The Hundred: Jos Buttler, Sophie Ecclestone & Andre Russell among ones to watch in 2022

Hundred games: Seven Wickets: Five Strike-rate: 28 Economy: 6.04

The inaugural season didn’t go the way that Sophie Ecclestone would have anticipated but a lot of teams were wary of her and played her with extreme caution.

The England spinner is the number-one ranked bowler in both T20 and one-day internationals and it is hard to see her not improving on last year’s statistics.

The 23-year-old was struggling with a shoulder injury then, but has been rotated and used a bit more sparingly by England so far this summer and that should work in Manchester and Ecclestone’s favour.

Alana King (Trent Rockets)

T20 internationals: Eight Wickets: 13 Strike-rate: 11.1 Economy: 4.88

Despite being 26, Australia leg-spinner Alana King is a new name to most.

She burst onto the scene over the winter when she made her international debut in all three formats in the space of two weeks against England in the Ashes.

King impressed in that series, regularly picking up key wickets, before taking 12 wickets in Australia’s World Cup-winning campaign to fully cement herself in the double world champions’ side and earn this opportunity.

Megan Schutt (London Spirit)

T20 internationals: 81 Wickets: 102 Strike-rate: 15.6 Economy: 6.03

Australia quick Megan Schutt is one of only seven women to have taken 100 wickets in T20 internationals.

That stat in itself tells you about her pedigree as one of the best bowlers in the world.

Her inswingers and subtle variations allow her to target the stumps, meaning she is a threat at the start and end of the innings, making her a big signing for London Spirit.

Other women’s bowlers to watch: Marizanne Kapp (Oval Invincibles), Amanda-Jade Wellington (Southern Brave), Shabnim Ismail (Oval Invincibles), Katherine Brunt (Trent Rockets), Heather Graham (Northern Superchargers), Deepti Sharma (Birmingham Phoenix), Freya Davies (London Spirit), Charlie Dean (London Spirit), Anya Shrubsole (Southern Brave), Sarah Glenn (Southern Brave), Jess Kerr (London Spirit), Lauren Bell (Southern Brave), Kate Cross (Manchester Originals), Hayley Matthews (Welsh Fire), Sophie Molineux (Birmingham Phoenix) and Annabel Sutherland (Welsh Fire).