Oval Invincibles

The Hundred: Ollie Pope replaces Jonny Bairstow at Welsh Fire; Rory Burns moves to Oval Invincibles

The ECB announced the names of the first 18 players set to take part in The Hundred after its start was postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Hundred: Lasith Malinga, Shakib Al Hasan missing out in tournament's draft not surprising; Liam Livingstone's selection raised eyebrows

The draft for the ECB’s new tournament, The Hundred, took place at Sky Sports’ state of the art studio on Sunday night, and considering that any process of filling in a load of squad lists will never be action packed, it was as good as it could be.

The Hundred: Ben Stokes picked for Leeds based Northern Superchargers, Joe Root to play for Trent Rockets in inaugural 100-ball competition

Jofra Archer will spearhead the Southern Brave bowling attack, Jos Buttler will play for Manchester Originals, Chris Woakes represents Birmingham Phoenix and Sam Curran joins brother Tom at Oval Invincibles