The Hundred, a 100-ball tournament in England, started in 2021. It is a shorter format than T20 cricket and eight teams participate in it.
Babar Azam is currently the number one T20 batsman.
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England’s Hundred Tournament (The Hundred Draft) was revealed on 5 April. In this, the teams insisted on taking domestic cricketers instead of foreign players. The result was that Babar Azam (Babar AzamNo one took international stars like Lockie Ferguson, Nicholas Pooran and David Warner. Joe Clark of England (Joe Clarke), Tom Banton (Welsh Fire), Tom Koehler Kedmore (Trent Rockets), Laurie Evans (Manchester Originals) and Liam Dawson (London Spirit) were selected in the most expensive category. They will get an amount of 1.25 lakh pounds i.e. around one crore rupees. The reason for not taking players like Babar Azam, Nicholas Pooran and Warner is believed to be their non-availability for the entire tournament. At the same time, Chris Gayle has not been taken by any team. Gayle does not even play much international cricket now.
The Hundred tournament started in the year 2021. This time it is to be organized from August 3 to September 3. In the Hundred tournament, there are 100 balls in an innings. There are eight teams in the Hundred tournament. Last year’s men’s tournament was won by Southern Braves by defeating Birmingham Phoenix. At the same time, the Oval Invincibles won the trophy among women.
Big money rained on English players
In the absence of many big stars, a decrease in the attractiveness of Hundred can be seen. Also, its schedule is clashing with many tournaments of men’s cricket. These include the Asia Cup and the Caribbean Premier League. Due to this, the teams of the Hundred tournament decided to spend a hefty amount only on the domestic players of England. By the way, in June or July, the teams will have a chance to choose a wild card foreign player. But such players will get only up to 50 thousand pounds.
Pollard, Bravo, Russell got the teams
Some big players are also associated with this tournament under the draft. West Indies captain Kieran Pollard has been selected by London Spirit. At the same time, Andre Russell has become a part of Manchester Originals and Dwayne Bravo Northern Superchargers. In the London Spirit, Pollard will be accompanied by England spinner Liam Dawson, Australia’s Glenn Maxwell and Riley Meredith.
At the same time, Manchester will have Russell along with Wanindu Hasaranga and Australia’s fast bowler Shaun Abbott. The Welsh Fire team has picked up Australian leg-spinner Adam Zampa, South African batsman David Miller and Pakistan pacer Naseem Shah. In the Northern team, along with Bravo, Pakistan’s pacer Wahab Riaz will also be there.
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