The Hundred Betting Tips

The Hundred is played in England and Wales.

The inaugural The Hundred starts on 17 July 2020 and ends on 15 August 2020.

This is the inaugural season of The Hundred.

Eight franchises from England and Wales take part in The Hundred.

The 2020 edition of The Hundred will be the first of its kind.

The semi-final and final of the tournament is set to take place on 15 August 2020 at Lord's in London, England.

The odds are not yet available for The Hundred as COVID-19 continues to threaten whether the tournament will go ahead in 2020.

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In September 2016, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) floated the idea of starting a professional 100-ball cricket format. After some resistance, the 18 first-class counties, the Professional Cricketers' Association (PCA), and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) voted in favour of starting a professional competition using this entirely-new format.

As T20 was being played worldwide, the ECB were keen to try something new in order to attract a new fanbase and bring an even faster paced form of cricket to the masses.

For those wondering how 100-ball cricket will work, here are the rules, courtesy of Wikipedia:

- 100 balls per innings

- A change of ends after 10 balls

- Bowlers deliver either five or 10 consecutive balls

- Each bowler can deliver a maximum of 20 balls per game

- Each bowling side gets a strategic time-out of up to two and a half minutes

- A 25-ball powerplay start for each team

- Two fielders are allowed outside the initial 30-yard circle during the powerplay

- Teams will be able to call time-outs, as has been the case in the Indian Premier League since 2009

- A simplified scoreboard is also proposed

Eight city-based franchises will take part in The Hundred. Each franchise will play four games at home and four away (each side will play a 'rival' home and away, and every other side once), with the highest-placed side on the league table going straight into the final. The teams that come second and third will feature in a semi-final, which will take place on the same day as the final.

Each franchise is allowed a squad of 15 players, with a maximum of three overseas players permitted to don their jersey.