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Founded | 2019 |
Home ground | Lord's |
Capacity | 30,000 |
History | |
No. of titles | 1 |
Women's title wins | 1 (2024) |
The Hundred game wins | 16 (Men's team: 8) (Women's team: 8) |
Official website | London Spirit |
London Spirit are a franchise 100-ball cricket side based in North London. The team represents the historic counties of Middlesex, Essex and Northamptonshire in The Hundred, [1] which took place for the first time during the 2021 English and Welsh cricket season. Both the men's and women's sides play their home games at Lord's.
The announcement of the new eight-team men's and women's tournament series in 2019 was not without controversy, with the likes of Virat Kohli criticising the England and Wales Cricket Board for pursuing a shift away from Test cricket, [2] while others argued the format should have followed the established and successful Twenty20 format. The ECB however decided it needed a more unique format to draw crowds.
In August 2019 the side announced that former Australian spinner Shane Warne would be the men's team's first coach, while former Australia Women coach Lisa Keightley was appointed coach of the Women's team. [3]
The inaugural Hundred draft took place in October 2019 and saw the Spirit claim Rory Burns as their headline men's draftee, and Heather Knight as the women's headliner. They are joined by England One-Day captain Eoin Morgan and Essex's Dan Lawrence for the men's team, while Freya Davies joins Knight in the women's side. [4]
The Hundred
The Hundred
Both the London Spirit men's and women's sides play at the home of Cricket, Lord's, in the St. John's Wood area of London. The women's side had been due to play at the home of Essex County Cricket Club, the County Ground in Chelmsford, and the home of Northamptonshire, the County Ground in Northampton but both teams were brought together at the same ground as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
No. | Name | Nationality | Date of birth (age) | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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Batters | ||||||
5 | Heather Knight | ![]() | 26 December 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Captain |
6 | Cordelia Griffith | ![]() | 19 September 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
7 | Meg Lanning | ![]() | 25 March 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Overseas player |
All-rounders | ||||||
3 | Charlie Dean | ![]() | 22 December 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
17 | Grace Harris | ![]() | 18 September 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Overseas player; Ruled out |
20 | Erin Burns | ![]() | 22 June 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Overseas player; Replacement player |
27 | Niamh Holland | ![]() | 27 October 2004 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
28 | Danielle Gibson | ![]() | 30 April 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
42 | Deepti Sharma | ![]() | 24 August 1997 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | Overseas player; Replacement player |
Wicket-keepers | ||||||
8 | Georgia Redmayne | ![]() | 8 December 1993 | Left-handed | — | Overseas player |
15 | Abigail Freeborn | ![]() | 12 November 1996 | Right-handed | — | Wildcard player |
Pace bowlers | ||||||
18 | Eva Gray | ![]() | 24 May 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
24 | Tara Norris | ![]() | 4 June 1998 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | UK passport |
44 | Sophie Munro | ![]() | 31 August 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
45 | Ellie Anderson | ![]() | 30 October 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Wildcard player |
Spin bowlers | ||||||
29 | Hannah Jones | ![]() | 10 February 1999 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
33 | Sarah Glenn | ![]() | 27 August 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break |
No. | Name | Nationality | Date of birth (age) | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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Batters | ||||||
1 | Keaton Jennings | ![]() | 19 June 1992 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Replacement player |
2 | Shimron Hetmyer | ![]() | 26 December 1996 | Left-handed | — | Overseas player |
15 | Zak Crawley | ![]() | 3 February 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Ruled out |
28 | Dan Lawrence | ![]() | 12 July 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Captain |
45 | Daniel Bell-Drummond | ![]() | 4 August 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
80 | Ollie Pope | ![]() | 2 January 1998 | Right-handed | — | Ruled out |
— | Tom Prest | ![]() | 24 March 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Replacement player |
All-rounders | ||||||
8 | Liam Dawson | ![]() | 1 March 1990 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
12 | Andre Russell | ![]() | 29 April 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Overseas player |
20 | Matt Critchley | ![]() | 13 August 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
25 | Ravi Bopara | ![]() | 4 May 1985 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Wildcard player |
29 | Ryan Higgins | ![]() | 6 January 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Wildcard player |
— | James Neesham | ![]() | 17 September 1990 | Left-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Overseas player; Replacement player |
Wicket-keepers | ||||||
17 | Adam Rossington | ![]() | 5 May 1993 | Right-handed | — | |
19 | Michael Pepper | ![]() | 25 June 1998 | Right-handed | — | |
Pace bowlers | ||||||
9 | Olly Stone | ![]() | 9 October 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | |
33 | Richard Gleeson | ![]() | 2 December 1987 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
36 | Matthew Taylor | ![]() | 8 July 1994 | Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | Replacement player |
38 | Daniel Worrall | ![]() | 10 July 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | UK passport |
72 | Nathan Ellis | ![]() | 22 September 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Overseas player |
Spin bowlers |
Season | Group stage | Playoff stage | Ref. | |||||||
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Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | Pos | Pld | Pos | ||
2021 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4th | Did not progress | [5] | |
2022 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7th | Did not progress | [6] | |
2023 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6th | Did not progress | [7] | |
2024 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3rd | 2 [lower-alpha 1] | 1st | [8] |
Season | Group stage | Playoff stage | Ref. | |||||||
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Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | Pos | Pld | Pos | ||
2021 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8th | Did not progress | [9] | |
2022 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3rd | 1 [lower-alpha 2] | 3rd | [10] |
2023 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7th | Did not progress | [11] | |
2024 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8th | Did not progress | [12] |
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