LONDON: Australia star batter Steve Smith and Afghanistan spin wizard Rashid Khan are among the marquee players set to feature in The Hundred 2025.
Smith, along with Australian women’s cricketers Meg Lanning and Megan Schutt, will feature in the upcoming 100 ball tournament, set to be played in August later this year.
Afghanistan’s spinner Rashid Khan is also among the players set to feature in the tournament through direct signings.
Australian run machine Smith will join the Welsh Fire for the tournament. This marks the first time in the tournament history that the teams have been permitted to sign one player directly ahead of the draft on 12 March.
Twelve Direct Signings have been confirmed on Deadline Day in The Hundred, with the eight teams finalizing their retentions and forming their squads ahead of The Hundred Draft.
Apart from Smith and Rashid, numerous international stars have joined the competition. The notable names are Marcus Stoinis, New Zealand’s Trent Boult, South African David Miller, Faf du Plessis, and Heinrich Klaasen.
New Zealand’s Amelia Kerr, Kane Williamson, and South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt had already been confirmed.
The above-mentioned players join a list of domestic and overseas retentions that includes England superstars Jos Buttler, Nat Sciver-Brunt, and Adil Rashid, plus Australia’s Beth Mooney, West Indies’ Hayley Matthews, New Zealand’s Tim Southee, and Australia’s Ellyse Perry.
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‘The Hundred’ fifth edition will begin with a London derby between London Spirit and Oval Invincibles on Tuesday 5 August.
The Hundred 2025 Squad Retentions
Birmingham Phoenix Women: Ellyse Perry, Amy Jones, Emily Arlott, Megan Schutt, Hannah Baker, Charis Pavely, Sterre Kalis, Ailsa Lister
Birmingham Phoenix Men: Liam Livingstone, Ben Duckett, Trent Boult, Jacob Bethell, Benny Howell, Adam Milne, Dan Mousley, Tim Southee, Will Smeed, Chris Wood, Aneurin Donald
London Spirit Women: Grace Harris, Danielle Gibson, Sarah Glenn, Charlie Dean, Deepti Sharma, Georgia Redmayne, Eva Gray, Cordelia Griffith, Tara Norris, Sophie Munro
London Spirit Men: Liam Dawson, Daniel Worrall, Kane Williamson, Richard Gleeson, Olly Stone, Ollie Pope, Keaton Jennings
Manchester Originals Women: Amelia Kerr, Sophie Ecclestone, Beth Mooney, Lauren Filer, Mahika Gaur, Evelyn Jones, Kathryn Bryce, Fi Morris, Danielle Gregory
Manchester Originals Men: Jos Buttler, Phil Salt, Heinrich Klaasen, Matthew Hurst, Scott Currie, Josh Tongue, Tom Hartley, Sonny Baker, Tom Aspinwall
Northern Superchargers Women: Phoebe Litchfield, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Wareham, Kate Cross, Bess Heath, Linsey Smith, Hollie Armitage, Alice Davidson-Richards, Grace Ballinger, Davina Perrin
Northern Superchargers Men: Harry Brook, Adil Rashid, David Miller, Mitchell Santner, Brydon Carse, Matthew Potts, Ben Dwarshuis, Graham Clark, Pat Brown, Tom Lawes
Oval Invincibles Women: Marizanne Kapp, Alice Capsey, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Amanda-Jade Wellington, Meg Lanning, Tash Farrant, Ryana Macdonald-Gay, Sophia Smale, Jo Gardner, Rachel Slater
Oval Invincibles Men: Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Tom Curran, Jordan Cox, Rashid Khan, Saqib Mahmood, Sam Billings, Gus Atkinson, Nathan Sowter, Donovan Ferreira, Tawanda Muyeye
Southern Brave Women: Laura Wolvaardt, Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Maia Bouchier, Lauren Bell, Freya Kemp, Georgia Adams, Tilly Corteen-Coleman, Rhianna Southby
Southern Brave Men: James Vince, Jofra Archer, Tymal Mills, Chris Jordan, Faf du Plessis, Leus Du Plooy, Craig Overton, Laurie Evans, Finn Allen, Danny Briggs, James Coles
Trent Rockets Women: Ash Gardner, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Alana King, Heather Graham, Bryony Smith, Grace Scrivens, Kirstie Gordon, Alexa Stonehouse, Natasha Wraith, Cassidy McCarthy
Trent Rockets Men: Joe Root, Marcus Stoinis, Tom Banton, John Turner, Sam Cook, Sam Hain, Tom Alsop, Calvin Harrison
Welsh Fire Women: Hayley Matthews, Tammy Beaumont, Jessica Jonassen, Shabnim Ismail, Sarah Bryce, Georgia Elwiss, Freya Davies, Georgia Davis, Emily Windsor, Beth Langston
Welsh Fire Men: Steve Smith, Jonny Bairstow, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Tom Abell, Luke Wells, Stephen Eskinazi
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