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2022 The Hundred season

The 2022 season of The Hundred was 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.

The competition returned 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 hoped that more overseas players would be able to take part in this second season due to the relaxation of lockdown restrictions as the pandemic receded.

Salaries for male players increased 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

2022 The Hundred season is located in England
Birmingham
Cardiff
Leeds
Nottingham
Manchester
Lord's
The Oval
Southampton
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Venues in England and Wales

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

Tournament structure

In the inaugural competition in 2021, eight city-based teams competed for the men's and women's titles over a month between 21 July and 21 August 2021.

For 2022, the same eight city-based teams competed over 56 matches in the group stage (32 men's, 24 women's). The majority of the men's and women's matches were held on the same day at the same grounds, with one ticket giving access to both contests.

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

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

Once the league stage was completed the top three teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the ultimate champions. The second and third teams met in a semi-final at the Rose Bowl in Southampton. The winner of the semi-final then met the team that finished top of the league in the final at Lord's.[7]

Squads

Men's 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. James Anderson and Stuart Broad were the only two Test-contracted players not to be allocated a franchise.[citation needed]

A player draft then took place on 6 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 Southern 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.[citation needed]

Following the draft, sides had two wildcard picks immediately prior to the tournament. The Vitality Wildcard allows one domestic player who impressed in the 2022 T20 Blast, while the Overseas Wildcard allows one further overseas player to be selected.[citation needed]

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

Broadcasting

Sky Sports showed every match in the competition live on its subscription television service, while the BBC also broadcast some matches live on free-to-air television and broadcast commentary on its radio services.[10][11] Some of the games shown on Sky were simulcast on YouTube and TikTok.[12]

Standings

Women

Source: BBC Sport,[13] ESPN Cricinfo[14]
(C) Champion

  advanced to Final
  advanced to the Eliminator

Men

Source: BBC Sport,[15] ESPN Cricinfo[16]
(C) Champion

  advanced to Final
  advanced to the Eliminator

Group fixtures (W)

The following sides did 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.

  • Oval Invincibles won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Oval Invincibles 2, Northern Superchargers 0.
  • London Spirit won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Southern Brave 2, London Spirit 0.
  • Manchester Originals won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Trent Rockets 2, Manchester Originals 0.
  • Alana King took the first hat-trick in The Hundred Women's competition.
  • Welsh Fire won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Birmingham Phoenix 2, Welsh Fire 0.
  • London Spirit won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Northern Superchargers 2, London Spirit 0.
  • Oval Invincibles won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Southern Brave 2, Oval Invincibles 0.
  • Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Birmingham Phoenix 2, Trent Rockets 0.
  • Welsh Fire won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Manchester Originals 2, Welsh Fire 0.
  • Oval Invincibles won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Oval Invincibles 2, Trent Rockets 0.
  • Manchester Originals won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Southern Brave 2, Manchester Originals 0.
  • Northern Superchargers won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Birmingham Phoenix 2, Northern Superchargers 0.
  • London Spirit won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Trent Rockets 2, London Spirit 0.
  • Manchester Originals won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Northern Superchargers 2, Manchester Originals 0.
  • Welsh Fire won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Southern Brave 2, Welsh Fire 0.
  • Oval Invincibles won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Oval Invincibles 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.
  • Welsh Fire won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: London Spirit 2, Welsh Fire 0.
  • Southern Brave won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Southern Brave 2, Trent Rockets 0.
  • Welsh Fire won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Welsh Fire 2, Northern Superchargers 0.
  • Oval Invincibles won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Oval Invincibles 2, London Spirit 0.
  • Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Manchester Originals 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.
  • Welsh Fire won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Trent Rockets 2, Welsh Fire 0.
  • London Spirit won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: London Spirit 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.
  • Southern Brave won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Northern Superchargers 2, Southern Brave 0.
  • Oval Invincibles won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Oval Invincibles 2, Manchester Originals 0.

Group fixtures (M)

  • Southern Brave won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Southern Brave 2, Welsh Fire 0.
  • Oval Invincibles won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: London Spirit 2, Oval Invincibles 0.
  • Northern Superchargers won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Northern Superchargers 2, Manchester Originals 0.
  • Trent Rockets won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Trent Rockets 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.
  • Welsh Fire won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Oval Invincibles 2, Welsh Fire 0.
  • London Spirit won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: London Spirit 2, Manchester Originals 0.
  • Trent Rockets won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Trent Rockets 2, Northern Superchargers 0.
  • Southern Brave won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Birmingham Phoenix 2, Southern Brave 0.
  • Oval Invincibles won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Oval Invincibles 2, Northern Superchargers 0.
  • London Spirit won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: London Spirit 2, Southern Brave 0.
  • Trent Rockets won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Trent Rockets 2, Manchester Originals 0.
  • Welsh Fire won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Birmingham Phoenix 2, Welsh Fire 0.
  • Northern Superchargers won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: London Spirit 2, Northern Superchargers 0.
  • Oval Invincibles won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Oval Invincibles 2, Southern Brave 0.
  • Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Birmingham Phoenix 2, Trent Rockets 0.
  • Welsh Fire won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Manchester Originals 2, Welsh Fire 0.
  • Oval Invincibles won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Trent Rockets 2, Oval Invincibles 0.
  • Southern Brave won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Manchester Originals 2, Southern Brave 0.
  • Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Northern Superchargers 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.
  • Trent Rockets won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Trent Rockets 2, London Spirit 0.
  • Northern Superchargers won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Manchester Originals 2, Northern Superchargers 0.
  • Southern Brave won the toss and elected to field.
  • Sonny Baker (Southern Brave) made his T20 debut.
  • Points: Southern Brave 2, Welsh Fire 0.
  • Oval Invincibles won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Birmingham Phoenix 2, Oval Invincibles 0.
  • Welsh Fire won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: London Spirit 2, Welsh Fire 0.
  • Southern Brave won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Southern Brave 2, Trent Rockets 0.
  • Welsh Fire won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Northern Superchargers 2, Welsh Fire 0.
  • London Spirit won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Oval Invincibles 2, London Spirit 0.
  • Manchester Originals won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Manchester Originals 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.
  • Welsh Fire won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Trent Rockets 2, Welsh Fire 0.
  • Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Birmingham Phoenix 2, London Spirit 0.
  • Southern Brave won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Northern Superchargers 2, Southern Brave 0.
  • Oval Invincibles won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Manchester Originals 2, Oval Invincibles 0.

Knockout stages

Women

Eliminator

  • Trent Rockets won the toss and elected to field.

Final

  • Southern Brave won the toss and elected to bat.

Men

Eliminator

  • London Spirit won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

  • Manchester Originals won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics

Most runs

Most wickets

Notes

  1. ^ Paul Walter, Tom Helm and Jordan Thompson all took 14 wickets in the men's competition.

References

  1. ^ "Brave v Fire to kick off men's Hundred". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  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.
  7. ^ "The Hundred".
  8. ^ "England stars to receive Hundred salary boost for 2022 tournament". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Women's Player Selection".
  10. ^ "Brave v Fire to kick off men's Hundred". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  11. ^ "The Hundred: Sky Sports to show every game live when 2022 tournament starts on August 3". Sky Sports. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  12. ^ "The Hundred 2022: Sky Sports to show matches on TikTok | The Cricketer". www.thecricketer.com.
  13. ^ The Hundred Women tables, BBC Sport.
  14. ^ The Hundred Women's Competition Standings, ESPN Cricinfo
  15. ^ The Hundred Men tables, BBC Sport.
  16. ^ The Hundred Men's Competition Standings, ESPN Cricinfo

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