Manchester Originals

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David Warner leads men's Hundred draft recruits as Australian signs for London Spirit

New Zealand trio Rachin Ravindra, Lockie Ferguson and Michael Bracewell earned big deals after Jamie Overton was picked up for £200,000 as the first signing

Georgia Voll and Deandra Dottin among overseas stars drafted for Women's Hundred

Twenty-nine players are added across the eight squads, with Heather Knight and Sophia Dunkley finding familiar homes

Returning overseas stars lead The Hundred draft player list

The draft will take place on Wednesday, March 12, as the eight teams fill their remaining men's and women's spots after last month's retentions

Clutch of Australians help Women's Hundred squads take shape

Meg Lanning moves from London Spirit to Oval Invincibles while Ellyse Perry, Alana King, Annabel Sutherland, Beth Mooney and Ash Gardner are all scheduled to return

The Hundred retentions list leave several England Men unattached

A tranche of recent internationals will be looking for new teams when the draft takes place on March 12. Meanwhile, a host of new overseas players have been confirmed in the new £200,000 salary band

Opposition surfaces in response to The Hundred expansion suggestion

GEORGE DOBELL: James Sheridan, the Manchester Originals chair, is worried increasing the number of teams from eight would compromise future broadcast deals and the quality of the competition

Lancashire secure "preferred bidder" as IPL owners capture Manchester Originals stake

The RPSG Group, owners of Lucknow Super Giants, successfully bid for a 49 per cent stake in the Old Trafford-based team which values them at a figure believed to be just over £100million

Manchester Originals confirm new women's head coach

Gujarat Titans head coach and Washington Freedom general manager Michael Kinger succeeds Stephen Parry

Lancashire coach confirms injury setback for Jos Buttler

Dale Benkenstein confirmed that the England captain will miss Lancashire's T20 Blast quarter-final against Sussex at Hove and his availability for the white-ball series against Australia is in serious doubt

"Hundred?": Moeen Ali reveals James Anderson injury cover plan

GEORGE DOBELL AT EDGBASTON: With Chris Woakes and James Fuller missing this week through injury, Moeen Ali revealed he would have drafted in James Anderson as injury cover if another had been required

The Hundred 2024: Birmingham Phoenix wait out the rain to book Eliminator spot

Birmingham Phoenix comfortably beat Manchester Originals by nine wickets in a 52-ball contest as they booked their spot to face Southern Brave in the Eliminator

The Hundred 2024: Final women's Hundred group game ruined by rain

Both teams knew they had missed out on qualification before Birmingham Phoenix and Manchester Originals's game was abandoned

The Hundred 2024: Nicholas Pooran smashes Northern Superchargers back into contention

The powerful West Indian made an unbeaten 66 to overcome Manchester Originals' 152 which was highlighted by a rapid fifty from Phil Salt

The Hundred 2024: Beth Mooney finds form to dent Northern Superchargers qualification hopes

The Australian wicketkeeper-batter smashed an unbeaten 99 before Sarah Bryce took a five-wicket haul as Manchester Originals beat Northern Superchargers by 17 runs

"When you go to war, you're not going to run straight into your threat": Pollard and Raza on matchups

OSCAR RESS: Matchups have become a common consideration in short-form cricket but two of the best players in the world, Kieron Pollard and Sikandar Raza feel very differently about them