Steve Smith, Meg Lanning, Trent Boult and Rashid Khan are among the many 12 high-profile gamers set to affix squads in The Hundred after securing Deadline Day offers.
Australia worldwide Smith has joined Welsh Fireplace, New Zealand bowler Boult groups up with Birmingham Phoenix and Afghanistan captain Khan bolsters back-to-back title-winning Oval Invincibles forward of the fifth version of The Hundred.
For the primary time, groups have been permitted to signal one participant straight forward of finishing their squads at The Hundred Draft on March 12, and the Wildcard Draft in Might.
The transfer has seen an array of worldwide expertise from the lads’s and girls’s sport guide their locations within the match alongside home and abroad retentions which incorporates England superstars Jos Buttler, Nat Sciver-Brunt and Adil Rashid.
Marcus Stoinis (Trent Rockets Males), Megan Schutt (Birmingham Phoenix Girls) and Lanning (Oval Invincibles Girls) have secured offers to strengthen Australian illustration in The Hundred, whereas Boult joins compatriots Kane Williamson (London Spirit Males) and Amelia Kerr (Manchester Originals Girls).
South Africans David Miller (Northern Superchargers Males), Faf du Plessis (Southern Courageous Males) and Heinrich Klaasen (Manchester Originals Males) be a part of already-confirmed Proteas captain Laura Wolvaardt (Southern Courageous Girls) within the match.
Australia batter Smith stated: “I am delighted to be becoming a member of Welsh Fireplace later this summer season. I used to be resulting from be concerned with The Hundred at first of the competitors so it is nice to lastly have the ability to make it to Wales.
“I’ve watched The Hundred from afar and I can not wait to be concerned. It appears to be like a whole lot of enjoyable and clearly the cricket is world-class, with expertise at each group. I am trying ahead to attempting out a brand new format and hopefully taking part in my half for Mike Hussey and the remainder of the boys.”
England all-rounder Sciver-Brunt stated: “The record of gamers becoming a member of the competitors appears to be like higher than ever, throughout the lads’s and the ladies’s competitions.
“We’re delighted to have [Australian duo] Ash Gardner and Alana King again at Trent Bridge, in addition to numerous our home-grown gamers.
“Hopefully that is the 12 months we are able to go all the way in which, we have nonetheless bought the prospect so as to add extra high quality at The Hundred Draft. I do know we’re all trying ahead to getting again on the market in entrance of our followers.”
The Hundred returns on August 5 at Lord’s with a London derby males’s and girls’s double-header between London Spirit and defending champions Oval Invincibles.
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Highlights from London Spirit’s conflict with Welsh Fireplace within the remaining of the ladies’s Hundred
How do matches work?
- 100 balls a aspect, the group with probably the most runs wins. It is so simple as that.
- 5 bowlers can bowl as much as 20 balls in an innings, together with 5 or 10 in a row.
- The normal six-ball overs seen in different types of cricket should not utilized in The Hundred, with 10 balls bowled earlier than a change of ends.
- The powerplay is for the primary 25 balls of an innings, with solely two fielders allowed outdoors the 30-yard circle.
- A 25-ball-a-side sport is the minimal size that may be performed within the occasion of moist climate.
- If a match within the knockout levels is tied, a Tremendous 5 shall be performed, with the winner being the group scoring probably the most runs from an additional 5 balls every.
The Hundred is again for its fifth 12 months after breaking extra information in 2024
The Hundred 2025: Squads
Birmingham Phoenix Girls: Ellyse Perry, Amy Jones, Emily Arlott, Megan Schutt, Hannah Baker, Charis Pavely, Sterre Kalis, Ailsa Lister
Birmingham Phoenix Males: Liam Livingstone, Ben Duckett, Trent Boult, Jacob Bethell, Benny Howell, Adam Milne, Dan Mousley, Tim Southee, Will Smeed, Chris Wooden, Aneurin Donald
London Spirit Girls: Grace Harris, Danielle Gibson, Sarah Glenn, Charlie Dean, Deepti Sharma, Georgia Redmayne, Eva Grey, Cordelia Griffith, Tara Norris, Sophie Munro
London Spirit Males: Liam Dawson, Daniel Worrall, Kane Williamson, Richard Gleeson, Olly Stone, Ollie Pope, Keaton Jennings
Manchester Originals Girls: Amelia Kerr, Sophie Ecclestone, Beth Mooney, Lauren Filer, Mahika Gaur, Evelyn Jones, Kathryn Bryce, Fi Morris, Danielle Gregory
