Welsh Fire’s women have a better track record in The Hundred than the men.
They finished third in 2023 and lost the final in 2024 having finished top of the group stage standings.
The men, meanwhile, have never progressed to the play-offs, with a fourth-place finish in 2023 the only time they finished in the top half of the standings.
With both teams finishing bottom of their respective tables last season, perhaps a full-scale rebuild was inevitable.
Only Tom Kohler-Cadmore and Ben Kellaway return for the men, while Chris Woakes will hope for better luck with Welsh Fire this time around having signed up for 2025 only to be replaced by New Zealand’s Matt Henry after suffering an injury.
As for the women, wicket-keeper Sarah Bryce is the lone survivor from last year’s squad having been with the team since 2022.
All-rounder Fi Morris, a 2022 squad member, has joined for the 2026 season and is the only other player in the squad who has played for the franchise previously.
