ECB pronounces The Hundred 2024 schedule; Set to start on July

The England Cricket Board has revealed the schedule for The Hundred which is about to be performed between July and August.

ECB pronounces The Hundred 2024 schedule

The fourth version of the Hundred will likely be performed between 8 groups in males’s and ladies’s competitions beginning on July 23. The primary match will likely be performed between Birmingham Phoenix and Oval Invincibles and the finals will likely be performed at Lord’s.

The League stage of the event will likely be performed till August 15. Just like the earlier years, the entire matches are doubleheaders with ladies’s fixtures taking part in within the first slot.

Solely the highest three groups will qualify for the following stage the place the crew ending on the prime of the factors desk will qualify straight for the finals. The opposite two groups will conflict with one another within the eliminators to compete within the finals.

“I can not await The Hundred. It is such a enjoyable competitors to play in, and the crowds are getting higher and higher. You’ll be able to actually really feel the distinction at The Hundred by way of the variety of younger individuals and households within the crowd.

“It is executed a lot for the ladies’s recreation and the elevate in each the profile and the usual of ladies’s cricket has been superb,” stated Southern Courageous Batter Danni Wyatt.

Oval Invincibles are the champions of the Males competitors whereas Southern Courageous are the defending champions of the Hundred 2023.

England allrounder Sam Curran additionally expressed his ideas on the fourth season of The Lots of saying, “I feel the third yr of The Hundred was an enormous step ahead for the competitors.

“We all know the usual is high-quality however with yearly we play it the format itself turns into a part of the occasion. We noticed so many shut finishes final yr within the males’s competitors and shut contests are so good for bringing followers in.

“We would like to be again at Lord’s in August to try to defend our trophy however we’re additionally wanting ahead to getting again out in entrance of our followers on the Kia Oval,” he added.

Oval Invincibles and Birmingham Phoenix will likely be taking part in their first match on July 23, at The Oval.