The Hundred 2026: women’s player auction – live

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Things will restart in Piccadilly at 2pm GMT, so time for a quick turn round the block in the sunshine.

Squads as they stand

Names in italics were signed up before today.

Birmingham Phoenix

Alice Capsey, £130,000

Ellyse Perry, £100,000

Linsey Smith, £100,000

Lauren Filer, £95,000

Tammy Beaumont, £70,000

Davina Perrin, £50,000

Alana King, £37,500

Lucy Hamilton £35,000

Emma Lamb, £27,500

London Spirit

Nadine de Klerk, £170,000

Marizanne Kapp, £130,000

Charlie Dean, £85,000

Mahika Gaur, £75,000

Grace Harris, £70,000

Amy Jones, £70,000

Deandra Dottin, £37,500

Seren Smale, £15,000

Lucy Higham, £15,000

Manchester Super Giants

Paige Scholfield, £115,000

Sophie Ecclestone, £110,000

Meg Lanning, £95,000

Smriti Mandhana, £90,000

Kathryn Bryce, £65,000

Richa Ghosh, £50,000

Mady Villiers, £45,000

Grace Ballinger, £42,500

Maitlan Brown, £40,000

Grace Scrivens, £40,000

MI London

Hayley Matthews, £120,000

Danni Wyatt-Hodge, £110,000

Nic Carey, £95,000

Melie Kerr, £80,000

Chinelle Henry, £70,000

Kirstie Gordon, £55,000

Hollie Armitage, £45,000

Alice Davidson-Richards, £30,000

Southern Brave

Lauren Bell, £140,000

Issy Wong, £130,000

Tilly Corteen-Coleman, £105,000

Maia Bouchier, £85,000

Laura Wolvaardt, £75,000

Sarah Glenn, £75,000

Jemimah Rodrigues, £60,000

Sophie Molineux, £47,500

Lizelle Lee, £27,500

Sunrisers Leeds

Danielle Gibson, £190,000

Annabel Sutherland, £130,000

Phoebe Litchfield, £120,000

Jess Jonassen, £110,000

Kate Cross £50,000

Deepti Sharma, £27,500

Bryony Smith, £27,500

Hannah Baker, £18,000

Trent Rockets

Beth Mooney, £210,000

Nat Sciver-Brunt, £140,000

Ash Gardner, £100,000

Sophia Dunkley, £78,000

Kim Garth, £42,000

Welsh Fire

Sophie Devine, £210,000

Freya Kemp, £120,000

Em Arlott, £110,000

Georgia Wareham, £100,000

Georgia Voll, £80,000

Alana King £37,500

Sophia Smale, £20,000

Here’s this week’s edition of The Spin …

I think we get a lunchbreak now, which is time for me to move before my legs seize up. Will be back.

Lucy Higham joins London Spirit for £15,000

The first bid wins the prize.

Samantha Bates, Rebecca Tyson and Amanda-Jade Wellington and are unsold

The franchises tighten the purse-strings before lunch.

Hannah Baker moves to Sunrisers for £18,000

Now for Tier Two spinners. The price inches up from the opening bid of £15,000 and Sunrisers flash more cash than Trent Rockets.

Alice Davidson-Richards joins MI London for £30,000

Another tick for MI London.

Shree Charani is unsold.

No bids.

Nicola Carey joins MI London £95,000

Australia’s Carey, right hand bowler, left-hand batter, and who has just been selected for Australia’s white-ball tour of West Indies, is in demand, but MI (MY) London win the day. Carey has also played franchise-buddy Mumbai Indians.

Mady Villiers joins Manchester SuperGiants for £45,000

Villiers, a spinning allrounder and advocate for the climate, will spend her summer at Old Trafford.

Em Arlott joins Welsh Fire for £110,000

Paddles fly around the room for Arlott. Welsh Fire, who have shunned leisurewear for grey suit jackets, outbid MI London.

Grace Scivens joins the Supergiants for £40,000

Daniel Gidney stares at the table, but Scrivens is heading to Manchester. I’m surprised there isn’t more cheering when the teams get their girl.

Paige Scholfield joins Manchester Super Giants for £115,000

Quite the bidding war for Scholfield, who has Big Bash and England experience under her belt

Eve Jones and Sune Luus unsold

Anyone? Anyone?

Hollie Armitage joins MI London for £27,500

MI London outbid Manchester Super Giants.

Tier two batters are next under the hammer.

What’s left in the purse? MI London still have a £405,000 kitty to spend, Manchester Super Giants £382,000. Welsh Fire £300,000, Trent Rockets £270,000, London Spirit £202,500; Birmingham Phoenix £195,000, Sunrisers Leeds £175,000, and Southern Brave just £95,000.

During another quick break we go to Anya Shubsole. “It’s really exciting, I’d rather be my side of the table than the players. We’re really happy with where we’re at, I’m really excited to get Issy Wong, she’s one of the best bowlers in England on her day.

“Opening the bowling with Belly too, very exciting. And some world-class spinners. In terms of the top order and the bowling attack we’re pretty much there.”

Seren Smale joins London Spirit £15,000

A last minute bid at the base price by London Spirit snaps up Smale.

Yastika Bhatia and Georgia Redmayne unsold

Tumbleweed blows across the florescent-lit room.

Richa Ghosh joins Manchester Supergiants for £50,000

The opening bid wins it for Manchester elephants.

Lauren Winfield-Hill is unsold

No bids.

Now for the wicketkeeper-batters.

Kirstie Gordon joins MI London for £27,500

A capital arm-wrestle won by MI London.

Alana King joins Welsh Fire for £37,500

Wow. £105,000 for an uncapped teenager, and £37,500 for the world’s leading female ODI bowler.

Sophia Smale joins Welsh Fire for £20,000

Short and sweet for Sophia Smale, as Welsh Fire see off Sunrisers.

Tilly Corteen-Coleman joins Southern Brave for £105,000

A pinch-yourself moment for 18 year old left-arm spinner Corteen-Coleman, who took four wickets in four balls for South East Stars in the Charlotte Edwards Cup in 2024.

Linsey Smith joins Birmingham Phoenix for £100,000

Slow left armer Smith, who has thrived under Charlotte Edwards’ England regime, is picked up by Birmingham Phoenix after lots of football manager whispers behind hands.

Now for the spin bowlers. Alana King should open a few purses.

Deandra Dottin joins London Spirit for £37, 500

Just one bid for Dottin, who will be peppering the Lord’s boundary this summer.

Jess Jonassen joins Sunrisers Leeds for £110,000

Lots of intense staring at laptops, whispered exchanges, and Jess Jonassen becomes the first allrounder to pass the £100,000 barrier. London Spirit come in at £105,000, but Sunrisers win the day.

Georgia Adams is unsold

No interest at this stage, even from Southern Brave.

Chinelle Henry joins MI London for £70,000

The first West Indian player to be sold joins MI London. London Spirit hop into the bidding late and pushed the price up only to withdraw and leave Henry to move to The Oval.

MI London place a bid during the auction. Photograph: John Phillips/ECB/Getty Images

Kathryn Bryce joins Manchester Super Giants for £65,000

It looks as if Bryce is going up north at the opening price but Welsh Fire’s interest pushes up the price.

Now for the allrounders.

Maitland Brown joins Supergiants for £40,000

Welsh Fire have a sniff, but Supergiants win Brown, a right-arm quick Australian.

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