Oval Invincibles

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Oval Invincibles
Oval Invincibles logo.svg
Personnel
Captain Sam Billings
(Men's team)
TBA
(Women's team)
Coach Tom Moody
(Men's team)
Jonathan Batty
(Women's team)
Overseas player(s) Donovan Ferreira
Spencer Johnson
Adam Zampa
(Men's team)
Chamari Athapaththu
Marizanne Kapp
Amanda-Jade Wellington
(Women's team)
Team information
Colours   
Founded2019
Home ground The Oval
Capacity25,500
History
No. of titles3
Men's titles wins1 (2023)
Women's titles wins2 (2021, 2022)
The Hundred game wins30
(Women's team: 15)
(Men's team: 15)
Official website Oval Invincibles

Oval Invincibles is a franchise 100-ball cricket side based in South London. The team represents the historic counties of Surrey and Kent in the newly founded The Hundred competition, [1] which took place for the first time during the 2021 English and Welsh cricket season. Both the men's side and the women's side plays at The Oval.

Contents

History

The announcement of the new eight-team men's and women's tournament series in 2019 was not without controversy, with the likes of Virat Kohli criticising the England and Wales Cricket Board for pursuing a shift away from Test cricket, [2] while others argued the format should have followed the established and successful Twenty20 format. The ECB however decided it needed a more unique format to draw crowds.

In August 2019, the side announced that Australian coach Tom Moody would be the men's team's first coach, while former England Women player Lydia Greenway was appointed coach of the Women's team. [3]

The inaugural Hundred draft took place in October 2019 and saw the Invincibles claim Sam Curran as their headline men's draftee, and Laura Marsh as the women's headliner. They were joined by England internationals Tom Curran and Jason Roy for the men's team, while Fran Wilson joined Marsh in the women's side. [4]

Honours

Men's honours

The Hundred

Women's honours

The Hundred

Ground

The Oval Kia Oval Pavilion.jpg
The Oval

Both the Oval Invincibles men's and women's sides play at the home of Surrey, The Oval, in the Kennington area of London.

The women's side had been due to play at the County Ground in Beckenham, one of the outgrounds of Kent County Cricket Club, but both teams were brought together at the same location as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Current squads

Women's side

No.NameNationalityDate of birth (age)Batting styleBowling styleNotes
Batters
Chamari Athapaththu Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 9 February 1990 (age 34)Left-handedRight-arm off break Overseas player
Georgie Boyce Flag of England.svg  England 4 October 1998 (age 25)Right-handedRight-arm medium
All-rounders
8 Paige Scholfield Flag of England.svg  England 19 December 1995 (age 28)Right-handedRight-arm medium
26 Alice Capsey Flag of England.svg  England 11 August 2004 (age 19)Right-handedRight-arm off break
Jo Gardner Flag of England.svg  England 25 March 1997 (age 26)Right-handedRight-arm off break
Wicket-keepers
58 Lauren Winfield-Hill Flag of England.svg  England 16 August 1990 (age 33)Right-handed
Pace bowlers
2 Lizzie Scott Flag of England.svg  England 1 September 2004 (age 19)Right-handedRight-arm medium
7 Marizanne Kapp Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 4 January 1990 (age 34)Right-handedRight-arm medium Overseas player
29 Ryana MacDonald-Gay Flag of England.svg  England 12 February 2004 (age 20)Right-handedRight-arm medium
53 Tash Farrant Flag of England.svg  England 29 May 1996 (age 27)Left-handedLeft-arm fast-medium
Spin bowlers
16 Sophia Smale Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 8 December 2004 (age 19)Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
22 Mady Villiers Flag of England.svg  England 26 August 1998 (age 25)Right-handedRight-arm off break
Amanda-Jade Wellington Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 29 May 1997 (age 26)Right-handedRight-arm leg break Overseas player

Men's side

No.NameNationalityDate of birth (age)Batting styleBowling styleNotes
Batters
9 Will Jacks Flag of England.svg  England 21 November 1998 (age 25)Right-handedRight-arm off break
14 Tawanda Muyeye Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 5 March 2001 (age 23)Right-handedRight-arm off break Domestic player
22 Jordan Cox Flag of England.svg  England 21 October 2000 (age 23)Right-handed
Tom Lammonby Flag of England.svg  England 2 June 2000 (age 23)Left-handedLeft-arm medium
Dawid Malan Flag of England.svg  England 3 September 1987 (age 36)Left-handedRight-arm leg break
All-rounders
58 Sam Curran Flag of England.svg  England 3 June 1998 (age 25)Left-handedLeft-arm fast-medium Centrally contracted player
59 Tom Curran Flag of England.svg  England 12 March 1995 (age 29)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
Donovan Ferreira Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 21 July 1998 (age 25)Right-handedRight-arm off break Overseas player
Wicket-keepers
7 Sam Billings Flag of England.svg  England 15 June 1991 (age 32)Right-handed Captain
Pace bowlers
8 Saqib Mahmood Flag of England.svg  England 25 February 1997 (age 27)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
21 Spencer Johnson Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 16 December 1995 (age 28)Left-handedLeft-arm fast-medium Overseas player
37 Gus Atkinson Flag of England.svg  England 19 January 1998 (age 26)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
Spin bowlers
72 Nathan Sowter Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 12 October 1992 (age 31)Right-handedRight-arm leg break UK passport
88 Adam Zampa Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 31 March 1992 (age 31)Right-handedRight-arm leg break Overseas player

    Seasons

    Women's team

    SeasonGroup stagePlayoff stageRef.
    PldWLTNRPtsPosPldPos
    2021 8430192nd2 [lower-alpha 1] 1st [5]
    2022 65100111st1 [lower-alpha 2] 1st [6]
    2023 8340175thDid not progress [7]

    Men's team

    SeasonGroup stagePlayoff stageRef.
    PldWLTNRPtsPosPldPos
    2021 8430194thDid not progress [8]
    2022 8440085thDid not progress [9]
    2023 86110131st1 [lower-alpha 3] 1st [10]

    Notes

    1. Oval Invincibles women qualified for the eliminator in 2021. They played two matches, winning the playoff for the final against Birmingham Phoenix by 20 runs, winning the final against Southern Brave by 48 runs.
    2. Oval Invincibles women qualified for the final in 2022. In the final they played against Southern Brave, winning by 5 wickets.
    3. Oval Invincibles men qualified for the final in 2023. In the final they played against Manchester Originals, winning by 14 runs.

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