The Hundred Cricket Rules: 100-ball cricket is a short form of cricket introduced by the England Cricket Board to attract new audiences to the game with simplified rules under the name of “The Hundred”.
It will feature world-class players and massive names from around the world. Eight brand new city-based women’s and men’s teams will compete over five weeks every summer.
A men’s squad and women’s squad will be formed for each team, with the competitions running alongside each other.
The Hundred Cricket Rules
The Hundred Cricket rules are a bit different from the regular limited-over cricket rules. England introduced the game with simple rules but new to the cricket era. Many cricket experts feel that this would bring a storm in the cricket world due to its simplified rules version.
Following are the set of rules that will be followed in the inaugural edition of the Hundred Cricket Tournament.
- It’s 100 balls per inning. Whoever scores the most runs wins.
- The fielding side change ends after 10 balls.
- Bowlers deliver either five or 10 consecutive balls. The captain decides.
- Each bowler can deliver a maximum of 20 balls per game.
- Each bowling side gets a strategic timeout of up to two and a half minutes.
- A 25-ball powerplay for each team.
- Two fielders are allowed outside of the initial 30-yard circle during the powerplay.
- No-balls are worth two runs and a free hit.
- Slow over-rates are penalised by one fewer fielder being permitted outside the ring for the final over.
- To constitute a match, a minimum of 25 balls has to be bowled to the side batting second, unless a result has been achieved earlier.
- Two points are awarded for a win and one point in the event of a tie or no result.
- In the knockout stages, if a match is tied, then a “Super 5” will be played, with the winner being the team which scores the most runs from a further five balls.
- The coach can walk out to the middle of the ground and discuss tactics with their players mid-game.
- A match of The Hundred will last two and a half hours.
- All teams are to have 15-member squads.
- A maximum of three foreign players is allowed per squad
- At least one England Test player will have to be signed by each of the eight men’s teams.
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The Hundred Cricket Teams
The Hundred tournament consists of 8 teams in total which were named after the cities in England. Notably, both Men’s and Women’s teams come under the same team name.
Ex: Men’s team is named Birmingham Phoenix Men’s while the Women’s team has named Birmingham Phoenix Women’s. The teams are as follows.
- Birmingham Phoenix
- Manchester Originals
- London Spirit
- Oval Invincibles
- Northern Superchargers
- Trent Rockets
- Southern Brave
- Welsh Fire
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