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Will Macpherson

The Hundred: Steve Smith tops list of global stars confirmed for new cricket competition

Steve Smith, Lasith Malinga, Chris Gayle and Eoin Morgan are among the first global stars to be confirmed for the ECB’s new competition, the Hundred.

On Thursday, the teams that England’s Test players will represent when the brief gaps emerge in their schedule will be named.

Today, a series of white-ball specialists were revealed to be in the draft, which takes place on October 20. It is also possible they could be selected as “local icon players”, of which each team will have two.

The ECB has revealed players from eight different countries would be in the draft, including Australia’s Smith.

There are three overseas slots in each team, with Rashid Khan of Afghanistanand Babar Azam of Pakistan among those available.

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