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 |
Champions |
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Participants |
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Matches | 68 |
Player of the series |
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Most runs |
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Most wickets |
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Official website | The Hundred |
The 2021 season of The Hundred 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 England and Wales. 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]
Team | Venue | Women's Coach | Men's Coach | Ground |
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Birmingham Phoenix | Edgbaston, Birmingham | Ben Sawyer | Andrew McDonald | ![]() |
London Spirit | Lord's, London | Lisa Keightley | Shane Warne | ![]() |
Manchester Originals | Old Trafford, Manchester | Paul Shaw | Simon Katich | ![]() |
Northern Superchargers | Headingley, Leeds | Danielle Hazell | Darren Lehmann | ![]() |
Oval Invincibles | The Oval, London | Jonathan Batty | Tom Moody | ![]() |
Southern Brave | Rose Bowl, Hampshire | Charlotte Edwards | Mahela Jayawardene | ![]() |
Trent Rockets | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Salliann Briggs | Andy Flower | ![]() |
Welsh Fire (Welsh: Tân Cymreig) |
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff | Matthew Mott | Gary Kirsten |
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
All times are in British Summer Time (UTC+01:00) |
Manchester Originals
135/6 (100 balls) |
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Oval Invincibles (H)
139/5 (98 balls) |
(H) Birmingham Phoenix
128/6 (100 balls) |
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London Spirit
132/7 (96 balls) |
Southern Brave
133/5 (100 balls) |
v
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Trent Rockets (H)
110/7 (100 balls) |
Welsh Fire
130/8 (100 balls) |
v
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Northern Superchargers (H)
131/4 (85 balls) |
Oval Invincibles
132/7 (100 balls) |
v
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London Spirit (H)
117/7 (100 balls) |
Birmingham Phoenix
113/9 (100 balls) |
v
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Manchester Originals (H)
93/8 (100 balls) |
Northern Superchargers
149/7 (100 balls) |
v
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Trent Rockets (H)
122/7 (100 balls) |
(H) Welsh Fire
110/7 (100 balls) |
v
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Southern Brave
112/2 (84 balls) |
v
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Trent Rockets
151/4 (100 balls) |
v
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London Spirit (H)
133/7 (100 balls) |
Birmingham Phoenix
140/4 (100 balls) |
v
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Southern Brave (H)
141/2 (82 balls) |
Manchester Originals
120/6 (100 balls) |
v
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Welsh Fire (H)
124/1 (88 balls) |
(H) Northern Superchargers
109/8 (100 balls) |
v
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Oval Invincibles
105/4 (100 balls) |
Trent Rockets
145/5 (100 balls) |
v
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Birmingham Phoenix (H)
134/9 (100 balls) |
(H) London Spirit
93 (96 balls) |
v
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Southern Brave
97/3 (92 balls) |
Welsh Fire
112/6 (100 balls) |
v
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Oval Invincibles (H)
100/9 (100 balls) |
Northern Superchargers
126/5 (100 balls) |
v
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London Spirit (H)
129/3 (98 balls) |
(H) Birmingham Phoenix
129/9 (100 balls) |
v
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Oval Invincibles
133/2 (97 balls) |
Southern Brave
123/7 (100 balls) |
v
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Manchester Originals (H)
97/1 (70 balls) |
Lizelle Lee 43* (32)
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(H) Welsh Fire
102 (100 balls) |
v
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Trent Rockets
103/6 (92 balls) |
Northern Superchargers
76/3 (73 balls) |
v
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Southern Brave (H)
89/3 (62 balls) |
v
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Oval Invincibles (H)
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Welsh Fire
127/9 (100 balls) |
v
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Birmingham Phoenix (H)
131/0 (76 balls) |
Shafali Verma 76* (42)
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(H) Manchester Originals
127/5 (100 balls) |
v
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London Spirit
131/5 (98 balls) |
(H) Southern Brave
166/3 (100 balls) |
v
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Welsh Fire
127/4 (100 balls) |
(H) Northern Superchargers
126/5 (100 balls) |
v
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Manchester Originals
127/2 (86 balls) |
(H) Trent Rockets
125/7 (100 balls) |
v
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Birmingham Phoenix
129/7 (94 balls) |
London Spirit
103/9 (100 balls) |
v
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Oval Invincibles (H)
