2022 season of The Hundred

The 2022 season of The Hundred will be the second 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.

2022 season of The Hundred
Dates3 August – 3 September 2022
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format100-ball cricket
Tournament format(s)Group stage and knockout
Participants8 (women's)
8 (men's)
Matches58
Official websiteThe Hundred

The competition will return after its first season, which was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and faced strong opposition from traditional cricket fans. Despite this more than 500,000 tickets were sold for the first year of the competition and the contest was seen as a major boost for the women's game.[1][2]

The Hundred's organisers hope that more overseas players will be able to take part in this second season due to the relaxation of lockdown restrictions as the pandemic recedes.

Salaries for male players will increase by 25% on the previous year, with each team allowed to spend up to £1m on wages for the month-long contest. Pay for female players have been more than doubled on the previous year, with each team given £250,000 to spend on salaries.[3][4]

Teams
Venues in England and Wales

The eight teams that competed in the 2021 season will return for a second year. They are all franchises, operating separately from the existing county cricket clubs, with each representing a large area of England and Wales.

Team Venue Men's Coach Women's Coach Ground
Manchester Originals Old Trafford, Manchester
Northern Superchargers Headingley, Leeds
Birmingham Phoenix Edgbaston, Birmingham
Trent Rockets Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Welsh Fire
(Welsh: Tân Cymreig)		 Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
London Spirit Lord's, London
Oval Invincibles The Oval, London
Southern Brave Rose Bowl, Southampton

Tournament structure

Eight city-based teams will compete for the men's and women's titles over a month between 3 August and 3 September 2021, ensuring that the competition will take place during the school summer holidays.

There will be 56 matches in the group stage (32 men's, 24 women's). The majority of the men's and women's matches will be held on the same day at the same grounds, with one ticket giving access to both contests.

Each men's team will play four matches at home and four matches away. This will include one match against every other side in the competition and then a bonus match against their nearest regional rivals.[5]

The women's competition has been curtailed due to the inclusion of women's cricket at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, reducing the number of players who are available for the start of the contest. As a result, the women's contest will start a week later and each women's team will only play six matches in the group stage, meaning some sides will not meet each other at this point in the competition.[6]

Once the league stage is completed the top three teams will compete in the knockout stage to decide the ultimate champions. The second and third teams will meet in a semi-final, which will be at the Rose Bowl in Southampton. The winner of the semi-final then meets the team that finished top of the league in the final at Lord's.[7]

Semifinals Final
      
First-placed team
Winner of semi-final
Second-placed team
Third-placed team

Squads

Teams were allowed to retain up to ten of the previous season's men's players by negotiating new contracts directly with players until the retention window closed in February. In addition, all England centrally contracted players were retained by their respective franchises. Jack Leach, James Anderson and Stuart Broad were the only three Test-contracted players not to be allocated a franchise.

A player draft then took place on the 6th of April to fill the forty-two remaining squad players, with teams taking turns to sign available players in vacant salary bands. Picks were in reverse order of where a side finished in the previous season, beginning with London Spirit and ending with Souther Brave.[8] Each side was given a 'Right to Match', allowing them to retain one further player from their 2021 squad if they match the bid of another franchise at the draft.

Following the draft, sides will have two wildcard picks immediately prior to the tournament. The Vitality Wildcard allows one domestic player who impressed in the 2022 Vitality Blast, while the Overseas Wildcard allows one further overseas player to be selected.

In the women's competition, an unlimited number of players can be retained from the previous year's competition. There will not be a draft in the women's competition and instead teams can recruit players from around the world until the end of June, providing they do not break their overall salary cap.[9]

Broadcasting

Sky Sports will show every match in the competition live on its subscription television service, while the BBC will also show some matches live on free-to-air television and broadcast commentary on its radio services.[10][11]

Standings

Women
Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1 Birmingham Phoenix 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
2 London Spirit 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3 Manchester Originals 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
4 Northern Superchargers 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
5 Oval Invincibles 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
6 Southern Brave 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
7 Trent Rockets 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
8 Welsh Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played on 11 August 2022. Source: BBC Sport,[12] England and Wales Cricket Board

  advances to Final
  advances to the Eliminator

Men
Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1 Birmingham Phoenix 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
2 London Spirit 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3 Manchester Originals 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
4 Northern Superchargers 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
5 Oval Invincibles 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
6 Southern Brave 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
7 Trent Rockets 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
8 Welsh Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played on 3 August 2022. Source: BBC Sport,[13] England and Wales Cricket Board

  advances to Final
  advances to the Eliminator


Group fixtures (Women)

The following sides will not play each other in the group stage, due to the shortened women's competition: Oval Invincibles and Welsh Fire, Northern Superchargers and Trent Rockets, London Spirit and Manchester Originals, Southern Brave and Birmingham Phoenix.

All times are in British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)
14 August 2022
14:30 (N)
v
24 August 2022
15:00
v
27 August 2022
15:30
v
30 August 2022
15:00
v

Group fixtures (Men)
All times are in British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)
3 August 2022
19:00 (N)
v
4 August 2022
18:30 (N)
v
8 August 2022
18:30 (N)
v
12 August 2022
18:30 (N)
v
14 August 2022
18:00 (N)
v
22 August 2022
18:30 (N)
v
24 August 2022
18:30 (N)
v
25 August 2022
19:00 (N)
v
27 August 2022
19:00 (N)
v
29 August 2022
19:00 (N)
v
30 August 2022
18:30 (N)
v

Knockout stages

Women
Eliminator Final
      
1 First-placed team
Winner of Eliminator
2 Second-placed team
3 Third-placed team

Eliminator
2 September 2022
15:00
Second-placed team
v
Third-placed team

Final
3 September 2022
15:00
First-placed team
v
Winner of Eliminator


Men
Eliminator Final
      
1 First-placed team
Winner of Eliminator
2 Second-placed team
3 Third-placed team

Eliminator
2 September 2022
18:30 (N)
Second-placed team
v
Third-placed team

Final
3 September 2022
18:30 (N)
First-placed team
v
Winner of Eliminator

Statistics

See also

Notes

    References
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    2. "Why the Hundred double headers have boosted women's game | Raf Nicholson". the Guardian. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
    3. "England stars to receive Hundred salary boost for 2022 tournament". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
    4. "ECB doubles Women's Hundred salaries for 2022 edition". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
    5. "The Hundred 2021 Schedule: Full List Of Men's & Women's Fixtures". Wisden. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
    6. "The Hundred: Women's competition trimmed due to Commonwealth Games clash". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
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    10. "Brave v Fire to kick off men's Hundred". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
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    12. The Hundred Women tables, BBC Sport.
    13. The Hundred Men tables, BBC Sport.
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