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Deepti Sharma, Suzie Bates among wildcard picks for The Hundred 2022

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The second season of The Hundred is set to get underway on August 3 with a men’s match between Southern Brave and Welsh Fire. However, the women’s edition will commence from August 11 onwards at The Oval in London. The opening fixture will see defending champions Oval Invincibles taking on the Northern Superchargers.

India’s drawcard Deepti Sharma is now a wildcard for Birmingham Phoenix


On Thursday, June 9, all eight teams of the women’s competition revealed their overseas wildcards for the upcoming season. India’s Deepti Sharma was among the chosen few, alongside the likes of New Zealand’s Suzie Bates and Australia’s Elyse Villani.


As many as four Australians and three New Zealanders were selected from the eight picks, with all-rounder Sharma serving as the only Indian in the entire list.


Here is a list of all overseas wildcards chosen by each team


Deepti Sharma recently represented Velocity in the Women’s T20 Challenge, where they finished runners-up to Supernovas in the final. The 24-year-old has played 74 Women’s ODIs and 58 Women’s T20Is for the country, apart from playing 2 Test matches. Across her international appearances, she has picked 146 wickets and scored over 2,000 runs.


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His development has been outstanding: Misbah-ul-Haq heaps praise on Shan Masood

Former Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul-Haq feels that Pakistan should utilize the current form of Shan Masood by making him a part of Pakistan's limited-overs squads. In an exclusive interview with Jazz Cricket, Misbah heaped praise on the development of Masood when asked if he should be a part of Pakistan's white-ball setup. Masood has been in terrific form with the bat in the UK for Derbyshire. He's second on the list of highest run-getters in this year's County Championship. The left-hander amassed 826 runs in just seven innings with two double centuries. Shan was also named PCA 'Player of the Month' for April for his phenomenal performances. He's currently leading Derbyshire in the ongoing T20 Blast 2022. "I think looking at his performances, his development has been outstanding," said Misbah-ul-Haq. "In one-day cricket [List A], he averages close to 57, scored a lot of centuries. And then the way he has performed in County Cricket, his performances in the PSL, he deserves a place," he continued. There's a tough competition amongst the batters to get picked into the national team. But, according to the ex-Pakistan head coach, Masood should be kept as a reserve player in the squad, and if someone's unavailable to play, then he should get the nod ahead of anyone else. "Whatever the case may be, he should be in the squad. And you have to keep in mind, that Pakistan have a very strong top three. It's very difficult to replace anyone but at some point, you have to keep in mind, that anything can happen. At least such a strong player should be kept in the loop.” Misbah also highlighted the possibility of playing Masood in the middle order. "At some point, you should give him a few matches and keep on giving him confidence. And then you have to decide that if anyone from 4,5 or 6 isn't performing, in the future you can talk to either Shan [Masood] or Abdullah Shafique and maybe use them there," added Misbah. "That will be a plus and it will be a positive thing for the Pakistan side," he concluded.