Cricket in The Hundred will take place in Leicester and Derby, as well as Trent Bridge, after the Fischer County Ground and Pattonair County ground were chosen as host venues for the women’s competition.
Meanwhile, cricket will also make British sporting history as details of the first-ever player draft were revealed.
Eleven venues have been identified to host standalone Women’s Competition matches in The Hundred, a new 100-ball competition which starts in July 2020.
Beth Barrett-Wild, Head of the Women's Competition - The Hundred, said: "We're delighted to be able to take the Women's Competition to a number of excellent venues around the country.
"The venues for the men's and women's competitions respectively are working together incredibly closely and that connection will help The Hundred inspire more people to attend, watch and play cricket.
"It's particularly exciting that the Women's Competition will be seen by fans across all 18 First-Class counties, this represents a huge opportunity to grow women's cricket - while the double-headers at the men's venues provide another chance to present the men's and women's teams on the same platform.
"Many of the venues for the Women's Competition have an excellent track record in supporting and nurturing the women's game and we look forward to that continuing across The Hundred."
Men’s Venue Paired Women’s Venue(s)
Sophia Gardens The Bristol County Ground
The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton
Edgbaston Blackfinch New Road, Worcester
Emerald Headingley York CC
South Northumberland CC
Lord’s The Cloudfm County Ground, Chelmsford
The County Ground, Northampton
Kia Oval The County Ground, Beckenham
Emirates Old Trafford TBC
Trent Bridge The Pattonair County Ground, Derby
The Fischer County Ground, Leicester
Ageas Bowl The 1st Central County Ground, Hove
Fans will also able to watch cricketing history unfold live, as eight brand new men’s teams are chosen from some of the world’s best players.
The Draft will ensure an even spread of players across each team, including England’s Test cricketers and ICC Men’s World Cup winners, the best First-Class Cricketers and international stars, as well as some of the best players from around the world.
The result will be eight brand new teams, who’ll go head-to-head in the new competition in July 2020.
The men’s player Draft for The Hundred will be completed in two stages, culminating with the main event on Sunday 20 October.
The first stage of The Draft will take place at the start of October where teams will select up to three players in their squads.
Each team will pick at least one England red ball contracted player and teams with one or more England Test player in their catchment area will be able to pick their preferred player.
The final red ball contracted players will be selected by teams without a player in their catchment area until every side has one England Test player.
Remaining players will then be allocated to their local team. Teams also have the option to negotiate with and select two local ‘icon’ players from within their catchment.
In advance of the main event on 20 October, a draw will determine the order in which each team will pick their players.
Teams will pick in the order they were drawn. The team that is drawn to pick first will select first in the opening round, last in the second round and so on through the 14 rounds of The Draft. Each team will have a maximum of 100 seconds for each player selection.
Where a local icon player has been pre-selected, the team will skip that turn in The Draft, having already secured their player in that round. Teams will be able to select a maximum of three overseas players while there is no limit to the number of players from any county or country.
The main Draft will be broadcast live on Sky Sports and covered extensively by the BBC. Both broadcasters will offer fans in-depth build-up and previews in the days before, as well as post-draft reaction.
Following The Draft each team will have the opportunity for a final ‘Wildcard’ pick, to be chosen during next year’s Vitality Blast. As a result, eight high-performing Blast players will also have the opportunity to join one of the teams.
Sanjay Patel, Managing Director of The Hundred commented: “The men’s player Draft will be a historic moment for the game, with fans able to find out which world-class players will be representing their team in The Hundred.
“We are set to have eight brilliant, evenly matched new cricket teams that will inspire existing and new fans.”
The Women's Competition will have a bespoke player selection process with players selected across a two-stage, open-market system. In the first, each team will sign two players from the current England Women’s central contract list. Stage two will see each team sign the remaining 13 players from across three different pools: the remaining England Women’s centrally contracted players (x1), overseas players (x3) and domestic players.