THE HUNDRED

All you need to know about this exciting new 100-ball competition

Features eight city-based teams who have both men’s and women’s squads: London Spirit, Manchester Originals, Northern Superchargers, Birmingham Phoenix, Oval Invincibles, Southern Brave, Trent Rockets and Welsh Fire.

Each game lasts just 100 balls per innings. Whichever team scores the most runs, wins. Unlike other formats of the game, the fielding side change ends after ten balls (not six), and bowlers can deliver either five or ten consecutive balls, up to a maximum of 20 per game.

Each squad consists of 15 players, with three overseas stars.

The matches are expected to be more explosive and exciting than even Twenty20 (20-over games) and will last no more than two and a half hours.

The first season runs from 21 July to 21 August 2021.

Each team will play four matches at home and four matches away, playing every team once and their local rival twice. Following a semi-final between the second and third ranked teams, the winner of that match will face the table-topping team to decide the champion.