Hundreds of cricketers across the country will be tuning into The Hundred draft on Thursday hoping to land a deal and Somerset captain Tom Abell speaks for them all when he says the experience brings “lots of excitement and plenty of nerves”.
With the player retention period closing last month, there are 64 contracts up for grabs in the first televised draft since the inaugural event in 2019, with 30 available in the men’s competition and 34 in the women’s edition.