Manchester Originals Males: Jos Buttler, Phil Salt, Heinrich Klaasen, Matthew Hurst, Scott Currie, Josh Tongue, Tom Hartley, Sonny Baker, Tom Aspinwall
Northern Superchargers Girls: Phoebe Litchfield, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Wareham, Kate Cross, Bess Heath, Linsey Smith, Hollie Armitage, Alice Davidson-Richards, Grace Ballinger, Davina Perrin
Northern Superchargers Males: Harry Brook, Adil Rashid, David Miller, Mitchell Santner, Brydon Carse, Matthew Potts, Ben Dwarshuis, Graham Clark, Pat Brown, Tom Lawes
Oval Invincibles Girls: Marizanne Kapp, Alice Capsey, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Amanda-Jade Wellington, Meg Lanning, Tash Farrant, Ryana Macdonald-Homosexual, Sophia Smale, Jo Gardner, Rachel Slater
Oval Invincibles Males: Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Tom Curran, Jordan Cox, Rashid Khan, Saqib Mahmood, Sam Billings, Gus Atkinson, Nathan Sowter, Donovan Ferreira, Tawanda Muyeye
Southern Courageous Girls: Laura Wolvaardt, Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Maia Bouchier, Lauren Bell, Freya Kemp, Georgia Adams, Tilly Corteen-Coleman, Rhianna Southby
Southern Courageous Males: James Vince, Jofra Archer, Tymal Mills, Chris Jordan, Faf du Plessis, Leus Du Plooy, Craig Overton, Laurie Evans, Finn Allen, Danny Briggs, James Coles
Trent Rockets Girls: Ash Gardner, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Alana King, Heather Graham, Bryony Smith, Grace Scrivens, Kirstie Gordon, Alexa Stonehouse, Natasha Wraith, Cassidy McCarthy
Trent Rockets Males: Joe Root, Marcus Stoinis, Tom Banton, John Turner, Sam Cook dinner, Sam Hain, Tom Alsop, Calvin Harrison
Welsh Fireplace Girls: Hayley Matthews, Tammy Beaumont, Jessica Jonassen, Shabnim Ismail, Sarah Bryce, Georgia Elwiss, Freya Davies, Georgia Davis, Emily Windsor, Beth Langston
Welsh Fireplace Males: Steve Smith, Jonny Bairstow, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Tom Abell, Luke Wells, Stephen Eskinazi
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The Hundred 2025 full fixture record (all video games males’s and girls’s double-headers)
- Tuesday August 5: London Spirit vs Oval Invincibles, Lord’s
- Wednesday August 6: Manchester Originals vs Southern Courageous, Emirates Outdated Trafford
- Thursday August 7: Northern Superchargers vs Welsh Fireplace, Headingley
- Friday August 8: Birmingham Phoenix vs Trent Rockets, Edgbaston
- Saturday August 9: Oval Invincibles vs Manchester Originals, Kia Oval
- Saturday August 9: Welsh Fireplace vs London Spirit, Sophia Gardens
- Sunday August 10: Southern Courageous vs Birmingham Phoenix, Utilita Bowl
- Sunday August 10: Trent Rockets vs Northern Superchargers, Trent Bridge
- Monday August 11: Manchester Originals vs London Spirit, Emirates Outdated Trafford
- Tuesday August 12: Birmingham Phoenix vs Oval Invincibles, Edgbaston
- Wednesday August 13: Southern Courageous vs Northern Superchargers, Utilita Bowl
- Wednesday August 13: Welsh Fireplace vs Manchester Originals, Sophia Gardens
- Thursday August 14: London Spirit vs Trent Rockets, Lord’s
- Friday August 15: Northern Superchargers vs Birmingham Phoenix, Headingley
- Saturday August 16: Trent Rockets vs Southern Courageous, Trent Bridge
- Saturday August 16: Oval Invincibles vs Welsh Fireplace, the Kia Oval
- Sunday August 17: Manchester Originals vs Northern Superchargers, Emirates Outdated Trafford
- Sunday August 17: Birmingham Phoenix vs London Spirit, Edgbaston
- Monday August 18: Southern Courageous vs Oval Invincibles, Utilita Bowl
- Tuesday August 19: Trent Rockets vs Manchester Originals, Trent Bridge
- Wednesday August 20: Welsh Fireplace vs Southern Courageous, Sophia Gardens
- Wednesday August 20: London Spirit vs Northern Superchargers, Lord’s
- Thursday August 21: Oval Invincibles vs Trent Rockets, the Kia Oval
- Friday August 22: Birmingham Phoenix vs Welsh Fireplace, Edgbaston
- Saturday August 23: Northern Superchargers vs Oval Invincibles, Headingley
- Saturday August 23: London Spirit vs Southern Courageous, Lord’s
- Sunday August 24: Welsh Fireplace vs Trent Rockets, Sophia Gardens
- Sunday August 24: Manchester Originals vs Birmingham Phoenix, Emirates Outdated Trafford
- Monday August 25: Oval Invincibles vs London Spirit, the Kia Oval
- Tuesday August 26: Northern Superchargers vs Manchester Originals, Headingley
- Wednesday August 27: Trent Rockets vs Birmingham Phoenix, Trent Bridge
- Thursday August 28: Southern Courageous vs Welsh Fireplace, Utilita Bowl
- Saturday August 30: The Hundred Eliminator, the Kia Oval
- Sunday August 31: The Hundred Ultimate, Lord’s
