The Hundred Announces Vitality Wildcard Picks For 2022
NEWSOne additional player per men’s team. Chosen in the Vitality Wildcard Draft. The Men’s Competition squads are now complete.
The eight teams in the Men’s Competition have today confirmed their selections in the Vitality Wildcard Draft. With this, each men’s squad is now complete and ready for The Hundred to begin on Wednesday 3 August. The final names for the Women's Competition squads have also been confirmed - click here to view those.
A quick catch-up in case you’re unaware of how the Vitality Wildcard works. In April, the Men’s Draft took place to fill out the main 14 slots in each squad. Last month, the Overseas Wildcard saw each team pick up an additional overseas player.
That left the Vitality Wildcard Draft. This is a draft mechanism to secure one additional domestic player, giving teams opportunities to get someone who has been performing well in the Vitality Blast.
What is The Hundred's Vitality Wildcard Draft?
The draw order was as follows:
- Manchester Originals – used their Right to Match
- Birmingham Phoenix
- Welsh Fire
- London Spirit
- Southern Brave
- Trent Rockets
- Oval Invincibles
- Northern Superchargers
The Right to Match enables a team who previously owned a player to sign them again, should they wish, once a different team attempts to sign them. Manchester Originals were slated to have fourth pick before they used their Right to Match.
And here’s who each team picked!
Vitality Wildcard picks for 2022
Manchester Originals - Richard Gleeson
![Richard Gleeson - Manchester Originals](https://resources.ecb.co.uk/photo-resources/2022/07/07/b5e0c141-6aea-4c73-9b62-6189d2cedfb4/MO_WC_16x9-v2.jpg?width=1440)
Richard Gleeson - Manchester Originals
Birmingham Phoenix - Dan Mousley
![Dan Mousley - Birmingham Phoenix](https://resources.ecb.co.uk/photo-resources/2022/07/07/7130bd0a-c7f1-4832-8454-5463f6612954/BP_WC_16x9.jpg?width=1440)
Dan Mousley - Birmingham Phoenix
Welsh Fire - George Scrimshaw
![George Scrimshaw - Welsh Fire](https://resources.ecb.co.uk/photo-resources/2022/07/07/dd0591e5-f0b4-4ccc-9b87-ef3350b3cc0d/WF_WC_16x9.jpg?width=1440)
George Scrimshaw - Welsh Fire
London Spirit - Jamie Smith
![Jamie Smith - London Spirit](https://resources.ecb.co.uk/photo-resources/2022/07/07/fca196c9-c6f6-462b-88e9-438d3bf36b48/LS_WC_16x9.jpg?width=1440)
Jamie Smith - London Spirit
Southern Brave - Michael Hogan
![Michael Hogan - Southern Brave](https://resources.ecb.co.uk/photo-resources/2022/07/07/4e64ae2d-c9f3-402a-b145-a55cd70e5747/SB_WC_16x9.jpg?width=1440)
Michael Hogan - Southern Brave
Trent Rockets - Ben Mike
![Ben Mike - Trent Rockets](https://resources.ecb.co.uk/photo-resources/2022/07/07/e3c80621-d1fc-42dd-ba8c-1548c2eed2b5/TR_WC_16x9.jpg?width=1440)
Ben Mike - Trent Rockets
Oval Invincibles - Jack Haynes
![Jack Haynes - Oval Invincibles](https://resources.ecb.co.uk/photo-resources/2022/07/07/da6fa113-c051-4a0a-914d-03103540e5fe/OI_WC_16x9.jpg?width=1440)
Jack Haynes - Oval Invincibles
Northern Superchargers - Ben Raine
![Ben Raine - Northern Superchargers](https://resources.ecb.co.uk/photo-resources/2022/07/07/c95b4370-9a47-4d9a-a101-6c2ddfa9d11d/NS_WC_16x9-v3.jpg?width=1440)
Ben Raine - Northern Superchargers