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The Hundred competition 2024: All you need to know, teams, rules and more

The fourth edition of The Hundred competition is all set to get underway from Tuesday (23 July), promising a season of high-octane battles. The tournament will witness the presence of whole lot of overseas players. Eight teams will be vying in the tournament, showcasing a blend of local talent and overseas stars. Notably, The Hundred Men’s and Women’s competition is played simultaneously.
The eight teams participating in the tournament are Birmingham Phoenix, London Spirit, Manchester Originals, Northern Superchargers, Oval Invincibles, Southern Brave, Trent Rockets and Welsh Fire. In the men’s tournament, Oval Invincibles are the defending champions and in the Women’s competition, Southern Brave are the defending champions.
In the tournament, each team bats for 100 balls in a match and the team scoring most wins the game. Each bowler is permitted to bowl 20 balls, and he/she can bowl those 20 balls in five or ten balls set. 25 balls per innings powerplay is allowed in the match, with fielding side allowed to station two fielders on the boundary.
During the course of tournament, each side gets to play eight games. They go against six teams once but they play their local opponents twice. As far as Qualifying scenario is concerned, the top-placed team automatically gets into the final, while second and third-placed teams meet each other in the Eliminator in order to make it to the final.
The final of the tournament will be played on August 18 at Lord’s. In men’s competition, Oval Invincible will be clashing with Birmingham Phoenix in the opener on Tuesday at Kennington Oval, London. In the Women’s competition, Oval Invincibles Women will take on Birmingham Phoenix Women in the opening match on Tuesday at Kennington Oval, London.
Here are all the squads of men's teams participating in the competition -:
Birmingham Phoenix Men - Chris Woakes, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Ben Duckett, Tim Southee, Sean Abbott, Adam Milne, Jamie Smith, Benny Howell, Louis Kimber, Tom Helm, Jacob Bethell, James Fuller, Dan Mousley, Aneurin Donald, Rishi Patel
London Spirit Men - Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Andre Russell, Shimron Hetmyer, Nathan Ellis, Dan Lawrence, Dan Worrall, Richard Gleeson, Liam Dawson, Adam Rossington, Olly Stone, Matt Critchley, Daniel Bell-Drummond, Michael Pepper, Ravi Bopara, Ryan Higgins
Manchester Originals Men - Jos Buttler, Jamie Overton, Phil Salt, Paul Walter, Tom Hartley, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Usama Mir, Sikandar Raza, Wayne Madsen, Max Holden, Mitchell Stanley, Josh Hull, Sonny Baker, Matthew Hurst, Tom Aspinwall, Scott Currie
Northern Superchargers Men - Harry Brook, Ben Stokes, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley, Jason Roy, Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Santner, Matthew Short, Adam Hose, Matthew Potts, Callum Parkinson, Ollie Robinson, Graham Clark, Tom Lawes, Jordan Clark, Dillon Pennington
Oval Invincibles Men - Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Will Jacks, Dawid Malan, Adam Zampa, Spencer Johnson, Donovan Ferreira, Jordan Cox, Gus Atkinson, Sam Billings, Saqib Mahmood, Nathan Sowter, Tawanda Muyeye, Tom Lammonby, Marchant de Lange, Mark Watt
Southern Brave Men - Jofra Archer, James Vince, Chris Jordan, Rehan Ahmed, Kieron Pollard, Akeal Hosein, Finn Allen, Tymal Mills, Leus du Plooy, Craig Overton, George Garton, Alex Davies, Danny Briggs, Laurie Evans, James Coles, Joe Weatherley
Trent Rockets Men - Alex Hales, Lewis Gregory, Joe Root, Tom Banton, Rashid Khan, Rovman Powell, Imad Wasim, Luke Wood, John Turner, Sam Hain, Sam Cook, Calvin Harrison, Jordan Thompson, Adam Lyth, Ollie Robinson, Tom Alsop
Welsh Fire Men - Jonny Bairstow, David Willey, Joe Clarke, Tom Abell, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Matt Henry, Haris Rauf, Glenn Phillips, David Payne, Luke Wells, Roelof Van der Merwe, Stephen Eskinazi, Chris Cooke, Jake Ball, Mason Crane, Ben Green
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