Glamorgan players register for the Hundred draft

16 Oct 2019 | Cricket

A number of Glamorgan players have registered for the Hundred draft, the first of its kind in UK sporting history.

Club captain Chris Cooke, vice-captain David Lloyd and fast bowler Marchant de Lange are among the 570 names that the eight teams will be able to pick from.

Welsh Fire have already selected Glamorgan's T20 skipper Colin Ingram as one of their local icon players, alongside Tom Banton. Jonny Bairstow was selected as the centrally-contracted England player to represent the side.

Some of the biggest names in world cricket have put their names forward for the Hundred, with Chris Gayle, Lasith Malinga, Kagiso Rabada, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc and David Warner those who have put their reserve price in the highest category of £125k.

Some of Glamorgan's previous overseas players have entered the draft, including David Miller (£75k), Dale Steyn (£75k), Shaun Marsh (£60k), and Fakhar Zaman (£40k).

Full list of Glamorgan players in the draft:

Connor Brown, Kieran Bull, Kiran Carlson, Chris Cooke, Joe Cooke, Tom Cullen, Marchant de Lange, Dan Douthwaite, David Lloyd, Craig Meschede, Owen Morgan, Billy Root, Andrew Salter, Nick Selman, Prem Sisodiya, Ruaidhri Smith, Callum Taylor, Timm van der Gugten, Graham Wagg, Roman Walker.

On Sunday, 20th October, The Hundred men’s Draft will mark an historic occasion in British sport, as the first major UK sport competition draft to be held in this country. Here’s how to follow the action as it happens:

  • Sky Sports News and skysports.com will cover the build-up all day, with live TV coverage starting at 7pm on Sky One, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket. It will also be available via Sky Sports' Facebook and YouTube channels, the Sky Sports app and skysports.com
  • The BBC Sport website will host a live stream and text commentary on Sunday evening, whileRadio 5 Live will look ahead to the draft with a special preview programme at 9pm on Wednesday night
  • thehundred.com will also host a live stream, plus you can follow along on the official The Hundred social media channelsFacebook and Instagram

Wherever you watch, there will be a host of sporting stars featured on the night. Ian Ward and Isa Guha will host Sky’s coverage, with support from Rob Key and Nasser Hussain, with special guests including World Cup winning legends Jofra Archer, Heather Knight and Ben Stokes.

BBC commentary will be provided by World Cup winners Ebony Rainford-Brent and Mark Wood alongside Test Match Special commentator Henry Moeran, while Eleanor Oldroyd will provide updates from the draft into Radio 5 Live.

On the night, each Head Coach will select their team as follows:

An independently adjudicated pre-draft draw has determined the order of selection:

  1. Trent Rockets
  2. Southern Brave
  3. Northern Superchargers
  4. Welsh Fire
  5. Oval Invincibles
  6. Manchester Originals
  7. London Spirit
  8. Birmingham Phoenix
  • Head Coaches will pick two players per round, with just 100 seconds per pick. There will be seven rounds to complete each squad. The first coach will select a player, followed by the next coach, and so on. Mid-round the selection order will reverse. Where an ‘icon player’ has already been picked, the team skip that turn in The Draft.
  • 96 of the world’s best cricketers will be selected from a nearly 600-strong player pool; teams can select a maximum of three overseas players – with names like Steve Smith, Andre Russell and Rashid Khan up for grabs.

New signings for each of the eight women’s teams will also be revealed live on the night.

If you want to test your cricketing knowledge and pick your own fantasy team, visit thehundred.com from tomorrow morning.

Follow The Hundred Draft live on skysports.comBBC.co.uk and thehundred.com

For the latest news and priority access to tickets visit thehundred.com

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