The Hundred – Everything you want to know about the format!

The inaugural season of The Hundred tourney will begin on July 21. It is a professional franchise 100-ball cricket tournament involving 8 Men’s and Women’s teams located in major cities across England and Wales.

Here are the teams and playing conditions you need to know about The Hundred Tournament:

TEAMS:

There are 8 franchises in total. Just like BBL and WBBL – the same franchise will have both Men’s and Women’s team.

The team names are as follows:

Birmingham Phoenix, London Spirit, Manchester Originals, Northern Superchargers, Oval Invincibles, Southern Brave, Trent Rockets, Welsh Fire.

Check out all the full squads here:

TOSS:

The toss won’t take place on the pitch. It is likely to take place on a podium set for the DJ and live entertainment.

THE HUNDRED BALL:

Two white Kookaburras will be used during the match. One ball per each innings.

BALLS/OVERS:

There will be a total of 100 balls per innings. Each over will have 5 balls in it.

The Umpires will call ‘five’ instead of ‘over’. Although the term ‘over’ will remain in use in the playing conditions, for presentation purposes, the RCB will be using balls as the unit of measurement.

The scorecard will be represented with the number of balls bowled and remaining in the innings, instead of overs.

BOWLER QUOTA:

Each bowler can bowl up to a maximum of 20 balls per game.

A bowler can bowl either five or ten balls in succession as deemed fit by the captain from the same end of alternate ends.

POWERPLAY:

The first 25 balls of the innings will comprise the PowerPlay.

Only two fielders will be allowed outside the 30-yard circle. After this period, the fielding team can request a Strategic Timeout.

STRATEGIC TIMEOUT:

A Strategic Timeout of 2 minutes can be taken by a fielding team after the PowerPlay (after the first 25 balls of the innings).

The Timeout is not mandatory and the teams can opt not to go for it. A batting team cannot request for a Timeout.

WHITE CARD:

At the end of five-ball chunk, the umpire will call ‘five’ rather than ‘over’ and raise a white card. The white card helps the audience to understand the separation between 2 chunks of five balls. It will avoid confusion with regards to a 10 successive delivery chunk bowled by the same bowler from the same end.

BATTER:

In line with the gender-neutral ambition of the tourney, the term ‘batter’ will be used instead of ‘batsman’ or ‘batswoman’.

STRIKE AFTER CATCH:

When a batter is caught, the new batter walking in to take his/her place will take the strike regardless of the non-striker crossing.

TIED MATCHES:

In case of a tie in the group stage, points will be shared between the teams. One point shall be awarded to each team.

In cause of a tie in the Eliminator or the Final, a Super Five will be played. Super Five is basically a super over consisting of 5 balls.

If the Super Five is a tie, then another Super Five is contested between both teams.

In case of tie in the second Super Five, the team which finished higher in the Group Stage will be announced winners.

NO-BALL:

Each no-ball will carry a value of 2 runs. It is the same rule that is applied in the T20 Blast.

DRS:

The Decision Review System (DRS) will be available for each game for the first time in English domestic cricket with the third umpire having control of replays.

This is the first time DRS is available for domestic matches in England.