Trent Bridge will host all Trent Rockets' women's fixtures in next year's inaugural edition of The Hundred.
The ECB have made the changes due to the operational implications of COVID-19, with double-headers and increased alignment with the men’s teams providing the women’s competition with appropriate visibility and exposure – including more comprehensive broadcast coverage.
The women's competition will, therefore, operate across eight venues in 2021, with this model to be reviewed after the first edition of the tournament.
"It has always been our intention to review the structure of the women’s competition on an annual basis, to ensure that we are maximising the scale and prominence that The Hundred platform provides to profile the women’s game," said Beth Barrett-Wild, Head of The Hundred Women's Competition & Female Engagement.
"Looking ahead to 2021, it’s clear that the wide-ranging impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the delivery of elite sporting events and society more generally, necessitates a change to our plans from 2020.
"The move to an integrated eight-venue model with the men’s competition next summer will simultaneously enable us to reduce our operational risk, protect the delivery of the women’s competition, and optimise the opportunity to work with our broadcast partners to provide maximum visibility and exposure for the women’s game.
"We therefore believe that this is the best structure for the women’s competition in 2021. However, with the women’s game transforming and growing at pace, it is important that we remain flexible in our approach to evolving this model in the future."
Trent Rockets' women's side, coached by Salliann Briggs, will feature internationals Katherine Brunt, Nat Sciver and Elyse Villani, after the trio's retention was confirmed earlier this month.
Meanwhile, Alex Hales, Rashid Khan and Joe Root have been retained by Stephen Fleming's men's team.
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