How to watch The Hundred cricket 2021

The Hundred is now well underway, with the Oval Invincibles off to a strong start in this ten-team tournament featuring both local stars and international players for the men’s and women’s teams. If you want to catch the rest of the matches, then we have everything you need to know.

Find out here what time matches will be kicking off in your area, and what channels you’ll need to tune in. We also have an article for how to watch the biggest events in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, and how to watch the Olympics in 4K.

How to watch The Hundred matches

Coverage for The Hundred is available across both Sky Sports and BBC, but sadly the BBC will only have rights to 18 matches, which will air on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer. These matches are marked in italics in the list below.

If you’d like unrestricted access to all the matches on your TV, then you can add Sky Sports to your premium TV package and watch the matches either on Sky Sports The Hundred or Sky Sports Mix. Alternatively, you can gain access to the latter by signing up for a flexible Now Sports membership.

This is a streaming subscription that you can cancel at any time – perfect if you only want to watch the tournament. This costs £33.99 per month, and you can sign up on the website.

The Sky Sports cricket YouTube channel is also livestreaming a significant number of the matches entirely for free. This is the best option for international viewers where Sky isn’t available. If for some reason the stream is geo-locked, you can bypass this with the help of a VPN.

VPNs (virtual private networks) reroute your IP address so you can browse the internet as if you’re based in another country. For the best performance and pricing, we recommend either NordVPN or Surfshark, though you can check out more options in our list of the best VPNs for streaming.

Once you’ve downloaded your VPN provider, simply connect to a UK server to watch the YouTube stream if it’s not available in your country or use it to sign up for Now from abroad.

What dates are the matches?

Here’s the full schedule of matches that have yet to air in The Hundred tournament. All times are in BST (British Standard Time):

Tuesday 27 July

Welsh Fire v Southern Brave, Sophia Gardens

• Women: 3pm
• Men: 6:30pm

Wednesday 28 July

Manchester Originals v Northern Superchargers, Emirates Old Trafford

• Women: 3pm
• Men: 6:30pm

Thursday 29 July

London Spirit v Trent Rockets, Lord’s

• Women: 3pm
• Men: 6:30pm

Friday 30 July

Southern Brave v Birmingham Phoenix, Ageas Bowl

• Women: 3pm
• Men: 6:30pm

Saturday 31 July

Welsh Fire v Manchester Originals, Sophia Gardens

• Women: 11am
• Men: 2:30pm

Northern Superchargers v Oval Invincibles, Emerald Headingley

• Women: 2:30pm
• Men: 6pm

Sunday 1 August

Birmingham Phoenix v Trent Rockets, Edgbaston

• Women: 11am
• Men: 2:30pm

London Spirit v Southern Brave, Lord’s

• Women: 2:30pm
• Men: 6pm

Monday 2 August

Oval Invincibles v Welsh Fire, Kia Oval

• Women: 3pm
• Men: 6:30pm

Tuesday 3 August

London Spirit v Northern Superchargers, Lord’s

• Women: 3pm
• Men: 6:30pm

Wednesday 4 August

Birmingham Phoenix v Oval Invincibles, Edgbaston

• Women: 3:30pm
• Men: 7pm

Thursday 5 August

Manchester Originals v Southern Brave, Emirates Old Trafford

• Women: 3:30pm
• Men: 7pm

Friday 6 August

Welsh Fire v Trent Rockets, Sophia Gardens

• Women: 3:30pm
• Men: 7pm

Saturday 7 August

Southern Brave v Northern Superchargers, Ageas Bowl

• Women: 3:30pm
• Men: 7pm

Sunday 8 August

Oval Invincibles v Trent Rockets, Kia Oval

• Women: 3:30pm
• Men: 7pm

Monday 9 August

Birmingham Phoenix v Welsh Fire, Edgbaston

• Women: 3pm
• Men: 6:30pm

Tuesday 10 August

Manchester Originals v London Spirit, Emirates Old Trafford

• Women: 3pm
• Men: 6:30pm

Wednesday 11 August

Southern Brave v Welsh Fire, Ageas Bowl

• Women: 3pm
• Men: 6:30pm 

Thursday 12 August

Northern Superchargers v Manchester Originals, Emerald Headingley

• Women: 3:30pm
• Men: 7pm

Friday 13 August

Trent Rockets v Birmingham Phoenix, Trent Bridge

• Women: 3:30pm
• Men: 7pm

Saturday 14 August

Oval Invincibles v London Spirit, Kia Oval

• Women: 3:30pm
• Men: 7pm

Sunday 15th August

Trent Rockets v Manchester Originals, Trent Bridge

• Women: 3:30pm
• Men: 7pm

Monday 16 August

Southern Brave v Oval Invincibles, Ageas Bowl

• Women: 3:30pm
• Men: 7pm

Tuesday 17 August

Northern Superchargers v Birmingham Phoenix, Emerald Headingley

• Women: 3pm
• Men: 6:30pm

Wednesday 18 August

Welsh Fire v London Spirit, Sophia Gardens

• Women: 3pm
• Men: 6:30pm

Friday 20 August

Eliminators – Women and Men

Saturday 21 August

Finals – Women and Men