The huge musical stars playing at The Hundred at Old Trafford this year

Manchester singer and song writer Phoebe Green and pop band Lottery Winners from Leigh have been unveiled as the acts who will take the stage at Emirates Old Trafford for The Hundred - a 100-ball cricket team that plays at the cricket ground for a month each summer.

Announced today, August 1, the line-up sees Emirates Old Trafford set to host both these acts along with other up-and-coming Manchester based artists. The line-up is topped by multi-platinum selling English pop-rock band Bastille, who will take to the stage at The Hundred men’s and women’s final at Lord’s on Saturday 3 September.

For the second year running, the live music at all 34 games of The Hundred has been curated in collaboration with BBC Music Introducing. The partnership connects sports fans with both new and established artists who began their career on the BBC platform.

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As well as the performances taking place at Emirates Old Trafford, other artists will perform in front of large audiences at some of the UK’s biggest cricket grounds, including Lord’s in London and in the North, Headingley in Leeds.

Kicking off on 3 August, The Hundred is cricket’s high-octane competition giving fans the chance to watch some of the best players in the world compete alongside music performances in a high energy, family-friendly environment.

Lottery Winners, who will perform at Emirates Old Trafford in Manchester on 13 August, said: “Manchester is where we started out and there is something very special about coming back to play shows here. To be performing at such an iconic venue as part of this unique sporting entertainment event is just so