# London Spirit

London Spirit are a franchise 100-ball cricket side based in North London. The team represents the historic counties of Middlesex, Essex and Northamptonshire in The Hundred, which took place for the first time during the 2021 English and Welsh cricket season. Both the men's and women's sides play their home games at Lord's.

## 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, 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 former Australian spinner Shane Warne would be the men's team's first coach, while former Australia Women coach Lisa Keightley was appointed coach of the Women's team.
The inaugural Hundred draft took place in October 2019 and saw the Spirit claim Rory Burns as their headline men's draftee, and Heather Knight as the women's headliner. They are joined by England One-Day captain Eoin Morgan and Essex's Dan Lawrence for the men's team, while Freya Davies joins Knight in the women's side.

## Honours
### Men's honours

The Hundred
* Third place: 2022

### Women's honours

The Hundred
* Winners: 2024

## Ground

Both the London Spirit men's and women's sides play at the home of Cricket, Lord's, in the St. John's Wood area of London. The women's side had been due to play at the home of Essex County Cricket Club, the County Ground in Chelmsford, and the home of Northamptonshire, the County Ground in Northampton but both teams were brought together at the same ground as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

## 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 |||||||
| 5 | Heather Knight | England | (1990-12-26) 26 December 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| 6 | Cordelia Griffith | England | (1995-09-19) 19 September 1995 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| All-rounders |||||||
| 3 | Charlie Dean | England | (2000-12-22) 22 December 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| 17 | Grace Harris | Australia | (1993-09-18) 18 September 1993 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Overseas player |
| 28 | Danielle Gibson | England | (2001-04-30) 30 April 2001 (age 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 42 | Deepti Sharma | India | (1997-08-24) 24 August 1997 (age 27) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | Overseas player |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||
| 8 | Georgia Redmayne | Australia | (1993-12-08) 8 December 1993 (age 31) | Left-handed | — | Overseas player |
| Pace bowlers |||||||
| 18 | Eva Gray | England | (2000-05-24) 24 May 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 24 | Tara Norris | United States | (1998-06-04) 4 June 1998 (age 26) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | UK passport |
| 44 | Sophie Munro | England | (2001-08-31) 31 August 2001 (age 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| — | Issy Wong | England | (2002-05-15) 15 May 2002 (age 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| Spin bowlers |||||||
| 33 | Sarah Glenn | England | (1999-08-27) 27 August 1999 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| — | Rebecca Tyson | England | (2000-06-26) 26 June 2000 (age 24) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |

### Men's side

| No. | Name | Nationality | Date of birth (age) | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
| Batters |||||||
| 1 | Keaton Jennings | England | (1992-06-19) 19 June 1992 (age 32) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 80 | Ollie Pope | England | (1998-01-02) 2 January 1998 (age 27) | Right-handed | — | |
| — | Wayne Madsen | Italy | (1984-01-02) 2 January 1984 (age 41) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| — | David Warner | Australia | (1986-10-27) 27 October 1986 (age 38) | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | Overseas player |
| — | Kane Williamson | New Zealand | (1990-08-08) 8 August 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Overseas player |
| All-rounders |||||||
| 8 | Liam Dawson | England | (1990-03-01) 1 March 1990 (age 35) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| — | Jamie Overton | England | (1994-04-10) 10 April 1994 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| — | Ashton Turner | Australia | (1993-01-25) 25 January 1993 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Overseas player |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||
| — | Jamie Smith | England | (2000-07-02) 2 July 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed | — | Centrally Contracted player |
| Pace bowlers |||||||
| 9 | Olly Stone | England | (1993-10-09) 9 October 1993 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | |
| 33 | Richard Gleeson | England | (1987-12-02) 2 December 1987 (age 37) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| 38 | Daniel Worrall | Australia | (1991-07-10) 10 July 1991 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | UK passport |
| — | Luke Wood | England | (1995-08-02) 2 August 1995 (age 29) | Left-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | |
| Spin bowlers |||||||
| — | Jafer Chohan | England | (2002-07-11) 11 July 2002 (age 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |

## Seasons
### Women's team

| Season | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Playoff stage | Playoff stage | Ref. |
| Season | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | Pos | Pld | Pos | Ref. |
| 2021 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4th | Did not progress | Did not progress | |
| 2022 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7th | Did not progress | Did not progress | |
| 2023 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6th | Did not progress | Did not progress | |
| 2024 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3rd | 2 | 1st | |

### Men's team

| Season | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Playoff stage | Playoff stage | Ref. |
| Season | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | Pos | Pld | Pos | Ref. |
| 2021 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8th | Did not progress | Did not progress | |
| 2022 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3rd | 1 | 3rd | |
| 2023 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7th | Did not progress | Did not progress | |
| 2024 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8th | Did not progress | Did not progress | |
Notes
* ↑ London Spirit women qualified for the eliminator in 2024. They played 2 games, winning the eliminator against Oval Invincibles by 8 wickets, and winning the final against Welsh Fire by 4 wickets.
* ↑ London Spirit men qualified for the eliminator in 2022. They played one match, losing the playoff for the final against Manchester Originals by 5 wickets.