New Zealand trio Rachin Ravindra, Lockie Ferguson and Michael Bracewell earned big deals after Jamie Overton was picked up for £200,000 as the first signing
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Twenty-nine players are added across the eight squads, with Heather Knight and Sophia Dunkley finding familiar homes
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The draft will take place on Wednesday, March 12, as the eight teams fill their remaining men's and women's spots after last month's retentions
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Jamie Smith and Chris Woakes will both play for new teams next season after being signed by London Spirit and Welsh Fire, respectively, in the England Men's central contract draft
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Meg Lanning moves from London Spirit to Oval Invincibles while Ellyse Perry, Alana King, Annabel Sutherland, Beth Mooney and Ash Gardner are all scheduled to return
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A tranche of recent internationals will be looking for new teams when the draft takes place on March 12. Meanwhile, a host of new overseas players have been confirmed in the new £200,000 salary band
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The 34-year-old, who has previously played for Gloucestershire and Yorkshire, will represent Middlesex and London Spirit this summer
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In a letter to members, the MCC chair revealed that conversations with investors have included discussions around the future name of London Spirit and the team's livery
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Forty-nine per cent of the finalists of the women's competition in 2024 have been claimed by a Silicon Valley consortium and a US-based tech entrepreneur
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Justin Langer has been named as Trevor Bayliss' replacement at the helm of the men's Hundred team with the club mustering just three wins from the last two seasons
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The former England head coach joined as interim head coach in 2022 and reached the Eliminator before enduring two poor seasons in a row with the Lord's-based Hundred team
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Members voted overwhelmingly in favour with 81.1 per cent of the 6,037 votes cast at the MCC SGM supporting the club's involvement in the competition
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NICK FRIEND AT LORD'S: Gibson's vital 22 – in just nine balls – swung the Hundred final in London Spirit's favour on Sunday
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NICK FRIEND AT LORD'S: Sign Meg Lanning, and you're likely to be there or thereabouts, but only Nat Sciver-Brunt scored more runs than Knight in the tournament as Spirit, armed with two of the great leaders in the women's game, came out on top
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Deepti Sharma's maximum with two balls to spare secured victory for Heather Knight's side on their home turf
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