The 2022 edition of The Hundred starts on Wednesday as Southern Brave kick-starts their title defense against Welsh Fire (11.30 pm) IST.
The Hundred is a 100-ball cricket tournament involving eight men’s and women’s teams located in major cities throughout England and Wales. The Southern brave team won the trophy in the first edition.
Following the group stage, the three top teams from each competition will advance to the eliminators, with both finals taking place at Lord’s on September 3.
West Indies stars are set to play in the second edition of The Hundred this year.
Former West Indies captain Pollard, who was set to play for Welsh Fire in 2021 before pulling out, has been picked up by London Spirit, who had the first pick in the draft. which was conducted behind closed doors after finishing bottom last summer in the competition’s inaugural edition.
Russell was also due to be involved in the first season but ultimately didn’t feature for Southern Brave; he will represent Manchester Originals.
Watch dre Russell hitting sixes at the training session:
Oval Invincibles have re-signed Sunil Narine, who scored 62 runs and took seven wickets in 2021 after initially not featuring on their retained list.
Bravo, meanwhile, is picked up for the first time – by Northern Superchargers – having gone undrafted in 2019 and again ahead of last season
Ahead of the start of The Hundred 2022, here is squads of the tournament:
Birmingham Phoenix
Men’s squad: Moeen Ali (captain), Chris Woakes, Jack Leach, Liam Livingstone, Matthew Wade (Australia), Adam Milne (New Zealand), Kane Richardson (Australia), Imran Tahir (South Africa), Benny Howell, Tom Abell, Matthew Fisher, Will Smeed, Chris Benjamin, Miles Hammond, Graeme van Buuren, Henry Brookes, Dan Mousley
London Spirit
Men’s squad: Eoin Morgan (captain), Zak Crawley, Mark Wood, Liam Dawson, Dan Lawrence, Kieron Pollard (West Indies), Glenn Maxwell (Australia), Nathan Ellis (Australia), Ben McDermott (Australia), Jordan Thompson, Mason Crane, Daniel Bell-Drummond, Chris Wood, Adam Rossington, Ravi Bopara, Toby Roland-Jones, Brad Wheal, Jamie Smith
Manchester Originals
Men’s squad: Jos Buttler (captain), Ollie Robinson, Phil Salt, Matt Parkinson, Andre Russell (West Indies), Sean Abbott (Australia), Ashton Turner (Australia), Laurie Evans, Daniel Worrall, Tom Hartley, Tom Lammonby, Colin Ackermann, Wayne Madsen, Fred Klaassen, Calvin Harrison, Richard Gleeson, Paul Walter
Northern Superchargers
Men’s squad: David Willey (captain), Adil Rashid, Harry Brook, Dwayne Bravo (West Indies), Faf du Plessis (South Africa), Wahab Riaz (Pakistan), David Wiese (Namibia), Adam Hose, Jordan Clark, Matthew Potts, John Simpson, Roelof van der Merwe, Adam Lyth, Michael Pepper, Callum Parkinson, Ben Raine
Oval Invincibles
Men’s squad: Sam Billings (captain), Jason Roy, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Will Jacks, Reece Topley, Rory Burns, Sunil Narine (West Indies), Rilee Rossouw (South Africa), Hilton Cartwright (Australia), Mohammad Hasnain (Pakistan), Danny Briggs, Matt Milnes, Jack Leaning, Jordan Cox, Nathan Sowter, Jack Haynes, Pat Brown
Southern Brave
Men’s squad: James Vince (captain), Jofra Archer, Tymal Mills, Chris Jordan, George Garton, Craig Overton, Quinton de Kock (South Africa), Marcus Stoinis (Australia), Tim David (Singapore), Finn Allen (New Zealand), Alex Davies, Jake Lintott, Rehan Ahmed, Ross Whiteley, Joe Weatherley, Dan Moriarty, Michael Hogan
Trent Rockets
Men’s squad: Lewis Gregory (captain), Joe Root, Dawid Malan, Alex Hales, Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), Colin Munro (New Zealand), Marchant de Lange (South Africa), Daniel Sams (Australia), Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Ian Cockbain, Luke Wood, Samit Patel, Matt Carter, Steven Mullaney, Sam Cook, Luke Fletcher, Tom Moores, Ben Mike
Welsh Fire
Men’s squad: Ollie Pope, Tom Banton, Ben Duckett, Adam Zampa (Australia), David Miller (South Africa), Naseem Shah (Pakistan), Noor Ahmad (Afghanistan), Joe Clarke, Jake Ball, David Payne, Sam Hain, Leus du Plooy, Matt Critchley, Ryan Higgins, Jacob Bethell, Josh Cobb, George Scrimshaw
Where can I watch?
Every match of The Hundred will be shown live on Sky Sports Cricket but fear not if you want to watch for free – the BBC also show 10 mens’ and 8 womens’ games throughout the tournament.