2024 Women's Hundred draft explained: All you need to know

The Cricketer has all of the details ahead of the 2024 Women's Hundred player draft, which will take place on Wednesday, March 20

The Cricketer | 17/03/2024 at 14:57

What is it?

The women's player draft for the 2024 edition of The Hundred.

When is it?

The draft will take place on Wednesday, March 20. It is scheduled to start at 5.30pm.

Where is it?

The draft is being held at The Shard, London.

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^{Birmingham Phoenix will have the first draft pick [Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images]}

What happens?

On February 29, the teams confirmed which players they were retaining from their 2023 squad, with each of the eight women's sides allowed to keep up to eight players.

At the draft, the teams will take it in turns to select players until they all have 13 squad members. The two remaining spots (both at £8,000) are reserved for wildcard players, who will be selected later in the year.

Each team has one 'right to match' option, which enables them to re-sign one of their released 2023 players when a rival team selects them during the draft. They have to offer the same salary as the new team.

Each team can have a maximum of three overseas players.

Reserve prices signify the lowest amount of money a player can be bought for.

Watch 2024 edition of The Hundred on Sky Sports.

Who picks first?

The draft order is the 2023 final standings in reverse, with eighth-placed Birmingham Phoenix awarded the first pick.

They will be followed by Manchester Originals, London Spirit, Oval Invincibles, Trent Rockets, Welsh Fire, Northern Superchargers, and defending champions Southern Brave.

What are the salary bands?

Each women's squad has the following salary structure: £50,000 (two players), £40,000 (two), £30,000 (two), £17,500 (two), £14,000 (two), £11,000 (two), £8,000 (three, including two wildcard picks).

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^{Smriti Mandhana, Amy Jones, and Chamari Athapaththu are among those up for grabs [Gareth Copley/Alex Davidson/Getty Images]}

What are the squads so far?

Birmingham Phoenix: Sophie Devine, Ellyse Perry, Issy Wong, Emily Arlott, Hannah Baker, Sterre Kalis

London Spirit: Heather Knight, Grace Harris, Danielle Gibson, Charlie Dean, Sarah Glenn, Georgia Redmayne, Sophie Munro, Tara Norris

Manchester Originals: Sophie Ecclestone, Laura Wolvaardt, Emma Lamb, Mahika Gaur, Fi Morris, Kathryn Bryce, Ellie Threlkeld, Liberty Heap

Northern Superchargers: Phoebe Litchfield, Georgia Wareham, Kate Cross, Bess Heath, Linsey Smith, Alice Davidson-Richards, Hollie Armitage, Marie Kelly

Oval Invincibles: Marizanne Kapp, Alice Capsey, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Tash Farrant, Mady Villiers, Paige Schofield, Sophia Smale, Ryana MacDonald-Gay 

Southern Brave: Danni Wyatt, Chloe Tryon, Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier, Freya Kemp, Georgia Adams, Rhianna Southby, Mary Taylor

Trent Rockets: Nat Sciver-Brunt, Alana King, Bryony Smith, Kirstie Gordon, Alexa Stonehouse, Grace Potts

Welsh Fire: Hayley Matthews, Sophia Dunkley, Shabnim Ismail, Tammy Beaumont, Georgia Elwiss, Sarah Bryce, Freya Davies, Emily Windsor

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How many spots does each team have to fill?

Birmingham Phoenix: Six (£50,000, £40,000, £30,000, £14,000, £14,000, £11,000), including one overseas spot.

London Spirit: Five (£50,000, £17,500, £14,000, £11,000, £8,000), including one overseas spot.

Manchester Originals: Five (£50,000, £40,000, £30,000, £30,000, £11,000), including two overseas spots.

Northern Superchargers: Five (£50,000, £14,000, £11,000, £11,000, £8,000), including one overseas spot.

Oval Invincibles: Five (£50,000, £30,000, £11,000, £11,000, £8,000), including two overseas spots.

Southern Brave: Five (£50,000, £17,500, £14,000, £14,000, £11,000), including two overseas spots.

Trent Rockets: Seven (£50,000, £40,000, £30,000, £17,500, £11,000, £11,000, £8,000), including two overseas spots.

Welsh Fire: Five (£30,000, £14,000, £11,000, £11,000, £8,000), incluidng one overseas spot.

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^{How the women's squads are shaping up ahead of the draft [ECB]}

Which players are available in the draft?

In total, 136 overseas players and 122 domestic players have entered the Women's Hundred draft, with 43 contracts up for grabs. Of those 43, up to 12 can go to overseas players.

Five overseas players - Ashleigh Gardner, Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues and Deepti Sharma - have a reserve price of £50,000 while Australian trio Meg Lanning, Beth Mooney and Annabel Sutherland will cost at least £40,000.

Other notable overseas entrants include Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu (£30,000), Amanda-Jade Wellington (£17,500) - the competition's leading wicket-taker in 2022, and Deandra Dottin (£30,000).

England wicketkeeper Amy Jones (formerly of Birmingham Phoenix) is the most high-profile domestic player in the draft.

Fellow England internationals Fran Wilson Lauren Filer and Katie George are also in the mix, as is allrounder Grace Scrivens, who captained England at the Women's Under-19s T20 World Cup in 2023.