The Hundred 2025: Full Schedule, Teams, Squads, Start Date & Key Updates

James Anderson is back in T20 cricket

Test legend Jimmy Anderson is going to return to T20 cricket after 11 years. He will make his debut in The Hundred in 2025 as the Manchester Originals have signed him via a wild card contract. Although he was not selected in the Hundred draft held in March, despite that, seeing his potential and experience, Manchester has included him in their squad. Anderson has taken 18 wickets in 19 matches in his international T20 career, with an average of 30.66. However, Anderson took 704 wickets in Test cricket, making him the third top Test wicket taker overall.

The Hundred 2025: Wildcards

Like James Anderson, Rocky Flintoff has also received a wild card contract on. He will be seen playing for the Northern Superchargers, which is coached by his father Andrew Flintoff. Although he does not have any experience playing any professional T20 matches yet. But he had scored a brilliant century in the recent series played against India Under-19, but India was successful in getting a big score with the help of Vaibhav Suryavanshi's 143 runs in 78 balls and Rocky's team lost the match. All the teams have strengthened their squads by signing two new and excellent players each in their team through ‘wildcard’.

• Manchester Originals: James Anderson, Marchant de Lange 

• Oval Invincibles: George Scrimshaw, Zafar Gohar 

• Trent Rockets: Ben Sanderson, Callum Parkinson

• Welsh Fire: Ajeet Singh Dale, Ben Kellaway 

• Southern Brave: Hilton Cartwright, Toby Albert

• London Spirit: Ryan Higgins, Sean Dickson 

• Northern Superchargers: James Fuller, Rocky Flintoff 

• Birmingham Phoenix: Louis Kimber, Liam Patterson-White

The Hundred 2025: Updated Full Squad

After the draft in March and now the wild card contract, all the teams are looking even stronger. As you know, the Indian Cricket Board does not give permission to its players to play in the leagues of other countries, whereas in the draft held in March, none of the 50 players from Pakistan got a contract. Apart from them, big names from all other countries will be seen playing in this league. Which includes David Warner, Heinrich Klaasen, Trent Boult, Tim Southee, David Miller, Kane Williamson, Rashid Khan, Steve Smith, Harry Brook, James Anderson, Joe Root, etc.
Birmingham Phoenix: Adam Milne, Dan Mousley, Will Smeed, Tim Southee, Chris Wood, Trent Boult, Joe Clarke, Aneurin Donald, Den Duckett, Tom Helm, Benny Howell, Freddie McCann, Louis Kimber, Harry Moore, Liam Patterson White, Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethell,
London Spirit: Jamie Overton, Ollie Pope, Jamie Smith, Ashton Turner, David Warner, Jafer Chohan, Liam Dawson, Richard Gleeson, Keaton Jennings, Wayne Madsen, Kane Williamson, Dan Worrall, Luck Wood, Sean Dickson, Ryan Higgins, Daniel Worrall, Olly Stone,
Manchester Originals: Lewis Gregory, Tom Hartley, Mathew Hurst, Heinrich Klaasen, Ben Mckinney, Rachin Ravindra, Phil Salt, Tom Aspinwall, Sonny Baker, Jos Buttler, Scott Currie, George Garton, Josh Tongue, James Anderson, Marchant de Lange, Noor Ahmed,
Northern SuperChargers: Rocky Flintoff, Zak Crawley, Dan Lawrence, James Fuller, Mitchell Santner, Pat Brown, David Miller, Dawid Malan, Graham Clark, Harry Brook,Thomas Lawes, Michael Pepper, Adil Rashid, Ben Dwarshuis, Brydon Carse, Mathew Potts,
Oval Invincibles: Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Will Jacks, Dovovan Ferreira, Jordan Cox, George Scrimshaw, Gus Atkinson, Tawanda Muyeye, Jordan Clerk,Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Sowter, Rashid Khan, Saqib Mahmood, Zafar Gohar, Miles Hammond, Sam Billings,
Southern Brave: James Coles, Jordan Thompson, James Vince,Chris Jordan, Danny Briggs, Jofra Archer, Reece Topley, Tymal Mills, Leus de Plooy, Toby Albert, Craig Overton, Michael Bracewell, Finn Allen, Jason Roy, Hilton Cartwright, Laurie Evans, 
Trent Rockets: Tom Banton, David Willey, George Linde, Marcus Stoinis, Tom Alsop, Ben Sanderson, Callum Parkinson, Calvin Harrison, John Turner, Lockie Ferguson, Rehan Ahmed, Sam Cook, Adam Hose, Joe Root, Max Halden, Sam Hain,
Welsh Fire: Steve Smith, Tom Abell, Tom Kohler-Codmore, Ben Kellaway, Chris Woakes, Luke Wells, Paul Walter, Saif Zaib, Jonny Bairstow, Stephen Eskinazi, Ajeet Dale, Chris Green, David Payne, Josh Hull, Mason Crane, Riley Meredith

The Hundred 2025: Full Schedule