Cricket quiz: Can you name all eight teams in The Hundred?
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- The Hundred launches its sixth staging on Tuesday, 21 July, running through 16 August, per BBC Sport
- Eight teams compete in the 2026 edition, and BBC Sport notes some franchises have rebranded over the winter
- BBC Two and BBC iPlayer carry 16 games, including both opening-day matches and both finals
- BBC Sounds and the BBC Sport website and app deliver ball-by-ball commentary on every fixture
- BBC Sport journalist Joe Rindl published the team-naming quiz as a fan-engagement tie-in to the tournament's opening
Why it matters: The rebrand hint is the only substantive hook: fans who memorized last year's team names could get tripped up, making the quiz a small but real test of offseason awareness before the first ball is bowled on 21 July. For BBC, the tournament remains a multi-platform broadcast property spanning linear TV, iPlayer, audio, and digital.
