All-rounders David Willey and Ash Gardner have been named as captains of Trent Rockets males’s and ladies’s groups respectively forward of the fifth summer time of The Hundred.
Willey, 35, is embarking on his debut season with the Rockets after beforehand spending two years apiece with Northern Superchargers and Welsh Hearth, and can take over from Lewis Gregory.
Gardner, 28, joined the Rockets for her first style of The Hundred final yr, ending as each the aspect’s second-highest run-scorer and main wicket-taker.
She is going to assume the position from Nat Sciver-Brunt, with the England captain having stepped down from the captaincy to handle her workload forward of the ICC Girls’s World Cup later this yr.
Each Willey and Gardner have captaincy expertise, with the previous presently main Northamptonshire within the Vitality Blast, and Australia worldwide Gardner taking the reins final yr at Gujarat Giants in India’s WPL.
David Willey & Ash Gardner Expertise
Willey has earned over 100 caps for England and was a part of the Three Lions aspect that received the 2022 T20 World Cup, in addition to additionally beforehand enjoying county cricket for Yorkshire.
In all, he has taken over 300 wickets in T20 cricket, along with 27 in The Hundred, and has scored over 4,500 runs in each codecs mixed, with 18 fifties and two centuries.
In the meantime, Gardner has performed 180 occasions for her nation in all codecs, and is a two-time winner of the Belinda Clark Award, given to Australia’s finest feminine worldwide cricketer.
She has lifted the T20 World Cup on three events, in 2018, 2020, and 2023, and over the course of her profession within the format, has scored virtually 4,800 runs and brought over 200 wickets.
She starred with the ball in the course of the 2023 Girls’s Ashes Check at Trent Bridge, taking eight second-innings wickets to bowl her aspect to victory.
“I’m delighted to be taking over the Trent Rockets captaincy,” stated Willey. “I’ve liked enjoying in The Hundred over the previous 4 years, and I’m excited to be main such a powerful group of gamers!
“We’ve bought an amazing squad and training employees, so I’m trying ahead to placing on a present in entrance of a packed Trent Bridge, and I’m assured this crew can carry some success this yr.”
Gardner added: “Enjoying for the Rockets final yr was a lot enjoyable and it will likely be unbelievable this yr to steer the crew.
“Taking up from Nat is an honour, and we’ve an amazing squad this yr so I’m actually excited to get going as captain.”
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