# 2021 London Spirit season

The 2021 season was London Spirit's first season of the new franchise 100 ball cricket, The Hundred.

## Players

* Bold denotes players with international caps
* Ages given as of 21 July 2021, the date the first match was played in the tournament

### Women's side

| No. | Name | Nationality | Date of birth (age) | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
| Batters |||||||
| 4 | Susie Rowe | England | (1987-04-13)13 April 1987 (aged 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 5 | Heather Knight | England | (1990-12-26)26 December 1990 (aged 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Captain; Centrally contracted player |
| 28 | Aylish Cranstone | England | (1994-08-28)28 August 1994 (aged 26) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | |
| All-rounders |||||||
| 3 | Charlie Dean | England | (2000-12-22)22 December 2000 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| 6 | Deepti Sharma | India | (1997-08-24)24 August 1997 (aged 23) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | Overseas player |
| 8 | Danielle Gibson | England | (2001-04-30)30 April 2001 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 11 | Naomi Dattani | England | (1994-04-28)28 April 1994 (aged 27) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | |
| 15 | Deandra Dottin | West Indies | (1991-06-21)21 June 1991 (aged 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Marquee player; Overseas player |
| 25 | Chloe Tryon | South Africa | (1994-01-25)25 January 1994 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Overseas player |
| 88 | Alice Monaghan | England | (2000-03-20)20 March 2000 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||
| 12 | Tammy Beaumont | England | (1991-03-11)11 March 1991 (aged 30) | Right-handed | — | |
| 17 | Amara Carr | England | (1994-04-17)17 April 1994 (aged 27) | Right-handed | — | |
| Pace bowlers |||||||
| 22 | Sophie Munro | England | (2001-08-31)31 August 2001 (aged 19) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 61 | Freya Davies | England | (1995-10-27)27 October 1995 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| Spin bowlers |||||||
| 29 | Grace Scrivens | England | (2003-11-10)10 November 2003 (aged 17) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | |

### Men's side

| No. | Name | Nationality | Date of birth (age) | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
| Batsmen |||||||
| 6 | Joe Denly | England | (1986-03-16)16 March 1986 (aged 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| 15 | Zak Crawley | England | (1998-02-03)3 February 1998 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Centrally contracted player |
| 16 | Eoin Morgan | England | (1986-09-10)10 September 1986 (aged 34) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Captain |
| 24 | Joe Cracknell | England | (2000-03-16)16 March 2000 (aged 21) | Right-handed | — | Replacement player |
| 28 | Dan Lawrence | England | (1997-07-12)12 July 1997 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Local Icon player |
| All-rounders |||||||
| 7 | Mohammad Nabi | Afghanistan | (1985-01-01)1 January 1985 (aged 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Overseas player |
| 10 | Luis Reece | England | (1990-08-04)4 August 1990 (aged 30) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | |
| 25 | Ravi Bopara | England | (1985-05-04)4 May 1985 (aged 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 52 | Roelof van der Merwe | Netherlands | (1984-12-31)31 December 1984 (aged 36) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| 96 | David Wiese | South Africa | (1985-05-18)18 May 1985 (aged 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Overseas player; Replacement player |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||
| 17 | Adam Rossington | England | (1993-05-05)5 May 1993 (aged 28) | Right-handed | — | |
| 95 | Josh Inglis | Australia | (1995-03-04)4 March 1995 (aged 26) | Right-handed | — | Overseas player |
| Pace bowlers |||||||
| 1 | Jade Dernbach | England | (1986-03-03)3 March 1986 (aged 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| 5 | Mohammad Amir | Pakistan | (1992-04-13)13 April 1992 (aged 29) | Left-handed | Left-arm fast | Overseas player |
| 8 | Chris Wood | England | (1990-06-27)27 June 1990 (aged 31) | Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | |
| 19 | Blake Cullen | England | (2002-02-19)19 February 2002 (aged 19) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Wildcard pick |
| 58 | Brad Wheal | Scotland | (1996-08-28)28 August 1996 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Replacement player |
| — | Mark Wood | England | (1990-01-11)11 January 1990 (aged 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | |
| Spin bowlers |||||||
| 32 | Mason Crane | England | (1997-02-18)18 February 1997 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
* ↑ Morgan also played international cricket for Ireland
* ↑ Van der Merwe has also played international cricket for South Africa

