Owzat! Foxes pair signed up for The Hundred competition
WOMEN’S MATCH TO BEGIN SUMMER TOURNAMENT WILL BE SHOWN LIVE ON BBC AND SKY
LEICESTERSHIRE captain Colin Ackermann and vice-captain Callum Parkinson are two of the latest players to be signed up for The Hundred competiton which launches this summer.
South African Ackermann joins the Manchester Originals team while left-arm spinner Parkinson has become part of the Northern Superchargers team.
A total of 35 men’s players have been revealed after being chosen out of more than 500 overseas and English players vying for a place in the 100-ball family-friendly competition.
Alongside this, a further eight English and eight Australian star women’s players have also been announced.
Nicholas Pooran, Kieron Pollard, David Warner, Kagiso Rabada and Tom Abell were the top five men’s picks in The Hundred Draft to fill the remaining 35 spaces in the men’s squads.
Manchester Originals were the busiest team, signing 10 players. As well as Ackermann, Pooran and Rabada, they also drafted Harry Gurney, Jamie Overton and Shadab Khan among others.
Other England stars signed up include Ravi Bopara going to London Spirit, Olly Stone joining Northern Superchargers and Saqib Mahmood being picked up by Oval Invincibles. The eight teams have now filled all but one place in their men’s squads – they each have one Vitality Wildcard pick each to fill the final slot in June.
The men’s competition features three of the world’s top five male international T20 batsmen and four of the top five male bowlers.
Players are being signed on an individual basis by the eight teams in the women’s competition, with no equivalent draft event.
Teams will continue to fill their squads over the coming months.
The world’s top female T20 bowler Sophie Ecclestone and leading female T20 batter Beth Mooney are among the latest women’s star signings.
The women’s competition will headline the start of The Hundred with Oval Invincibles taking on Manchester Originals in a standalone women’s match, live on Sky and BBC on July 21, a day before the men’s teams meet.
The Hundred will combine fastpaced cricket featuring world-class players with entertainment off the pitch to make it a great day out for families.