2024 Welsh Fire season

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Welsh Fire
2024 season
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Coach
Captain
Overseas player
Ground(s) Sophia Gardens

The 2024 season was the Welsh Fire's second season of the 100 ball franchise cricket, The Hundred. [1] [2]

Contents

Players

Women's side

No.NameNationalityDate of birth (age)Batting styleBowling styleNotes
Batters
4 Emily Windsor Flag of England.svg  England 14 September 1997 (age 26)Right-handedRight-arm medium
12 Tammy Beaumont Flag of England.svg  England 11 March 1991 (age 33)Right-handed Captain
13 Ella McCaughan Flag of England.svg  England 26 September 2002 (age 21)Right-handedRight-arm leg break
47 Sophia Dunkley Flag of England.svg  England 16 July 1998 (age 26)Right-handedRight-arm leg break
All-rounders
25 Alex Griffiths Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 12 June 2002 (age 22)Right-handedRight-arm medium
34 Georgia Elwiss Flag of England.svg  England 31 May 1991 (age 33)Right-handedRight-arm medium
50 Hayley Matthews WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 19 March 1998 (age 26)Right-handedRight-arm off break Overseas player
Phoebe Franklin Flag of England.svg  England 18 February 1998 (age 26)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
6 Sarah Bryce Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 8 January 2000 (age 24)Right-handed
Pace bowlers
61 Freya Davies Flag of England.svg  England 27 October 1995 (age 28)Right-handedRight-arm medium
89 Shabnim Ismail Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 5 October 1988 (age 35)Left-handedRight-arm fast-medium Overseas player
Kate Coppack Flag of England.svg  England 30 August 1994 (age 30)Right-handedRight-arm medium Wildcard player
Spin bowlers
8 Claire Nicholas Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 8 September 1986 (age 37)Right-handedRight-arm off break
Georgia Davis Flag of England.svg  England 3 June 1999 (age 25)Right-handedRight-arm off break Wildcard player
Jess Jonassen Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 5 November 1992 (age 31)Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Overseas player

Men's side

No.NameNationalityDate of birth (age)Batting styleBowling styleNotes
Batters
6 Glenn Phillips Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6 December 1996 (age 27)Right-handedRight-arm off break Overseas player
23 Stephen Eskinazi Flag of England.svg  England 28 March 1994 (age 30)Right-handed
Tom Kohler-Cadmore Flag of England.svg  England 19 August 1994 (age 30)Right-handedRight-arm off break
All-rounders
3 Luke Wells Flag of England.svg  England 29 December 1990 (age 33)Left-handedRight-arm leg break
15 David Willey Flag of England.svg  England 28 February 1990 (age 34)Left-handedLeft-arm fast-medium
28 Tom Abell Flag of England.svg  England 5 March 1994 (age 30)Right-handedRight-arm medium Captain
52 Roelof van der Merwe Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands [lower-alpha 1] 31 December 1984 (age 39)Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
54 Ben Green Flag of England.svg  England 28 September 1997 (age 26)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium Wildcard player
Wicket-keepers
33 Joe Clarke Flag of England.svg  England 26 May 1996 (age 28)Right-handed
51 Jonny Bairstow Flag of England.svg  England 26 September 1989 (age 34)Right-handedCentrally contracted player
Chris Cooke Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 30 May 1986 (age 38)Right-handedUK passport
Pace bowlers
7 David Payne Flag of England.svg  England 15 February 1991 (age 33)Right-handedLeft-arm fast-medium
10 Shaheen Afridi Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 6 April 2000 (age 24)Left-handedRight-arm fast Overseas player;
Withdrawn
14 Jake Ball Flag of England.svg  England 14 March 1991 (age 33)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
24 Matt Henry Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 14 December 1991 (age 32)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium Overseas player;
Replacement player
77 Haris Rauf Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 7 November 1993 (age 30)Right-handedRight-arm fast Overseas player
Spin bowlers
Mason Crane Flag of England.svg  England 18 February 1997 (age 27)Right-handedRight-arm leg break Wildcard player
  1. Van der Merwe has also played international cricket for South Africa

Fixtures (Women)

Due to the shortened women's competition, Trent Rockets didn't play against TBA.

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Fixtures (Men)

Standings

Women

PosTeamPldWLTNRPts NRR Qualification
1 Welsh Fire 85201110.334Advanced to the Final
2 Oval Invincibles 85210110.034Advanced to the Eliminator
3 London Spirit 8431090.080
4 Northern Superchargers 8331180.942
5 Trent Rockets 8440080.407
6 Manchester Originals 834017−0.398
7 Birmingham Phoenix 834017−0.742
8 Southern Brave 816103−0.675
Source: ESPNcricinfo [3]

Men

PosTeamPldWLTNRPts NRR Qualification
1 Oval Invincibles 86200120.893Advanced to the Final
2 Birmingham Phoenix 86200120.402Advanced to the Eliminator
3 Southern Brave 85201110.595
4 Northern Superchargers 8520111−0.453
5 Trent Rockets 8440080.348
6 Welsh Fire 824026−0.215
7 Manchester Originals 817002−0.886
8 London Spirit 817002−0.975
Source: ESPN Cricinfo [4]

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References

  1. "THE HUNDRED 2024 FIXTURES". www.thehundred.com. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  2. "The Hundred confirms Vitality Wildcard picks for 2024". The Hundred. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  3. The Hundred Women's Competition 2024. ESPN Cricinfo
  4. The Hundred Men's Competition 2024. ESPN Cricinfo