Dates | 21 July – 21 August 2021 |
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Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
Cricket format | 100-ball cricket |
Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockout |
Host(s) | United Kingdom |
Champions | M: Southern Brave (1st title) W: Oval Invincibles (1st title) |
Participants | W: 8 M: 8 |
Matches | 68 W: 34 M: 34 |
Player of the series | W: Dane van Niekerk (Oval Invincibles) M: Liam Livingstone (Birmingham Phoenix) |
Most runs | W: Dane van Niekerk (Oval Invincibles) (259) M: Liam Livingstone (Birmingham Phoenix) (348) |
Most wickets | W: Tash Farrant (Oval Invincibles) (18) M: Four players (12) [n 1] |
Official website | The Hundred |
The The Hundred 2021 was the inaugural season of The Hundred, a professional franchise 100-ball cricket tournament involving eight men's and women's teams located in major cities across United Kingdom. The tournament was run by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and took place for the first time, having been delayed a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1]
The tournament gave equal weight to both men's and women's sides, with almost all the matches taking place as back-to-back double-headers at the same venue on the same day, with one ticket giving access to both the men's and women's games. [2]
One-hundred-ball cricket is a form of limited overs cricket, played by two teams each playing a single innings made up of 100 deliveries. [3] [4]
The format of the game is:
The eight teams competing in the 2021 season are new franchises, operating separately from the existing county cricket clubs. Each represents a large area of England and Wales, with venues chosen for their locations in major cities. [8] [9] [10] Andy Flower replaced Stephen Fleming as the coach of Trent Rockets (men) and Jonathan Batty replaced Lydia Greenway as the coach of Oval Invincibles (women) before the start of the season. [11]
Eight city-based teams competed for the men's and women's titles over a month between 21 July and 21 August 2021, ensuring that the competition took place during the school summer holidays. Aside from the opening two fixtures featuring the Oval Invincibles vs the Manchester Originals, all men's and women's matches were held on the same day at the same grounds.
There were 64 matches in the league stage (32 men's, 32 women's). Each team played four matches at home and four matches away. This included one match against every other side and then a second bonus match against their nearest regional rivals. [12]
Once the league stage was completed the top three teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the ultimate champions. The second and third teams met in a semi-final, which was played at the Oval. The winner of the semi-final then met the team that finished top of the league in the final at Lord's. [13]
Semifinal | Final | ||||||||
First-placed team | |||||||||
Second-placed team | Winner of semi-final | ||||||||
Third-placed team |
Each squad was made up of 15 players, of whom a maximum of three could be overseas players. Players were signed using a draft system common in other franchise leagues. Two of the 15 players came from players who performed well in the T20 Blast. [8] At least one England Test player was signed to each of the eight men's teams competing in The Hundred. [14]
On 3 October 2019 the first players to be allocated to teams were announced. [15] They were as follows:
Team | England women's central contracted players | England men's central contract player | Men's local icons |
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Birmingham Phoenix | Amy Jones, Kirstie Gordon | Chris Woakes | Moeen Ali, Pat Brown |
London Spirit | Heather Knight, Freya Davies | Zak Crawley | Eoin Morgan, Dan Lawrence |
Manchester Originals | Kate Cross, Sophie Ecclestone | Jos Buttler | Saqib Mahmood, Matt Parkinson |
Northern Superchargers | Lauren Winfield, Linsey Smith | Ben Stokes | Adil Rashid, David Willey |
