The Hundred: Who did each team pick in the draft, how did it work, and when does the new cricket tournament start?

THE HUNDRED helped celebrate a national first after the new cricket format produced England’s inaugural draft. The player selection process is famous in USA, notably in the NFL, but it has finally hit these shores as eight new teams chose their stars for the upcoming competition. Who did each team pick in the draft? TRENT […]

THE HUNDRED helped celebrate a national first after the new cricket format produced England’s inaugural draft.

The player selection process is famous in USA, notably in the NFL, but it has finally hit these shores as eight new teams chose their stars for the upcoming competition.

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Who did each team pick in the draft?

TRENT ROCKETS

• Joe Root
• Alex Hales
• Harry Gurney
• Rashid Khan
• D’Arcy Short
• Lewis Gregory
• Nathan Coulter-Nile
• 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
• Liam Dawson
• Shadab Khan
• Tymal Mills
• Ross Whiteley
• Delray Rawlins
• Ollie Pope
• George Garton
• Alex Davies
• Max Waller
• Craig Overton

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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
• Mitchell Starc
• Steve Smith
• Ben Duckett
• Ravi Rampaul
• Simon Harmer
• Qais Ahmad
• Liam Plunkett
• Ryan Ten Doeschate
• David Payne
• Ryan Higgins
• Danny Briggs
• Leus Du Plooy

OVAL INVINCIBLES

• Sam Curran
• Jason Roy
• Tom Curran
• Sunil Narine
• Sam Billings
• Sandeep Lamichhane
• Rilee Rossouw
• Reece Topley
• Hardus Viljoen
• Fabian Allen
• Alex Blake
• Will Jacks
• Christopher Wood
• Nathan Sowter
• Laurie Evans

MANCHESTER ORIGINALS

• Jos Buttler
• Saqib Mahmood
• Matt Parkinson
• Imran Tahir
• Dane Vilas
• Philip Salt
• Tom Abell
• Dan Christian
• Wayne Madsen
• Wayne Parnell
• Mitchell Santner
• Joe Clarke
• Marchant de Lange
• Ed Pollock
• Edward Byrom

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LONDON SPIRIT

• Rory Burns
• Eoin Morgan
• Dan Lawrence
• Glenn Maxwell
• Mohammad Nabi
• Mohammad Amir
• Roelof Van der Merwe
• Mark Wood
• Joe Denly
• Mason Crane
• Kyle Abbott
• Adam Rossington
• Zak Crawley
• Jade Dernbach
• Luis Reece

BIRMINGHAM PHOENIX

• Chris Woakes
• Moeen Ali
• Pat Brown
• Liam Livingstone
• Kane Williamson
• Ravi Bopara
• Benny Howell
• Tom Helm
• Shaheen Afridi
• Adam Hose
• Cameron Delport
• Henry Brookes
• Adam Zampa
• Riki Wessels
• Chris Cooke

How did the draft work?

The eight teams chose up to three England red ball contracted players in the first stage.

Teams with those players within their catchment area could choose their preferred star.

The remaining players were allocated to their local team, while other teams could negotiate with the players.

The second stage saw teams take it in turns to have 100 seconds to choose who they wanted in their team.

They have different price bands to select for, starting at £125,000 to £30,000 – this is how much the player would earn for the tournament.

Two players could be picked for each price band, with seven rounds in total – but each side could only select three overseas players.

The local icons filled two of the spots, but that could be at any price band.

Each player applying for the competition had to select a reserve price, meaning they would not join a team for less – Chris Gayle was among those that selected the £125k band but was not picked.

At the end of all the rounds, teams would have 15 players in their team.

Yet, the third stage will have to wait until next year, with each team able to sign a wildcard pick, taken from the eight highest-performing 2020 Vitality Blast players.

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When does The Hundred start?

The Hundred will start in July 2020.

There will be a men’s and women’s competition, running side-by-side each other.

Each team will have at least two grounds to play in, as they look to fans from all over the country can attend.