“The Hundred” league is probably the next big thing in the cricket league world as the ECB (England cricket board) and Wales cricket finalizes the league player draft with some hefty salaries for the overseas players.
The Cricket Format of this new league will not be T20 instead there is a totally new set of rules so much so that it can be referred to as a new cricket format.
WHAT IS “THE HUNDRED” and WHAT IS ITS NEW FORMAT AND RULES”
The Draft has players from all over the world staring some of the biggest stars of world cricket. Here is the complete list of players and their reserved price in the draft formulated by the ECB. Teams will be picking players from this draft. Each team will be selecting 13 players and out of those 4 have to be overseas players.
THE HUNDRED DRAFT
| PLAYER | RESERVED PRICE | TEAM |
| RASHID KHAN | £100,000 | AFGHANISTAN |
| AARON FINCH | £100,000 | AUSTRALIA |
| CHRIS LYNN | £100,000 | AUSTRALIA |
| GLENN MAXWELL | £100,000 | AUSTRALIA |
| SHANE WATSON | £100,000 | AUSTRALIA |
| SHAKIB AL HASAN | £100,000 | BANGLADESH |
| TAMIM IQBAL | £100,000 | BANGLADESH |
| SANDEEP LAMICHHANE | £100,000 | NEPAL |
| TRENT BOULT | £100,000 | NEW ZEALAND |
| KANE WILLIAMSON | £100,000 | NEW ZEALAND |
| MOHAMMAD AMIR | £100,000 | PAKISTAN |
| QUINTON DE KOCK | £100,000 | SOUTH AFRICA |
| FAF DU PLESSIS | £100,000 | SOUTH AFRICA |
| DWAYNE BRAVO | £100,000 | WEST INDIES |
| SUNIL NARINE | £100,000 | WEST INDIES |
| KIERON POLLARD | £100,000 | WEST INDIES |
| ANDRE RUSSELL | £100,000 | WEST INDIES |
| STEVEN SMITH | £125,000 | AUSTRALIA |
| MITCHELL STARC | £125,000 | AUSTRALIA |
| DAVID WARNER | £125,000 | AUSTRALIA |
| KAGISO RABADA | £125,000 | SOUTH AFRICA |
| LASITH MALINGA | £125,000 | SRI LANKA |
| CHRIS GAYLE | £125,000 | WEST INDIES |
| MUJEEB UR RAHMAN | £60,000 | AFGHANISTAN |
| JASON BEHRENDORFF | £60,000 | AUSTRALIA |
| DAN CHRISTIAN | £60,000 | AUSTRALIA |
| SHAUN MARSH | £60,000 | AUSTRALIA |
| MUSTAFIZUR RAHMAN | £60,000 | BANGLADESH |
| MARTIN GUPTILL | £60,000 | NEW ZEALAND |
| SHAHEEN AFRIDI | £60,000 | PAKISTAN |
| SHAHID AFRIDI | £60,000 | PAKISTAN |
| FAHEEM ASHRAF | £60,000 | PAKISTAN |
| USMAN SHINWARI | £60,000 | PAKISTAN |
| SHOAIB MALIK | £60,000 | PAKISTAN |
| WAHAB RIAZ | £60,000 | PAKISTAN |
| CHRIS MORRIS | £60,000 | SOUTH AFRICA |
| IMRAN TAHIR | £60,000 | SOUTH AFRICA |
| MOHAMMAD NABI | £75,000 | AFGHANISTAN |
| MITCHELL MARSH | £75,000 | AUSTRALIA |
| MARCUS STOINIS | £75,000 | AUSTRALIA |
| BABAR AZAM | £75,000 | PAKISTAN |
| MOHAMMAD HAFEEZ | £75,000 | PAKISTAN |
| SHADAB KHAN | £75,000 | PAKISTAN |
| TEMBA BAVUMA | £75,000 | SOUTH AFRICA |
| JP DUMINY | £75,000 | SOUTH AFRICA |
| DAVID MILLER | £75,000 | SOUTH AFRICA |
| DALE STEYN | £75,000 | SOUTH AFRICA |
| DIMUTH KARUNARATNE | £75,000 | SRI LANKA |
| KUSAL PERERA | £75,000 | SRI LANKA |
| NICHOLAS POORAN | £75,000 | WEST INDIES |
SIX MOST EXPENSIVE PLAYERS IN “THE HUNDRED”
Steve Smith and David Warner are amongst the most expensive players in “The Hundred” tournament.
| STEVEN SMITH | £125,000 | AUSTRALIA |
| MITCHELL STARC | £125,000 | AUSTRALIA |
| DAVID WARNER | £125,000 | AUSTRALIA |
| KAGISO RABADA | £125,000 | SOUTH AFRICA |
| LASITH MALINGA | £125,000 | SRI LANKA |
| CHRIS GAYLE | £125,000 | WEST INDIES |
Muhammad Amir is the most expensive player from Pakistan out of 35 Pakistani Players featuring in “THE HUNDRED”
WHY THERE ARE NO INDIAN PLAYERS IN “THE HUNDRED” LEAGUE?
This question was asked several times to the ECB officials and they responded that this is a bit of a political issue, Previously Players from West Indies and the Indian team were doubtful to be included in the new “Hundred” tournament. West Indian players were doubtful citing clash with the CPL and some of the West Indian fixtures, however, Now the air has cleared after the new draft includes West Indies Players as listed below.
| PLAYER | RESERVED PRICE | TEAM |
| DWAYNE BRAVO | £100,000 | WEST INDIES |
| SUNIL NARINE | £100,000 | WEST INDIES |
| KIERON POLLARD | £100,000 | WEST INDIES |
| ANDRE RUSSELL | £100,000 | WEST INDIES |
| CHRIS GAYLE | £125,000 | WEST INDIES |
| NICHOLAS POORAN | £75,000 | WEST INDIES |
For Indian Players, BCCI does not allow them to take part in any external league (Any league other than IPL). BCCI keeps Indian players exclusive to the Indian Cricket League only. BCCI did not release any player to take part in the new “THE HUNDRED” league despite the great interest shown from ECB. Their president also expressed his interest in the matter and quoted the example of the Indian Skipper Virat Kohli who players for Surrey but could not take part in the last season due to injury.
