Glamorgan’s star all-rounder Ben Kellaway has earnt a wildcard pick for the Welsh Fire, as Ajeet Singh Dale, Charley Phillips, and Alex Griffiths are all also selected.

With just under a month before the 2025 edition of The Hundred kicks off, each team has the opportunity to add two extra ‘wildcard’ selections to each of their men’s and women’s squads.

Kellaway’s excellent form for Glamorgan has earnt him a spot in the Fire squad, with his unique ambidextrous bowling and explosive batting suited to the shorter formats of the game.

Where the 21-year-old has excelled this season, is in red-ball cricket, where he has taken 18 wickets at 31 with two 5-fers, and scored 659 runs at 66 with two 100s.

With Kellaway covering batting and spin bowling, the Fire have picked fast bowler Singh Dale to cover all bases in their squad. The Gloucestershire quick is well-regarded in the domestic game and it was a surprise when he did not get picked in the initial draft.

The 25-year-old has been on England’s radar in recent seasons, playing a number of times for the England Lions team this summer.

Alex Griffith returns to Sophia Gardens for a second stint, while 22-year-old seamer Charley Phillips has also been the beneficiary of a wildcard pick.

Elsewhere in The Hundred, 43-year-old James Anderson and 17-year-old Rocky Flintoff have been selected by Manchester Originals and Northern Superchargers, respectively.

Anderson, a teammate of Flintoff’s father, Andrew, has been playing his first white ball matches for 10 years this summer, following his retirement from test cricket last summer.

Flintoff, 17, will join up with his father, who is head coach at Northern Superchargers.

The pair were two of 32 names drafted in The Hundred Wildcard Draft, the final updates to the 16 squads ahead of the fifth year of The Hundred.

Welsh Fire squads:

Women

• Sophia Dunkley
• Hayley Matthews – Overseas
• Jess Jonassen – Overseas
• Tammy Beaumont
• Sarah Bryce
• Shabnim Ismail – Overseas
• Freya Davies
• Georgia Elwiss
• Katie George
• Georgia Davis
• Emily Windsor
• Beth Langston
• Katie Levick
• Charley Phillips
• Alex Griffiths

Men

• Chris Woakes
• Jonny Bairstow
• Steve Smith – Overseas
• David Payne
• Tom Kohler-Cadmore
• Paul Walter
• Tom Abell
• Riley Meredith – Overseas
• Chris Green – Overseas
• Saif Zaib
• Luke Wells
• Josh Hull
• Stevie Eskinazi
• Mason Crane
• Ben Kellaway
• Ajeet Singh Dale

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