## League stage
### Women's fixtures

* 23 July 2021 15:00 Scorecard
| Birmingham Phoenix 128/6 (100 balls) | v | London Spirit 132/7 (96 balls) |
| Evelyn Jones 47 (41) Deandra Dottin 2/28 (20 balls) | | Naomi Dattani 34 (19) Erin Burns 2/15 (20 balls) |
* London Spirit won by 3 wickets Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Rob Bailey and Jasmine Naeem Player of the match: Evelyn Jones (Birmingham Phoenix)
* London Spirit won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: London Spirit 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.
* 25 July 2021 11:00 Scorecard
| Oval Invincibles 132/7 (100 balls) | v | London Spirit 117/7 (100 balls) |
| Alice Capsey 59 (41) Naomi Dattani 2/23 (15 balls) | | Heather Knight 40 (29) Dane van Niekerk 3/30 (20 balls) |
* Oval Invincibles won by 15 runs Lord's, London Umpires: Anna Harris and Graham Lloyd Player of the match: Alice Capsey (Oval Invincibles)
* London Spirit won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Oval Invincibles 2, London Spirit 0.
* 29 July 2021 15:00 Scorecard
| Trent Rockets 151/4 (100 balls) | v | London Spirit 133/7 (100 balls) |
| Rachel Priest 76 (42) Freya Davies 1/19 (20 balls) | | Heather Knight 31 (25) Lucy Higham 2/12 (15 balls) |
* Trent Rockets won by 18 runs Lord's, London Umpires: Neil Mallender and Sue Redfern Player of the match: Rachel Priest (Trent Rockets)
* Trent Rockets won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Trent Rockets 2, London Spirit 0.
* 1 August 2021 14:30 Scorecard
| London Spirit 93 (96 balls) | v | Southern Brave 97/3 (92 balls) |
| Tammy Beaumont 34 (45) Amanda-Jade Wellington 4/14 (20 balls) | | Stafanie Taylor 29* (32) Deepti Sharma 2/10 (20 balls) |
* Southern Brave won by 7 wickets Lord's, London Umpires: Sarah Bartlett and Peter Hartley Player of the match: Amanda-Jade Wellington (Southern Brave)
* Southern Brave won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Southern Brave 2, London Spirit 0.
* 3 August 2021 15:00 Scorecard
| Northern Superchargers 126/5 (100 balls) | v | London Spirit 129/3 (98 balls) |
| Jemimah Rodrigues 57 (44) Sophie Munro 2/20 (15 balls) | | Deandra Dottin 50* (34) Linsey Smith 2/15 (20 balls) |
* London Spirit won by 7 wickets Lord's, London Umpires: Rob Bailey and Anna Harris Player of the match: Deandra Dottin (London Spirit)
* Northern Superchargers won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: London Spirit 2, Northern Superchargers 0.
* 10 August 2021 15:00 Scorecard
| Manchester Originals 127/5 (100 balls) | v | London Spirit 131/5 (98 balls) |
| Emma Lamb 39 (30) Deepti Sharma 2/10 (20 balls) | | Heather Knight 35 (26) Alex Hartley 3/32 (20 balls) |
* London Spirit won by 5 wickets Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: Peter Hartley and Sue Redfern Player of the match: Deepti Sharma (London Spirit)
* Manchester Originals won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: London Spirit 2, Manchester Originals 0.
* 14 August 2021 15:30 Scorecard
| London Spirit 103/9 (100 balls) | v | Oval Invincibles 107/2 (87 balls) |
| Tammy Beaumont 42 (34) Marizanne Kapp 2/12 (20 balls) | | Georgia Adams 37* (34) Charlie Dean 1/24 (17 balls) |
* Oval Invincibles won by 8 wickets The Oval, London Umpires: Anna Harris and Tim Robinson Player of the match: Georgia Adams (Oval Invincibles)
* Oval Invincibles won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Oval Invincibles 2, London Spirit 0.
* 18 August 2021 15:00 Scorecard
| Welsh Fire 95/9 (100 balls) | v | London Spirit 96/3 (58 balls) |
| Georgia Redmayne 35 (28) Danielle Gibson 2/10 (15 balls) | | Heather Knight 34* (19) Danielle Gibson 34* (19) Hayley Matthews 2/28 (18 balls) |
* London Spirit won by 7 wickets Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Umpires: Sarah Bartlett and David Millns Player of the match: Danielle Gibson (London Spirit)
* London Spirit won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: London Spirit 2, Welsh Fire 0.

