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Matthew Cooper

The Hundred finals: When, where and who's playing as inaugural competition reaches climax

The group stage of The Hundred has now been completed and there are just two games remaining in both the men's and women's editions of the ECB's controversial new competition.

Of the eight teams involved, three of them have qualified for the knockout stages, with the team that finished top of the table going straight through to the final.

The second and third placed teams will now face each other in an Eliminator, with the winner of that match going on to compete in the final.

Here is everything you need to know about the knockout stages of The Hundred.

The inaugural edition of The Hundred is reaching its climax, with just the Eliminator and the final left to play (IAN KINGTON/AFP via Getty Images)

Who is still involved?

In the men's competition, Birmingham Phoenix have gone straight through to the final after Liam Livingstone's magnificent 92 not out from 40 balls in his side's last group game against the Northern Superchargers ensured they finished top.

Southern Brave will now face Trent Rockets in the men's eliminator, after finishing second and third respectively.

In the women's competition, it is Southern Brave who are already in the final, having lost just one of their eight group games.

In the eliminator, Oval Invincibles will take on Birmingham Phoenix.

When are the games and how can I watch?

First of all, the two Eliminators will be played at the Oval on Friday, with the women's game due to start at 3pm and the men's game due to start at 6:30pm.

The two finals will then take place at Lord's the following day, with the women's final at 3pm and the men's final at 6:30pm.

All the games will be available to watch live via Sky Sports, with their dedicated channel Sky Sports The Hundred showing all four matches.

The BBC will also be broadcasting three of the games, with the women's Eliminator and both finals on BBC Two.

Liam Livingstone's Birmingham Phoenix have made the men's final (Philip Brown/Popperfoto/Popperfoto via Getty Images)

Who is available?

For the men, both Moeen Ali and Craig Overton have been made available for the closing stages of the tournament by England, with the pair named in England's squad for the third Test against India next week.

Ali is set to captain the Phoenix in the final, having been replaced by Livingstone after he was recalled by England.

Overton, meanwhile, will be in contention for Southern Brave, having made just one appearance for the team before his call-up to England's Test squad.

Anya Shrubsole's Southern Brave have made the women's final (Christopher Lee - ECB/ECB via Getty Images)

New Zealand internationals Finn Allen and Colin de Grandhomme will also be unavailable, with the pair travelling to Bangladesh to play for their country.

As a result, Phoenix have replaced Allen with Durham's David Bedingham and Brave have replaced De Grandhomme with Singapore international Tim David, who has been playing for Surrey this season.

For the women, Birmingham Phoenix will be without Shafali Verma, who has returned home ahead of India's tour of Australia.

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