Oval Invincibles | Laura Marsh, Fran Wilson | Sam Curran | Jason Roy, Tom Curran |
Southern Brave | Anya Shrubsole, Danni Wyatt | Jofra Archer | James Vince, Chris Jordan |
Trent Rockets | Nat Sciver, Katherine Brunt | Joe Root | Alex Hales, Harry Gurney |
Welsh Fire (Tân Cymreig) | Katie George, Bryony Smith | Ollie Pope | Tom Banton, Colin Ingram |
The draft took place on 20 October 2019 at Sky Studios in Osterley. [16] Sky Sports and BBC Sport showed the event live. [17] [18]
All games were televised by Sky Sports, with the BBC also showing 10 men's and 8 women's games free-to-air. [8] [19] Sky also showed all of the women's games and some of the men's games in full on its YouTube channel. [20]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Southern Brave | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1.056 |
2 | Oval Invincibles (C) | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.015 |
3 | Birmingham Phoenix | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.186 |
4 | London Spirit | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.046 |
5 | Manchester Originals | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0.016 |
6 | Northern Superchargers | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | −0.041 |
7 | Trent Rockets | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | −0.293 |
8 | Welsh Fire | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −1.017 |
advances to the Final
advances to the Eliminator
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Birmingham Phoenix | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1.087 |
2 | Southern Brave (C) | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0.034 |
3 | Trent Rockets | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.035 |
4 | Oval Invincibles | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.123 |
5 | Northern Superchargers | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0.510 |
6 | Manchester Originals | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | −0.361 |
7 | Welsh Fire | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | −0.827 |
8 | London Spirit | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | −0.641 |
advances to the Final
advances to the Eliminator
Manchester Originals 135/6 (100 balls) | v | Oval Invincibles (H) 139/5 (98 balls) |
(H) Birmingham Phoenix 128/6 (100 balls) | v | London Spirit 132/7 (96 balls) |
Southern Brave 133/5 (100 balls) | v | Trent Rockets (H) 110/7 (100 balls) |
Welsh Fire 130/8 (100 balls) | v | Northern Superchargers (H) 131/4 (85 balls) |
Oval Invincibles 132/7 (100 balls) | v | London Spirit (H) 117/7 (100 balls) |
Birmingham Phoenix 113/9 (100 balls) | v | Manchester Originals (H) 93/8 (100 balls) |
Northern Superchargers 149/7 (100 balls) | v | Trent Rockets (H) 122/7 (100 balls) |
(H) Welsh Fire 110/7 (100 balls) | v | Southern Brave 112/2 (84 balls) |
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Trent Rockets 151/4 (100 balls) | v | London Spirit (H) 133/7 (100 balls) |
Birmingham Phoenix 140/4 (100 balls) | v | Southern Brave (H) 141/2 (82 balls) |
Manchester Originals 120/6 (100 balls) | v | Welsh Fire (H) 124/1 (88 balls) |
(H) Northern Superchargers 109/8 (100 balls) | v | Oval Invincibles 105/4 (100 balls) |
Trent Rockets 145/5 (100 balls) | v | Birmingham Phoenix (H) 134/9 (100 balls) |
(H) London Spirit 93 (96 balls) | v | Southern Brave 97/3 (92 balls) |
Welsh Fire 112/6 (100 balls) | v | Oval Invincibles (H) 100/9 (100 balls) |
Northern Superchargers 126/5 (100 balls) | v | London Spirit (H) 129/3 (98 balls) |
(H) Birmingham Phoenix 129/9 (100 balls) | v | Oval Invincibles 133/2 (97 balls) |
Southern Brave 123/7 (100 balls) | v | Manchester Originals (H) 97/1 (70 balls) |
Lizelle Lee 43* (32) |
(H) Welsh Fire 102 (100 balls) | v | Trent Rockets 103/6 (92 balls) |
Northern Superchargers 76/3 (73 balls) | v | Southern Brave (H) 89/3 (62 balls) |
v | Oval Invincibles (H) | |