### Men's fixtures

* 23 July 2021 18:30 (N) Scorecard
| London Spirit 144/6 (100 balls) | v | Birmingham Phoenix 148/7 (97 balls) |
| Zak Crawley 64 (40) Adam Milne 2/18 (20 balls) | | Moeen Ali 40 (30) Mohammad Amir 2/34 (17 balls) |
* Birmingham Phoenix won by 3 wickets Edgbaston, Birmingham Attendance: 12,137 Umpires: Graham Lloyd and Tim Robinson Player of the match: Zak Crawley (London Spirit)
* Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Birmingham Phoenix 2, London Spirit 0.
* 25 July 2021 14:30 Scorecard
| Oval Invincibles | v | London Spirit |
* No result Lord's, London Umpires: Rob Bailey and Peter Hartley
* London Spirit won the toss and elected to field.
* No play was possible due to rain.
* Points: London Spirit 1, Oval Invincibles 1.
* 29 July 2021 18:30 (N) Scorecard
| Trent Rockets 123/4 (100 balls) | v | London Spirit 116/8 (100 balls) |
| D'Arcy Short 69* (47) Mohammad Nabi 2/20 (20 balls) | | Roelof van der Merwe 25* (18) Matt Carter 3/17 (20 balls) |
* Trent Rockets won by 7 runs Lord's, London Attendance: 23,892 Umpires: Nigel Llong and Alex Wharf Player of the match: D'Arcy Short (Trent Rockets)
* London Spirit won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Trent Rockets 2, London Spirit 0.
* 1 August 2021 18:00 (N) Scorecard
| Southern Brave 145/6 (100 balls) | v | London Spirit 141/7 (100 balls) |
| Alex Davies 50 (40) Blake Cullen 2/27 (20 balls) | | Josh Inglis 55 (43) George Garton 2/30 (20 balls) |
* Southern Brave won by 4 runs Lord's, London Umpires: Graham Lloyd and Russell Warren Player of the match: Chris Jordan (Southern Brave)
* London Spirit won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Southern Brave 2, London Spirit 0.
* 3 August 2021 18:30 (N) Scorecard
| Northern Superchargers 155/3 (100 balls) | v | London Spirit 92/9 (100 balls) |
| David Willey 81* (45) Mohammad Nabi 1/19 (15 balls) | | Eoin Morgan 27 (22) Ben Raine 3/20 (20 balls) |
* Northern Superchargers won by 63 runs Lord's, London Umpires: Nigel Llong and Steve O'Shaughnessy Player of the match: David Willey (Northern Superchargers)
* Northern Superchargers won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Northern Superchargers 2, London Spirit 0.
* 10 August 2021 18:30 (N) Scorecard
| London Spirit 142/6 (100 balls) | v | Manchester Originals 136/9 (100 balls) |
| Adam Rossington 46 (29) Tom Hartley 3/27 (20 balls) | | Colin Ackermann 53 (40) Brad Wheal 4/17 (20 balls) |
* London Spirit won by 6 runs Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: Rob Bailey and Martin Saggers Player of the match: Brad Wheal (London Spirit)
* London Spirit won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: London Spirit 2, Manchester Originals 0.
* 14 August 2021 19:00 (N) Scorecard
| London Spirit 146/7 (100 balls) | v | Oval Invincibles 147/8 (95 balls) |
| Eoin Morgan 41 (20) Tabraiz Shamsi 3/25 (20 balls) | | Laurie Evans 67* (37) Brad Wheal 2/23 (20 balls) |
* Oval Invincibles won by 2 wickets The Oval, London Umpires: Nick Cook and Neil Mallender Player of the match: Laurie Evans (Oval Invincibles)
* London Spirit won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Oval Invincibles 2, London Spirit 0.
* 18 August 2021 18:30 (N) Scorecard
| London Spirit 163/5 (100 balls) | v | Welsh Fire 165/7 (98 balls) |
| Josh Inglis 72 (45) Ryan Higgins 3/21 (20 balls) | | Glenn Phillips 80 (35) Brad Wheal 3/30 (18 balls) |
* Welsh Fire won by 3 wickets Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Attendance: 9,261 Umpires: Nick Cook and Nigel Llong Player of the match: Glenn Phillips (Welsh Fire)
* Welsh Fire won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Welsh Fire 2, London Spirit 0.

## Standings

advanced to the final  advanced to the eliminator

### Women

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Southern Brave | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1.056 |
| 2 | Oval Invincibles | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.015 |
| 3 | Birmingham Phoenix | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.186 |
| 4 | London Spirit | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.046 |
| 5 | Manchester Originals | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0.016 |
| 6 | Northern Superchargers | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | −0.041 |
| 7 | Trent Rockets | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | −0.293 |
| 8 | Welsh Fire | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −1.017 |

### Men

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Birmingham Phoenix | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1.087 |
| 2 | Southern Brave | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0.034 |
| 3 | Trent Rockets | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.035 |
| 4 | Oval Invincibles | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.123 |
| 5 | Northern Superchargers | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0.510 |
| 6 | Manchester Originals | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | −0.361 |
| 7 | Welsh Fire | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | −0.827 |
| 8 | London Spirit | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | −0.641 |