107/2 (87 balls) |
(H) Trent Rockets
122/6 (100 balls) |
v
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Manchester Originals
124/1 (87 balls) |
(H) Southern Brave
115/3 (100 balls) |
v
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Oval Invincibles
85 (94 balls) |
Birmingham Phoenix
147/4 (100 balls) |
v
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Northern Superchargers (H)
133/6 (100 balls) |
(H) Welsh Fire
95/9 (100 balls) |
v
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London Spirit
96/3 (58 balls) |
All times are in British Summer Time (UTC+01:00) |
(H) Oval Invincibles
145/8 (100 balls) |
v
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Manchester Originals
136/7 (100 balls) |
London Spirit
144/6 (100 balls) |
v
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Birmingham Phoenix (H)
148/7 (97 balls) |
Southern Brave
126/8 (100 balls) |
v
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Trent Rockets (H)
127/1 (82 balls) |
Welsh Fire
173/4 (100 balls) |
v
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Northern Superchargers (H)
168/7 (100 balls) |
v
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London Spirit (H)
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Birmingham Phoenix
87 (84 balls) |
v
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Manchester Originals (H)
89/4 (73 balls) |
Northern Superchargers
132 (99 balls) |
v
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Trent Rockets (H)
134/8 (94 balls) |
(H) Welsh Fire
165/4 (100 balls) |
v
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Southern Brave
147/7 (100 balls) |
v
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Trent Rockets
123/4 (100 balls) |
v
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London Spirit (H)
116/8 (100 balls) |
Birmingham Phoenix
151/3 (100 balls) |
v
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Southern Brave (H)
152/6 (97 balls) |
(H) Welsh Fire
150/6 (100 balls) |
v
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Manchester Originals
153/3 (95 balls) |
Oval Invincibles
127/6 (100 balls) |
v
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Northern Superchargers (H)
128/4 (97 balls) |
Trent Rockets
144/6 (100 balls) |
v
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Birmingham Phoenix (H)
145/4 (74 balls) |
Southern Brave
145/6 (100 balls) |
v
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London Spirit (H)
141/7 (100 balls) |
Welsh Fire
121/7 (100 balls) |
v
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Oval Invincibles (H)
125/4 (93 balls) |
Northern Superchargers
155/3 (100 balls) |
v
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London Spirit (H)
92/9 (100 balls) |
Oval Invincibles
172/3 (100 balls) |
v
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Birmingham Phoenix (H)
174/4 (94 balls) |
(H) Manchester Originals
98/3 (71 balls) |
v
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(H) Welsh Fire
139/8 (100 balls) |
v
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Trent Rockets
140/4 (90 balls) |
Northern Superchargers
128/6 (100 balls) |
v
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Southern Brave (H)
131/5 (95 balls) |
(H) Oval Invincibles
125/6 (65 balls) |
v
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Trent Rockets
116/8 (65 balls) |
(H) Birmingham Phoenix
184/5 (100 balls) |
v
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Welsh Fire
91 (74 balls) |
London Spirit
142/6 (100 balls) |
v
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Manchester Originals (H)
136/9 (100 balls) |
Welsh Fire
144/5 (100 balls) |
v
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Southern Brave (H)
147/2 (87 balls) |
(H) Northern Superchargers
200/5 (100 balls) |
v
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Manchester Originals
131 (99 balls) |
Birmingham Phoenix
166/6 (100 balls) |
v
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Trent Rockets (H)
150/9 (100 balls) |
London Spirit
146/7 (100 balls) |
v
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Oval Invincibles (H)
147/8 (95 balls) |
Manchester Originals
135/8 (100 balls) |
v
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Trent Rockets (H)
136/3 (95 balls) |
Oval Invincibles
134/7 (100 balls) |
v
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Southern Brave (H)
135/4 (95 balls) |
(H) Northern Superchargers
143/8 (100 balls) |
v
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Birmingham Phoenix
147/2 (74 balls) |
London Spirit
163/5 (100 balls) |
v
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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) |
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Birmingham Phoenix
94 (94 balls) |
Oval Invincibles
121/6 (100 balls) |
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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) |
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Southern Brave
97/3 (68 balls) |
Southern Brave
168/5 (100 balls) |
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Birmingham Phoenix
136/5 (100 balls) |
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