The Hundred (cricket)

The Hundred
AdministratorEngland and Wales Cricket Board
Format100-ball cricket
First edition2021
Latest edition2024
Next edition2025
Tournament formatRound-robin league and Playoffs
Number of teamsW: 8
M: 8
Current championW: London Spirit (1st title)
M: Oval Invincibles (2nd title)
Most successfulW: Oval Invincibles
M: Oval Invincibles
(2 titles each)

The Hundred is a 100-ball cricket tournament involving teams in major cities across England and Wales run by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) which took place for the first time in 2021.

The format was invented with the expectation that each match would last around two-and-a-half hours.[1] The BBC showed free-to-air broadcasts of the competition, while all of the women's matches and some of the men's matches were available to stream for free on Sky Sports' YouTube channel.[2][3]

Almost all matches take place as back-to-back double-headers at the same venue on the same day. One ticket gives access to both the men's and women's games. The men's salaries are four times higher than the women's, but the tournament prize money is equal.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ "ECB announces Hundred will start in July with women's match at Oval". The Guardian. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Hundred must show it can 'grow the game' to be a success – ECB". The Guardian. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  3. ^ "The Hundred: All women's matches available for free on Sky Sports' YouTube channel". The Cricketer. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  4. ^ "The Hundred - The Hundred: Women's salaries will more than double and men's salaries to rise by a fifth in 2022 edition". Sky Sports. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  5. ^ "The Hundred - women fixtures 2021: Full schedule, dates". The Cricketer. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Men's and women's competitions to have equal prize money". England and Wales Cricket Board. 8 March 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2021.

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