Alex Hales and Eoin Morgan will play in the first trial of 'The Hundred' competition in September

England’s one-day players, including Eoin Morgan, the captain, and Alex Hales, will be lined up to play in the  pilot matches of the Hundred competition in September to test the new format.

Morgan, Hales and Adil Rashid do not play red-ball cricket and so should be available when the England and Wales Cricket Board is looking to trial its new tournament at Trent Bridge for the men and Loughborough for the women.

Morgan (right) played championship cricket for Middlesex this summer for the first time in three years but it remains to be seen how much he will play in the  second half of the season. He has been a vocal supporter of the Hundred concept and was one of the first players the ECB canvassed when it came up with the idea earlier this year.

Captains will be given the option of using bowlers for two consecutive overs. Bowlers will bowl a minimum of five balls in succession but could be kept on for 10 in total if they are doing well. Ten balls will be bowled at one end, before play switches to the other for another 10.

The proposals were put to players on Monday and feedback from those involved in the trial matches will go a long way to determining the final playing regulations. The ECB is set to meet county chief executives and chairmen next week as well as broadcasters during the Lord’s Test to discuss the latest thinking on the Hundred.

A survey of players by the Professional Cricketers’ Association has called for the championship to be put on hold during the window for the Hundred, which launches in 2020.

Fitting a fourth competition into an already packed domestic schedule has led to fears it will further devalue the championship if it is played during the Hundred.

The players also rejected any plans to abandon promotion and relegation in the championship and replace it with a conference system.

A total of 79 per cent would like to see promotion and relegation continue and 93 per cent would like to see white ball cricket such as the Hundred played in blocks so it does not clash with the championship. The result have been passed to the ECB committee reviewed get the structure of domestic cricket from 2020 onwards.

The 2019 Ashes series will start at Edgbaston on Aug 1, and England will play their first four-day Test next summer against Ireland at Lord’s from July 24, ten days after the World Cup.