Key events
15m ago
Squads as they stand
49m ago
Lucy Higham joins London Spirit for £15,000
50m ago
Samantha Bates, Rebecca Tyson and Amanda-Jade Wellington and are unsold
52m ago
Hannah Baker moves to Sunrisers for £18,000
53m ago
Alice Davidson-Richards joins MI London for £30,000
55m ago
Shree Charani is unsold.
1h ago
Nicola Carey joins MI London £95,000
1h ago
Mady Villiers joins Manchester SuperGiants for £45,000
1h ago
Em Arlott joins Welsh Fire for £110,000
1h ago
Grace Scivens joins the Supergiants for £40,000
1h ago
Paige Scholfield joins Manchester Super Giants for £115,000
1h ago
Eve Jones and Sune Luus unsold
1h ago
Hollie Armitage joins MI London for £27,500
2h ago
Seren Smale joins London Spirit £15,000
2h ago
Yastika Bhatia and Georgia Redmayne unsold
2h ago
Richa Ghosh joins Manchester Supergiants for £50,000
2h ago
Lauren Winfield-Hill is unsold
2h ago
Kirstie Gordon joins MI London for £27,500
2h ago
Alana King joins Welsh Fire for £37,500
2h ago
Sophia Smale joins Welsh Fire for £20,000
2h ago
Tilly Corteen-Coleman joins Southern Brave for £105,000
2h ago
Linsey Smith joins Birmingham Phoenix for £100,000
2h ago
Deandra Dottin joins London Spirit for £37, 500
2h ago
Jess Jonassen joins Sunrisers Leeds for £110,000
2h ago
Georgia Adams is unsold
2h ago
Chinelle Henry joins MI London for £70,000
2h ago
Kathryn Bryce joins Manchester Super Giants for £65,000
2h ago
Maitland Brown joins Supergiants for £40,000
2h ago
Issy Wong joins Southern Brave for £130,0oo
2h ago
One woman amongst the eight women’s head coaches
2h ago
Shabnim Ismail and Lauren Cheatle are unsold
2h ago
Grace Ballinger joins Trent Rockets for £42,500
2h ago
Bryony Smith joins Sunrisers Leeds for £27,500
2h ago
Emma Lamb joins Birmingham Phoenix £27,500
2h ago
No bids for Tazmin Brits
2h ago
Lizelle Lee joins Souther Brave for £27,500
2h ago
Sterre Kalis is unsold
3h ago
Beth Mooney joins Trent Rockets for £210,000
3h ago
Sophie Mollineaux joins Southern Brave for £47,500
3h ago
Sophie Devine joins Welsh fire for £210,000
3h ago
Deepti Sharma joins Sunrisers Leeds for £27,500
3h ago
Nadine de Klerk joins London Spirit for £170,000
3h ago
Dani Gibson joins Sunrisers for £190,000
3h ago
Tammy Beaumont joins Birmingham Phoenix for £70,000
3h ago
Where are the women?
3h ago
Southern Brave buy Sarah Glenn for £75,000
3h ago
London Spirit buy Amy Jones for £70,000
3h ago
Birmingham Phoenix buy Davina Perrin for £50,000
3h ago
Finances
4h ago
The Franchises
4h ago
Preamble
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Things will restart in Piccadilly at 2pm GMT, so time for a quick turn round the block in the sunshine.
ShareSquads 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
Updated at 09.16 EDT
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.
ShareLucy Higham joins London Spirit for £15,000
The first bid wins the prize.
ShareSamantha Bates, Rebecca Tyson and Amanda-Jade Wellington and are unsold
The franchises tighten the purse-strings before lunch.
ShareHannah 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.
ShareAlice Davidson-Richards joins MI London for £30,000
Another tick for MI London.
Updated at 08.44 EDT
Shree Charani is unsold.
No bids.
ShareNicola 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.
Updated at 08.36 EDT
Mady Villiers joins Manchester SuperGiants for £45,000
Villiers, a spinning allrounder and advocate for the climate, will spend her summer at Old Trafford.
ShareEm 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.
ShareGrace 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.
SharePaige Scholfield joins Manchester Super Giants for £115,000
Quite the bidding war for Scholfield, who has Big Bash and England experience under her belt
ShareEve Jones and Sune Luus unsold
Anyone? Anyone?
ShareHollie 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.”
ShareSeren Smale joins London Spirit £15,000
A last minute bid at the base price by London Spirit snaps up Smale.
ShareYastika Bhatia and Georgia Redmayne unsold
Tumbleweed blows across the florescent-lit room.
ShareRicha Ghosh joins Manchester Supergiants for £50,000
The opening bid wins it for Manchester elephants.
Updated at 07.56 EDT
Lauren Winfield-Hill is unsold
No bids.
Now for the wicketkeeper-batters.
ShareKirstie Gordon joins MI London for £27,500
A capital arm-wrestle won by MI London.
Updated at 07.59 EDT
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.
ShareSophia Smale joins Welsh Fire for £20,000
Short and sweet for Sophia Smale, as Welsh Fire see off Sunrisers.
Updated at 07.51 EDT
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.
ShareLinsey 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.
ShareDeandra Dottin joins London Spirit for £37, 500
Just one bid for Dottin, who will be peppering the Lord’s boundary this summer.
ShareJess 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.
ShareGeorgia Adams is unsold
No interest at this stage, even from Southern Brave.
ShareChinelle 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 ImagesShare
Updated at 07.59 EDT
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.
ShareMaitland Brown joins Supergiants for £40,000
Welsh Fire have a sniff, but Supergiants win Brown, a right-arm quick Australian.