The Hundred 2022: Who will feature in this year’s Cricket tournament?

The Hundred tournament has had its deadline day for retaining players for this year’s upcoming competition.

The eight franchises were able to retain any player who played or was selected but then forced to withdraw due to injury or travel restrictions.

The Hundred, which was due to commence in 2020, stormed the stage last summer and soon enthralled thousands of fans to either their screen or their nearest Cricket Ground to watch the best players from around the world feature in the inaugural tournament.

James Vince’s Southern Brave won the men’s tournament while Dane Van Niekerk’s Oval Invincibles took the first ever Women’s Trophy.

Cricketing fans were treated to an astonishing display from Birmingham Phoenix’s Liam Livingstone who scored an unbelievable 348 runs in 195 balls throughout the tournament while India’s Jemimah Rodrigues hit the headlines and became a household name after her 249 runs in 165 balls.

With the 2022 tournament just a few months away, the franchises have been preparing for who they wish to retain as they bid to become The Hundred champions once more.

Here is all you need to know about The Hundred deadline day…

When is deadline day for retaining players?

The deadline day is today, 22 February 2022.

What happens next?

The male players how have not been retained will go into a draft on 30 March, and the women’s franchises are now free to sign whoever they wish, with the signings announced on the same day as the men.

Is deadline day different for the Men and Women’s franchises?

The women are able to retain as many players as they wish. This could mean that the same 15 players will feature in the franchise as in 2021.

The men’s squads are slightly different. They are able to retain up to 10 players who will be across seven different wage bands.

There can be up to three overseas players and a minimum of at least one England Test contracted player.

So who have all the teams retained?

London Spirit Men:

• Zak Crawley (England Contracted)
• Mark Wood (England Contracted) 
• Glenn Maxwell (Overseas)
• Eoin Morgan
• Mason Crane
• Dan Lawrence
• Adam Rossington
• Ravi Bopara
• Blake Cullen
• Brad Wheal

London Spirit Women:

• Heather Knight
• Freya Davies
• Charlie Dean
• Danielle Gibson
• Amara Carr
• Naomi Dattani
• Grace Scrivens 
• Alice Monaghan

Welsh Fire Men:

• Jonny Bairstow (England Contracted)
• Ollie Pope (England Contracted) 
• Ben Duckett
• Jake Ball
• David Payne
• Leus du Plooy
• Ryan Higgins
• Josh Cobb

Welsh Fire Women:

• Katie George
• Hayley Mathews (overseas)
• Claire Nicholas
• Georgia Hennessy
• Alex Giffiths
• Hannah Baker
• Lauren Filer
• Nicole Harvey

Manchester Originals Men:

• Jos Buttler (England contracted)
• Ollie Robinson (England contracted) 
• Phil Salt
• Matt Parkinson
• Jamie Overton
• Tom Hartley
• Tom Lammonby
• Colin Ackermann
• Wayne Madsen
• Fred Klaassen
• Calvin Harrison

Manchester Originals Women:

• Sophie Ecclesone
• Lizelle Lee (Overseas)
• Kate Cross
• Emma Lamb
• Ellie Threlkeld
• Cordelia Griffith
• Hannah Jones 
• Georgie Boyce
• Laura Jackson

Northern Superchargers Men:

• Ben Stokes (England contracted) 
• Adil Rashid
• David Willey
• Faf du Plessis (overseas)
• Harry Brook
• Brydon Carse
• Matthew Potts
• John Simpson
• Adam Lyth
• Callum Parkinson

Northern Superchargers Women:

• Jemimah Rodrigues (Overseas)
• Alyssa Healy (overseas)
• Laura Wolvaardt (overseas)
• Linsey Smith 
• Alice Davidson-Richards
• Hollie Armitage
• Beth Langston
• Katie Levick
• Bess Heath
• Kalea Moore
• Liz Russel 

Oval Invincibles Men:

• Sam Curran (England contracted)
• Jason Roy (England contracted)
• Jason Roy
• Sam Billings
• Tom curran
• Will Jacks
• Saqib Mahmood
• Reece Topley
• Jordan Cox
• Nathan Sowter 

Oval Invincibles Women:

• Dane van Niekerk (overseas)
• Marizanne Kapp (overseas)
• Tash Farrant
• Shabnim Ismail (overseas)
• Mady Villiers
• Alice Capsey
• Danielle Gregory
• Grace Gibbs
• Emma Jones

Trent Rockets Men:

• Joe Root (England contracted) 
• Dawid Malan (England contracted) 
• Rashid Khan
• Alex Hales
• Lewis Gregory
• Marchant de Lange (overseas)
• Luke Wood
• Samit Patel
• Matt Carter
• Steven Mullaney
• Sam Cook
• Tom Moores

Trent Rockets Women:

• Nat Sciver
• Katherine Brunt
• Sarah Glenn
• Kathryn Bryce
• Abbey Freeborn

Birmingham Phoenix Men:

• Chris Woakes (England contracted)
• Liam Livingstone
• Moeen Ali
• Adam Milne (overseas)
• Benny Howell
• Tom Abell
• Will Smeed
• Chris Benjamin
• Miles Hammond
• Henry Brookes

Birmingham Phoenix Women:

• Amy Jones
• Sophie Devine (overseas)
• Ellyse Perry (overseas)
• Georgia Elwiss
• Kirstie Gordon
• Issy Wong
• Eve Jones
• Emily Arlott
• Gwen Davies
• Abtaha Maqsood
• Ria Fackrell
• Phoebe Franklin

Southern Brave Men:

• Jofra Archer (England contracted)
• Marcus Stoinis (overseas)
• James Vince
• Tymal Mills
• Chris Jordan
• George Garton
• Alex Davies
• Jake Lintott
• Tim David (overseas)
• Ross Whiteley
• Craig Overton 

Southern Brave Women:

• Danni Wyatt
• Smriti Mandhana (overseas)
• Sophia Dunkley
• Anya Shrubsole
• Amanda Jade-Wellington (overseas)
• Maia Bouchier
• Lauren Bell
• Carla Rudd
• Tara Norris
• Paige Scholfield

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