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London Spirit
File:London Spirit logo.svg
Personnel
Captain
Coach
Overseas player(s)
Team information
Colours  
Founded2019; 6 years ago (2019)
Home groundLord's
Capacity30,000
History
No. of titles1
Women's title wins1 (2024)
Official websiteLondon Spirit

London Spirit are a franchise 100-ball cricket side based in North London. The team represents the historic counties of Middlesex, Essex and Northamptonshire in The Hundred,[1] which took place for the first time during the 2021 English and Welsh cricket season. Both the men's and women's sides play their home games at Lord's.

History

See also: The Hundred (cricket)

The announcement of the new eight-team men's and women's tournament series in 2019 was not without controversy, with the likes of Virat Kohli criticising the England and Wales Cricket Board for pursuing a shift away from Test cricket,[2] while others argued the format should have followed the established and successful Twenty20 format. The ECB however decided it needed a more unique format to draw crowds. In August 2019 the side announced that former Australian spinner Shane Warne would be the men's team's first coach, while former Australia Women coach Lisa Keightley was appointed coach of the Women's team.[3] The inaugural Hundred draft took place in October 2019 and saw the Spirit claim Rory Burns as their headline men's draftee, and Heather Knight as the women's headliner. They are joined by England One-Day captain Eoin Morgan and Essex's Dan Lawrence for the men's team, while Freya Davies joins Knight in the women's side.[4]

Honours

Men's honours

The Hundred

Women's honours

The Hundred

Ground

File:Lords-Cricket-Ground-Pavilion-06-08-2017.jpg
Lord's
Main article: Lord's

Both the London Spirit men's and women's sides play at the home of Cricket, Lord's, in the St. John's Wood area of London. The women's side had been due to play at the home of Essex County Cricket Club, the County Ground in Chelmsford, and the home of Northamptonshire, the County Ground in Northampton but both teams were brought together at the same ground as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Current squads

  • Bold denotes players with international caps.
  •  *  denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.

Women's side

No. Name Nationality Date of birth (age) Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
5 Heather Knight File:Flag of England.svg England (1990-12-26) 26 December 1990 (age 34) Right-handed Right-arm off break Captain
6 Cordelia Griffith File:Flag of England.svg England (1995-09-19) 19 September 1995 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm medium
7 Meg Lanning File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (1992-03-25) 25 March 1992 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm medium Overseas player
All-rounders
3 Charlie Dean File:Flag of England.svg England (2000-12-22) 22 December 2000 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm off break
17 Grace Harris File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (1993-09-18) 18 September 1993 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas player;
Ruled out
20 Erin Burns File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (1988-06-22) 22 June 1988 (age 36) Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas player;
Replacement player
27 Niamh Holland File:Flag of England.svg England (2004-10-27) 27 October 2004 (age 20) Right-handed Right-arm medium
28 Danielle Gibson File:Flag of England.svg England (2001-04-30) 30 April 2001 (age 23) Right-handed Right-arm medium
42 Deepti Sharma File:Flag of India.svg India (1997-08-24) 24 August 1997 (age 27) Left-handed Right-arm off break Overseas player;
Replacement player
Wicket-keepers
8 Georgia Redmayne File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (1993-12-08) 8 December 1993 (age 31) Left-handed — Overseas player
15 Abigail Freeborn File:Flag of England.svg England (1996-11-12) 12 November 1996 (age 28) Right-handed — Wildcard player
Pace bowlers
18 Eva Gray File:Flag of England.svg England (2000-05-24) 24 May 2000 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm medium
24 Tara Norris File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (1998-06-04) 4 June 1998 (age 26) Left-handed Left-arm medium UK passport
44 Sophie Munro File:Flag of England.svg England (2001-08-31) 31 August 2001 (age 23) Right-handed Right-arm medium
45 Ellie Anderson File:Flag of England.svg England (2003-10-30) 30 October 2003 (age 21) Right-handed Right-arm medium Wildcard player
Spin bowlers
29 Hannah Jones File:Flag of England.svg England (1999-02-10) 10 February 1999 (age 25) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
33 Sarah Glenn File:Flag of England.svg England (1999-08-27) 27 August 1999 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm leg break

