Northern Superchargers go for pace at Headingley in The Hundred

Stone, who took four wickets in just his second Test appearance in England’s recent defeat against India in Chennai, was included among five draft picks. The 27-year-old was not selected in the first draft in October, 2019 as he battled injury. Fast bowlers’ Matthew Potts and Yorkshire’s Matthew Fisher also enter the fray, with Harry Brook and Callum Parkinson rounding out the men’s outfit. Australia limited-overs captain Aaron Finch is set to lead the Superchargers. England all-rounder Alice Davidson-Richards and Australia duo Alyssa Healy and Nicola Carey, have been added to the women’s squad. West Indies star Nicholas Pooran and South Africa paceman Kagiso Rabada were among 10 new arrivals for Manchester Originals. The Originals had 10 slots to fill as teams completed their men’s squads and got the top pick, which they used to bring in 25-year-old wicketkeeper Pooran, who has averaged 49.05 in 25 ODIs for the West Indies and 21.23 in 24 T20s. Rabada, also 25, last month became just the eighth South African to reach 200 Test wickets, needing only 44 matches to do it. With so many slots to fill, head coach Simon Katich also snapped up Jamie Overton, Harry Gurney, Shadab Khan, Tom Lammonby, Steven Finn, Colin Ackermann, Richard Gleeson and Tom Hartley. The new faces join Jos Buttler and Phil Salt, who were retained from last year’s squad after the inaugural season was postponed. Women’s team head coach Paul Shaw added England bowler Sophie Ecclestone to his squad, which now stands at 13. The Originals’ women’s team are due to open the new competition against the Oval Invincibles on July 21. Fixtures for The 100 (men’s and women’s matches unless stated): July 21 July: Oval Invincibles v Manchester Originals (women’s), Oval 22 July: Oval Invincibles v Manchester Originals (men’s), Oval 23 July: Birmingham Phoenix v London Spirit, Edgbaston 24 July: Trent Rockets v Southern Brave, Trent Bridge; Northern Superchargers v Welsh Fire, Emerald Headingley 25 July: London Spirit v Oval Invincibles, Lord’s; Manchester Originals v Birmingham Phoenix, Old Trafford 26 July: Trent Rockets v Northern Superchargers, Trent Bridge 27 July: Welsh Fire v Southern Brave, Sophia Gardens 28 July: Manchester Originals v Northern Superchargers, Emirates Old Trafford 29 July: London Spirit v Trent Rockets, Lord’s 30 July: Southern Brave v Birmingham Phoenix, Ageas Bowl 31 July: Welsh Fire v Manchester Originals, Sophia Gardens; Northern Superchargers v Oval Invincibles, Emerald Headingley August 1 August: Birmingham Phoenix v Trent Rockets, Egdbaston; London Spirit v Southern Brave, Lord’s 2 August: Oval Invincibles v Welsh Fi, Oval 3 August: London Spirit v Northern Superchargers, Lord’s 4 August: Birmingham Phoenix v Oval Invincibles, Edgbaston 5 August: Manchester Originals v Southern Brave, Old Trafford 6 August: Welsh Fire v Trent Rockets, Sophia Gardens 7 August: Southern Brave v Northern Superchargers, Ageas Bowl 8 August: Oval Invincibles v Trent Rockets, Oval 9 August: Birmingham Phoenix v Welsh Fire, Edgbaston 10 August: Manchester Originals v London Spirit, Old Trafford 11 August: Southern Brave v Welsh Fire, Ageas Bowl 12 August: Northern Superchargers v Manchester Originals, Emerald Headingley 13 August: Trent Rockets v Birmingham Phoenix, Trent Bridge 14 August: Oval Invincibles v London Spirit, Oval 15 August: Trent Rockets v Manchester Originals, Trent Bridge 16 August: Southern Brave v Oval Invincibles, Ageas Bowl 17 August: Northern Superchargers v Birmingham Phoenix, Emerald Headingley 18 August: Welsh Fire v London Spirit, Sophia Gardens 20 August: Women’s and Men’s Eliminator, Oval 21 August: Men’s and Women’s Finals, Lord’s