Unsold In IPL, Steve Smith Set To Make Debut In This Franchise League

The deadline day for retention in The Hundred 2025 has come and gone, with groups finalising the core of their squads earlier than the extremely anticipated Draft on March 12. Each of the eight groups within the competitors had the chance to retain as much as 10 gamers from their 2024 squads. The huge information of the day was that Australian celebrity Steve Smith, and interim captain within the absence of Pat Cummins, will play within the competitors for the primary time in 2025 after having signed for the Welsh Fire. “I’ve watched the Hundred from afar and I can’t wait to be involved. It looks a lot of fun and obviously the cricket is world-class, with talent at every team,” stated Smith in an announcement.

Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan and former Australia girls’s captain Meg Lanning have each signed for Oval Invincibles.

This yr, groups have been allowed to maintain a combination of gamers, together with one centrally contracted England participant and as much as three abroad gamers. The addition of Direct Signings – abroad gamers who didn’t function in The Hundred final season – was a brand new rule for 2025, offering groups with an opportunity so as to add contemporary worldwide expertise. These Direct Signings depend in the direction of the 10-player retention restrict, including extra flexibility to squad-building methods.

Full retentions checklist:

Birmingham Phoenix Women: Ellyse Perry (Overseas), Amy Jones, Megan Schutt (Overseas), Emily Arlott, Charis Pavely, Hannah Baker, Sterre Kalis, Ailsa Lister.

Birmingham Phoenix Men: Ben Duckett, Trent Boult (Overseas), Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethell, Adam Milne (Overseas), Benny Howell, Tim Southee (Overseas), Dan Mousley, Will Smeed, Chris Wood, Aneurin Donald.

London Spirit Women: Grace Harris (Overseas), Sarah Glenn, Dani Gibson, Deepti Sharma (Overseas), Charlie Dean, Eva Gray, Georgia Redmayne (Overseas), Cordelia Griffith, Tara Norris, Sophie Munro.

London Spirit Men: Liam Dawson, Dan Worrall, Kane Williamson (Overseas), Richard Gleeson, Olly Stone, Ollie Pope, Keaton Jennings.

Manchester Originals Women: Sophie Ecclestone, Amelia Kerr (Overseas), Beth Mooney (Overseas), Lauren Filer, Eve Jones, Mahika Gaur, Fi Morris, Kathryn Bryce, Danielle Gregory.

Manchester Originals Men: Jos Buttler, Phil Salt, Heinrich Klaasen (Overseas), Matty Hurst, Josh Tongue, Scott Currie, Tom Hartley, Sonny Baker, Tom Aspinwall.

Northern Superchargers Women: Annabel Sutherland (Overseas), Phoebe Litchfield (Overseas), Kate Cross, Georgia Wareham (Overseas), Linsey Smith, Bess Heath, Alice Davidson-Richards, Hollie Armitage, Grace Ballinger, Davina Perrin.

Northern Superchargers Men: Harry Brook, David Miller (Overseas), Adil Rashid, Mitchell Santner (Overseas), Brydon Carse, Ben Dwarshuis (Overseas), Matthew Potts, Pat Brown, Graham Clark, Tom Lawes.

Oval Invincibles Women: Marizanne Kapp (Overseas), Lauren Winfield-Hill, Alice Capsey, Meg Lanning (Overseas), Amanda-Jade Wellington (Overseas), Ryana Macdonald-Gay, Tash Farrant, Sophia Smale, Jo Gardner, Rachel Slater.

Oval Invincibles Men: Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Will Jacks, Rashid Khan (Overseas), Jordan Cox, Sam Billings, Saqib Mahmood, Gus Atkinson, Donovan Ferreira (Overseas), Nathan Sowter, Tawanda Muyeye.

Southern Brave Women: Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Laura Wolvaardt (Overseas), Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier, Freya Kemp, Georgia Adams, Rhianna Southby, Tilly Corteen-Coleman.

Southern Brave Men: Jofra Archer, James Vince, Chris Jordan, Tymal Mills, Faf du Plessis (Overseas), Leus Du Plooy, Laurie Evans, Craig Overton, Finn Allen (Overseas), Danny Briggs, James Coles.

Trent Rockets Women: Nat Sciver-Brunt, Ash Gardner (Overseas), Alana King (Overseas), Heather Graham (Overseas), Bryony Smith, Kirstie Gordon, Grace Scrivens, Alexa Stonehouse, Nat Wraith, Cassidy McCarthy.

Trent Rockets Men: Joe Root, Marcus Stoinis (Overseas), Tom Banton, Sam Cook, John Turner, Sam Hain, Tom Alsop, Calvin Harrison.

Welsh Fire Women: Hayley Matthews (Overseas), Jess Jonassen (Overseas), Tammy Beaumont, Sarah Bryce, Shabnim Ismail (Overseas), Freya Davies, Georgia Elwiss, Georgia Davis, Emily Windsor, Beth Langston.

Welsh Fire Men: Jonny Bairstow, Steve Smith (Overseas), Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Tom Abell, Luke Wells, Stevie Eskinazi.

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