Sophie Ecclestone will get first management function as Manchester Originals captain
Sophie Ecclestone will captain a aspect for the primary time in her skilled profession this summer season, following her appointment as Manchester Originals’ captain for the Hundred.
Kate Cross led Originals girls within the first two editions of the event however was signed by Northern Superchargers in March’s draft, and the group introduced on Monday that Ecclestone will lead them in 2023.
It would be the first senior management function of Ecclestone’s profession and will carry long-term significance from England’s perspective. She has by no means captained an expert group however has lengthy been established as their frontline spinner, and in the long run, may turn out to be an choice to succeed Heather Knight.
“I’m buzzing to be captaining Manchester Originals this year,” Ecclestone stated in an ECB press launch. “The Hundred is such a great competition to take part in and I can’t wait to lead the girls out at Emirates Old Trafford.”
Elsewhere within the girls’s event, Australia allrounder Ellyse Perry has changed Sophie Devine as Birmingham Phoenix captain, whereas Dane van Niekerk has been reconfirmed as Oval Invincibles captain after shedding her place to Suzie Bates throughout their title-winning season final yr.
In the boys’s event, Tom Abell‘s appointment as Welsh Fire’s new captain has additionally been confirmed. ESPNcricinfo revealed in February that Mike Hussey had lined Abell up as a management choice, and he was a £125,000 signing at March’s draft.
Six of the eight groups have now confirmed their males’s and ladies’s captains, with Northern Superchargers and defending males’s champions Trent Rockets the 2 exceptions.
The event will run from August 1-27 in 2023, with a standalone window which means it is not going to conflict with any England males’s or girls’s fixtures for the primary time.
The Hundred 2023 captains:
Birmingham Phoenix: Ellyse Perry, Moeen Ali
London Spirit: Heather Knight, Dan Lawrence
Manchester Originals: Sophie Ecclestone, Jos Buttler
Northern Superchargers: TBC
Oval Invincibles: Dane van Niekerk, Sam Billings
Southern Brave: Anya Shrubsole, James Vince
Trent Rockets: TBC
Welsh Fire: Tammy Beaumont, Tom Abell