ‘The Hundred’ is scheduled to kickstart from 22nd July 2021 and the final is slated to be held on 21st August.
| Date | Match Details | Venue | Time IST |
| 22 July, Thu | Oval Invincibles vs Manchester Originals | Kennington Oval, London | 12:00 AM (23 Jul) |
| 23 July, Fri | Birmingham Phoenix vs London Spirit | Edgbaston, Birmingham | 12:00 Am (24 Jul) |
| 24 July, Sat | Trent Rockets vs Southern Brave | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | 8:00 PM |
| Northern Superchargers vs Welsh Fire | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | 11:30 PM | |
| 25 July, Sun | London Spirit vs Oval Invincibles | Lord’s, London | 8:00 PM |
| Manchester Originals vs Birmingham Phoenix | Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester | 11:30 PM | |
| 26 July, Mon | Trent Rockets vs Northern Superchargers | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | 12:00 AM (27 Jul) |
| 27 July, Tue | Welsh Fire vs Southern Brave | Sophia Gardens, Cardiff | 12:00 AM (28 Jul) |
| 28 July, Wed | Manchester Originals vs Northern Superchargers | Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester | 12:00 AM (29 Jul) |
| 29 July, Thu | London Spirit vs Trent Rockets | Lord’s, London | 12:00 AM (30 Jul) |
| 30 July, Fri | Southern Brave vs Birmingham Phoenix | The Rose Bowl, Southampton | 12:00 AM (31 Jul) |
| 31 July, Sat | Welsh Fire vs Manchester Originals | Sophia Gardens, Cardiff | 8:00 PM |
| Northern Superchargers vs Oval Invincibles | Headingley, Leeds | 11:30 PM | |
| 1 Aug, Sun | Birmingham Phoenix vs Trent Rockets | Edgbaston, Birmingham | 8:00 PM |
| London Spirit vs Southern Brave | Lord’s, London | 11:30 PM | |
| 2 Aug, Mon | Oval Invincibles vs Welsh Fire | Kennington Oval, London | 12:00 AM (3 Aug) |
| 3 Aug, Tue | London Spirit vs Northern Superchargers | Lord’s, London | 12:00 AM (4 Aug) |
| 4 Aug, Wed | Birmingham Phoenix vs Oval Invincibles | Edgbaston, Birmingham | 12:30 AM (5 Aug) |
| 5 Aug, Thu | Manchester Originals vs Southern Brave | Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester | 12:30 AM (6th Aug) |
| 6 Aug, Fri | Welsh Fire vs Trent Rockets | Sophia Gardens, Cardiff | 12:30 AM (7 Aug) |
| 7 Aug, Sat | Southern Brave vs Northern Superchargers | The Rose Bowl, Southampton | 12:30 AM (8 Aug) |
| 8 Aug, Sun | Oval Invincibles vs Trent Rockets | Kennington Oval, London | 12:30 AM (9 Aug) |
| 9 Aug, Mon | Birmingham Phoenix vs Welsh Fire | Edgbaston, Birmingham | 12:00 AM (10 Aug) |
| 10 Aug, Tue | Manchester Originals vs London Spirit | Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester | 12:00 AM (11 Aug) |
| 11 Aug, Wed | Southern Brave vs Welsh Fire | The Rose Bowl, Southampton | 12:00 AM (12 Aug) |
| 12 Aug, Thu | Northern Superchargers vs Manchester Originals | Headingley, Leeds | 12:30 AM (13 Aug) |
| 13 Aug, Fri | Trent Rockets vs Birmingham Phoenix | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | 12:30 AM (14 Aug) |
| 14 Aug, Sat | Oval Invincibles vs London Spirit | Kennington Oval, London | 12:30 Aug (15 Aug) |
| 15 Aug, Sun | Trent Rockets vs Manchester Originals | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | 12:30 AM (16 Aug) |
| 16 Aug, Mon | Southern Brave vs Oval Invincibles | The Rose Bowl, Southampton | 12:30 AM (17 Aug) |
| 17 Aug, Wed | Northern Superchargers vs Birmingham’ | Headingley, Leeds | 12:00 AM (18 Aug) |
| 18 Aug, Thu | Welsh Fire vs London Spirit | Sophia Gardens, Cardiff | 12:00 AM (19 Aug) |
| 20 Aug, Fri | TBC vs TBC, Eliminator | Kennington Oval, London | 12:30 AM (21 Aug) |
| 21 Aug, Sat | TBC vs TBC, Final | Lord’s, London | 12:00 AM (22 Aug) |
*All Details Players mentioned here are the initial contracted players. A couple of players have already pulled out of the tournament due to multiple issue. Stay tuned for the updates, we will update you as soon as possible.
The Hundred Schedule, Teams, Matches, Players, Squads, Coaches all you need to know.