Men's side

No. Name Nationality Date of birth (age) Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
1 Keaton Jennings File:Flag of England.svg England (1992-06-19) 19 June 1992 (age 32) Left-handed Right-arm medium Replacement player
2 Shimron Hetmyer File:WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies (1996-12-26) 26 December 1996 (age 28) Left-handed — Overseas player
15 Zak Crawley File:Flag of England.svg England (1998-02-03) 3 February 1998 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm off break Ruled out
28 Dan Lawrence File:Flag of England.svg England (1997-07-12) 12 July 1997 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm off break Captain
45 Daniel Bell-Drummond File:Flag of England.svg England (1993-08-04) 4 August 1993 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm medium
80 Ollie Pope File:Flag of England.svg England (1998-01-02) 2 January 1998 (age 27) Right-handed — Ruled out
— Tom Prest File:Flag of England.svg England (2003-03-24) 24 March 2003 (age 21) Right-handed Right-arm off break Replacement player
All-rounders
8 Liam Dawson File:Flag of England.svg England (1990-03-01) 1 March 1990 (age 34) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
12 Andre Russell File:WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies (1988-04-29) 29 April 1988 (age 36) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Overseas player
20 Matt Critchley File:Flag of England.svg England (1996-08-13) 13 August 1996 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
25 Ravi Bopara File:Flag of England.svg England (1985-05-04) 4 May 1985 (age 39) Right-handed Right-arm medium Wildcard player
29 Ryan Higgins File:Flag of England.svg England (1995-01-06) 6 January 1995 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm medium Wildcard player
— James Neesham File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand (1990-09-17) 17 September 1990 (age 34) Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium Overseas player;
Replacement player
Wicket-keepers
17 Adam Rossington File:Flag of England.svg England (1993-05-05) 5 May 1993 (age 31) Right-handed —
19 Michael Pepper File:Flag of England.svg England (1998-06-25) 25 June 1998 (age 26) Right-handed —
Pace bowlers
9 Olly Stone File:Flag of England.svg England (1993-10-09) 9 October 1993 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm fast
33 Richard Gleeson File:Flag of England.svg England (1987-12-02) 2 December 1987 (age 37) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
36 Matthew Taylor File:Flag of England.svg England (1994-07-08) 8 July 1994 (age 30) Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium Replacement player
38 Daniel Worrall File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (1991-07-10) 10 July 1991 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium UK passport
72 Nathan Ellis File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (1994-09-22) 22 September 1994 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Overseas player
Spin bowlers

Seasons

Women's team

Season Group stage Playoff stage Ref.
Pld W L T NR Pts Pos Pld Pos
2021 8 4 4 0 0 8 4th Did not progress [5]
2022 6 2 4 0 0 4 7th Did not progress [6]
2023 8 2 4 0 2 6 6th Did not progress [7]
2024 8 4 3 1 0 9 3rd 2[lower-alpha 1] 1st [8]

Men's team

Season Group stage Playoff stage Ref.
Pld W L T NR Pts Pos Pld Pos
2021 8 1 6 0 1 3 8th Did not progress [9]
2022 8 5 3 0 0 10 3rd 1[lower-alpha 2] 3rd [10]
2023 8 2 4 0 2 6 7th Did not progress [11]
2024 8 1 7 0 0 2 8th Did not progress [12]

Notes

  1. ↑ London Spirit women qualified for the eliminator in 2024. They played 2 games, winning the eliminator against Oval Invincibles by 8 wickets, and winning the final against Welsh Fire by 4 wickets.
  2. ↑ London Spirit men qualified for the eliminator in 2022. They played one match, losing the playoff for the final against Manchester Originals by 5 wickets.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Hundred: Team-by-team guides, coach details and venues". Sporting Life. 21 October 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  2. ↑ sport, The Guardian (28 August 2018). "Virat Kohli gives ECB's 100-ball 'experiment' the thumbs down". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  3. ↑ "Shane Warne named as coach of Lord's Hundred team". The Guardian. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "The Hundred: Central contract and local icon 'drafts' explained". ESPNcricinfo. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  5. ↑ "The Hundred Women's Competition 2021". espncricinfo.com.
  6. ↑ "The Hundred Women's Competition 2022". espncricinfo.com.
  7. ↑ "The Hundred Women's Competition 2023". espncricinfo.com.
  8. ↑ "The Hundred Women's Competition 2024". espncricinfo.com.
  9. ↑ "The Hundred Men's Competition 2021". espncricinfo.com.
  10. ↑ "The Hundred Men's Competition 2022". espncricinfo.com.
  11. ↑ "The Hundred Men's Competition 2023". espncricinfo.com.
  12. ↑ "The Hundred Men's Competition 2024". espncricinfo.com.

Further reading

External links

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