Welsh Fire 127/9 (100 balls) | v | Birmingham Phoenix (H) 131/0 (76 balls) |
Shafali Verma 76* (42) |
(H) Manchester Originals 127/5 (100 balls) | v | London Spirit 131/5 (98 balls) |
(H) Southern Brave 166/3 (100 balls) | v | Welsh Fire 127/4 (100 balls) |
(H) Northern Superchargers 126/5 (100 balls) | v | Manchester Originals 127/2 (86 balls) |
(H) Trent Rockets 125/7 (100 balls) | v | Birmingham Phoenix 129/7 (94 balls) |
London Spirit 103/9 (100 balls) | v | Oval Invincibles (H) 107/2 (87 balls) |
(H) Trent Rockets 122/6 (100 balls) | v | Manchester Originals 124/1 (87 balls) |
(H) Southern Brave 115/3 (100 balls) | v | Oval Invincibles 85 (94 balls) |
Birmingham Phoenix 147/4 (100 balls) | v | Northern Superchargers (H) 133/6 (100 balls) |
(H) Welsh Fire 95/9 (100 balls) | v | London Spirit 96/3 (58 balls) |
(H) Oval Invincibles 145/8 (100 balls) | v | Manchester Originals 136/7 (100 balls) |
London Spirit 144/6 (100 balls) | v | Birmingham Phoenix (H) 148/7 (97 balls) |
Southern Brave 126/8 (100 balls) | v | Trent Rockets (H) 127/1 (82 balls) |
Welsh Fire 173/4 (100 balls) | v | Northern Superchargers (H) 168/7 (100 balls) |
v | London Spirit (H) | |
Birmingham Phoenix 87 (84 balls) | v | Manchester Originals (H) 89/4 (73 balls) |
Northern Superchargers 132 (99 balls) | v | Trent Rockets (H) 134/8 (94 balls) |
(H) Welsh Fire 165/4 (100 balls) | v | Southern Brave 147/7 (100 balls) |
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Trent Rockets 123/4 (100 balls) | v | London Spirit (H) 116/8 (100 balls) |
Birmingham Phoenix 151/3 (100 balls) | v | Southern Brave (H) 152/6 (97 balls) |
(H) Welsh Fire 150/6 (100 balls) | v | Manchester Originals 153/3 (95 balls) |
Oval Invincibles 127/6 (100 balls) | v | Northern Superchargers (H) 128/4 (97 balls) |
Trent Rockets 144/6 (100 balls) | v | Birmingham Phoenix (H) 145/4 (74 balls) |
Southern Brave 145/6 (100 balls) | v | London Spirit (H) 141/7 (100 balls) |
Welsh Fire 121/7 (100 balls) | v | Oval Invincibles (H) 125/4 (93 balls) |
Northern Superchargers 155/3 (100 balls) | v | London Spirit (H) 92/9 (100 balls) |
Oval Invincibles 172/3 (100 balls) | v | Birmingham Phoenix (H) 174/4 (94 balls) |
(H) Manchester Originals 98/3 (71 balls) | v | |
(H) Welsh Fire 139/8 (100 balls) | v | Trent Rockets 140/4 (90 balls) |
Northern Superchargers 128/6 (100 balls) | v | Southern Brave (H) 131/5 (95 balls) |
(H) Oval Invincibles 125/6 (65 balls) | v | Trent Rockets 116/8 (65 balls) |
(H) Birmingham Phoenix 184/5 (100 balls) | v | Welsh Fire 91 (74 balls) |
London Spirit 142/6 (100 balls) | v | Manchester Originals (H) 136/9 (100 balls) |
Welsh Fire 144/5 (100 balls) | v | Southern Brave (H) 147/2 (87 balls) |
(H) Northern Superchargers 200/5 (100 balls) | v | Manchester Originals 131 (99 balls) |
Birmingham Phoenix 166/6 (100 balls) | v | Trent Rockets (H) 150/9 (100 balls) |
London Spirit 146/7 (100 balls) | v | Oval Invincibles (H) 147/8 (95 balls) |
Manchester Originals 135/8 (100 balls) | v | Trent Rockets (H) 136/3 (95 balls) |
Oval Invincibles 134/7 (100 balls) | v | Southern Brave (H) 135/4 (95 balls) |
(H) Northern Superchargers 143/8 (100 balls) | v | Birmingham Phoenix 147/2 (74 balls) |
London Spirit 163/5 (100 balls) | v | Welsh Fire (H) 165/7 (98 balls) |
Eliminator | Final | ||||||||
1 | Southern Brave | 73 (98 balls) | |||||||
2 | Oval Invincibles | 114/7 (100 balls) | 2 | Oval Invincibles | 121/6 (100 balls) | ||||
3 | Birmingham Phoenix | 94 (94 balls) |
Oval Invincibles 114/7 (100 balls) | v | Birmingham Phoenix 94 (94 balls) |
Oval Invincibles 121/6 (100 balls) | v | Southern Brave 73 (98 balls) |
Semifinal | Final | ||||||||
1 | Birmingham Phoenix | 136/5 (100 balls) | |||||||
2 | Southern Brave | 97/3 (68 balls) | 2 | Southern Brave | 168/5 (100 balls) | ||||
3 | Trent Rockets | 96 (91 balls) |
Trent Rockets 96 (91 balls) | v | Southern Brave 97/3 (68 balls) |
Southern Brave 168/5 (100 balls) | v | Birmingham Phoenix 136/5 (100 balls) |
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