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 100 ball cricket rules for the league named “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 100 ball per innings and simple cricket rules. 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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