The Hundred is finally set to take place next year despite huge criticism. The draft of the first season took place on Sunday and all the eight teams have a 15-member squad at their disposal.
The Hundred will be an experiment on the part of the England Cricket Board. It is expected that the world will accept the tournament once it begins while the English cricketing members have embraced it wholeheartedly.
During the draft, each team was requested to pick one England Test player and a maximum of three overseas players in the draft.
Here is the list of Eight Participating Teams:
- Trent Rockets
- Southern Brave
- Northern Superchargers
- Welsh Fire
- Oval Invincibles
- Manchester Originals
- London Spirit
- Birmingham Phoenix
The Hundred Draft Players:
Trent Rockets
Joe Root, Alex Hales, Harry Gurney, Rashid Khan, D’Arcy Short, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Lewis Gregory, Steven Mullaney, Matthew Carter, Luke Wood, Tom Moores, Dawid Malan, Ben Cox, Luke Fletcher, Luke Wright.
Southern Brave
Jofra Archer, James Vince, Chris Jordan, Andre Russell, David Warner, Shadab Khan, Liam Dawson, Tymal Mills, Ross Whiteley, Delray Rawlins, Ollie Pope, George Garton, Alex Davies, Max Waller, Craig Overton
Northern Superchargers
Ben Stokes, Adil Rashid, David Willey, Aaron Finch, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Chris Lynn, Adam Lyth, Richard Gleeson, Ben Foakes, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, David Wiese, Nathan Rimmington, Brydon Carse, Ed Barnard, John Simpson.
Welsh Fire
Jonny Bairstow, Tom Banton, Colin Ingram, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Qais Ahmad, Ravi Rampaul, Ben Duckett, Simon Harmer, Liam Plunkett, Ryan ten Doeschate, David Payne, Ryan Higgins, Danny Briggs, Leus du Plooy.
Oval Invincibles
Sam Curran, Jason Roy, Tom Curran, Sunil Narine, Sandeep Lamichhane, Fabian Allen, Sam Billings, Rilee Rossouw, Reece Topley, Hardus Viljoen, Alex Blake, Chris Wood, Will Jacks, Nathan Sowter, Laurie Evans.
Manchester Originals
Jos Buttler, Matt Parkinson, Saqib Mahmood, Imran Tahir, Dan Christian, Mitchell Santner, Dane Vilas, Phil Salt, Tom Abell, Wayne Madsen, Wayne Parnell, Joe Clarke, Marchant de Lange, Ed Pollock, Eddie Byrom.
London Spirit
Rory Burns, Eoin Morgan, Dan Lawrence, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammad Nabi, Mohammad Amir, Mark Wood, Roelof van der Merwe, Joe Denly, Mason Crane, Kyle Abbott, Adam Rossington, Zak Crawley, Jade Dernbach, Luis Reece.
Birmingham Phoenix
Chris Woakes, Moeen Ali, Pat Brown, Kane Williamson, Shaheen Afridi, Adam Zampa, Liam Livingstone, Ravi Bopara, Benny Howell, Tom Helm, Adam Hose, Cameron Delport, Henry Brookes, Riki Wessels, Chris Cooke.