2026 Welsh Fire season

Welsh Fire
2026 season
Coach	Michael Klinger (women); Michael Hussey (men);
Captain	Sophie Devine (women); Phil Salt (men);
Overseas player	Sophie Devine; Heather Graham; Georgia Voll; Georgia Wareham; (women); Lockie Ferguson; Marco Jansen; Rachin Ravindra; Matthew Short; (men);
Ground(s)	Sophia Gardens
← 2023	2025 →

The 2026 season was the Welsh Fire's sixth season of the 100 ball franchise cricket, The Hundred.^[1]^[2]

Current squads

Bold denotes players with international caps.
* denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.

Women's side

No.	Name	Nationality	Date of birth (age)	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
6	Freya Kemp	England	(2005-04-21) 21 April 2005	Left-handed	Left-arm medium	England central contract
13	Georgia Voll	Australia	(2003-08-05) 5 August 2003	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas player
86	Ella McCaughan	England	(2002-09-26) 26 September 2002	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
—	Abi Norgrove	England	(2006-01-17) 17 January 2006	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
All-rounders
11	Heather Graham	Australia	(1996-05-10) 10 May 1996	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas player
27	Niamh Holland	England	(2004-10-27) 27 October 2004	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Wildcard player
35	Georgia Wareham	Australia	(1999-05-26) 26 May 1999	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Overseas player
77	Sophie Devine	New Zealand	(1989-09-01) 1 September 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Captain; Overseas player
—	Fi Morris	England	(1994-01-31) 31 January 1994	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Wicket-keepers
17	Rhianna Southby	England	(2000-10-16) 16 October 2000	Right-handed	—
—	Sarah Bryce	Scotland	(2000-01-08) 8 January 2000	Right-handed	—
Pace bowlers
9	Grace Potts	England	(2002-07-12) 12 July 2002	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
37	Em Arlott	England	(1998-02-23) 23 February 1998	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
—	Grace Thompson	England	(2007-05-30) 30 May 2007	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Spin bowlers
16	Sophia Smale	Wales	(2004-12-08) 8 December 2004	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
64	Georgia Davis	England	(1999-06-03) 3 June 1999	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Wildcard player

Men's side

No.	Name	Nationality	Date of birth (age)	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
2	Matthew Short	Australia	(1995-11-08) 8 November 1995	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas player
22	Jordan Cox	England	(2000-10-21) 21 October 2000	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
32	Tom Kohler-Cadmore	England	(1994-08-19) 19 August 1994	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
55	Asa Tribe	Jersey	(2004-03-29) 29 March 2004	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
66	Joe Root	England	(1990-12-30) 30 December 1990	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	England central contract
All-rounders
8	Ben Kellaway	Wales	(2004-01-05) 5 January 2004	Right-handed	Right-arm off break Slow left-arm orthodox
17	Rachin Ravindra	New Zealand	(1999-11-18) 18 November 1999	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Overseas player
70	Marco Jansen	South Africa	(2000-05-01) 1 May 2000	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	Overseas player
Wicket-keepers
61	Phil Salt	England	(1996-08-26) 26 August 1996	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Captain; England central contract
Pace bowlers
16	Sam Cook	England	(1997-08-04) 4 August 1997	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
19	Chris Woakes	England	(1989-03-02) 2 March 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
69	Lockie Ferguson	New Zealand	(1991-06-13) 13 June 1991	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Overseas player
—	Tom Aspinwall	England	(2004-03-13) 13 March 2004	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
—	Jordan Clark	England	(1990-10-14) 14 October 1990	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Wildcard player
—	Dillon Pennington	England	(1999-02-26) 26 February 1999	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Wildcard player
Spin bowlers
—	Jafer Chohan	England	(2002-07-11) 11 July 2002	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break

Fixtures (Women)

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Fixtures (Men)

Standings

Women

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Southern Brave	5	5	0	0	0	20	0.490
2	Trent Rockets	5	4	1	0	0	16	1.671
3	Manchester Super Giants	4	2	1	0	1	10	0.711
4	London Spirit	4	1	2	1	0	6	−0.833
5	Birmingham Phoenix	4	1	2	0	1	6	−2.184
6	Sunrisers Leeds	4	1	3	0	0	4	0.284
7	Welsh Fire	4	1	3	0	0	4	0.294
8	MI London	4	0	3	1	0	2	−1.379

Updated to match(es) played on 2 August 2026. Source: Cricinfo

Point summary Women

Team	Group matches								Play-offs
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	E	F
Birmingham Phoenix	0	2	2	6
London Spirit	0	4	6	6
Manchester Super Giants	4	6	10	10
MI London	0	0	0	2
Southern Brave	4	8	12	16	20
Sunrisers Leeds	4	4	4	4
Trent Rockets	4	4	8	12	16
Welsh Fire	0	4	4	4

Win	Loss	Tie	No result	Eliminated

Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
Note: Click on the points or results to see the match summary.

Men

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
1	Trent Rockets	4	3	1	12	0.924
2	Welsh Fire	4	3	1	12	−0.222
3	Manchester Super Giants	4	2	2	8	0.611
4	Southern Brave	5	2	3	8	0.104
5	Sunrisers Leeds	3	2	1	8	0.032
6	MI London	4	2	2	8	−0.081
7	London Spirit	4	1	3	4	−0.055
8	Birmingham Phoenix	4	1	3	4	−1.208

Updated to match(es) played on 1 August 2026. Source: Cricinfo

Point summary Men

Team	Group matches								Play-offs
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	E	F
Birmingham Phoenix	4	4	4	4
London Spirit	0	0	4	4
Manchester Super Giants	4	8	8	8
MI London	4	4	8	8
Southern Brave	0	0	0	4	8
Sunrisers Leeds	0	4	8
Trent Rockets	0	4	8	12
Welsh Fire	4	8	8	12

Win	Loss	Tie	No result	Eliminated

Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
Note: Click on the points or results to see the match summary.

Combined

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Trent Rockets	9	7	2	0	0	28	1.358
2	Southern Brave	10	7	3	0	0	28	0.300
3	Manchester Super Giants	8	4	3	0	1	18	0.715
4	Welsh Fire	8	4	4	0	0	16	0.039
5	Sunrisers Leeds	7	3	4	0	0	12	0.218
6	London Spirit	8	2	5	1	0	10	−0.456
7	MI London	8	2	5	1	0	10	−0.746
8	Birmingham Phoenix	8	2	5	0	1	10	−1.666

Updated to match(es) played on 2 August 2026. Source: The Hundred

References

↑ "The Hundred: Men's and women's squads for 2026 season which runs from July 21-August 16 live on Sky Sports". Sky Sports. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
↑ "What will The Hundred look like in 2026?". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 January 2026.

[1] "The Hundred: Men's and women's squads for 2026 season which runs from July 21-August 16 live on Sky Sports". Sky Sports. Retrieved 15 January 2026.

[2] "What will The Hundred look like in 2026?". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 January 2026.

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