Key events<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n 41s ago<\/p>\n Issy Wong joins Southern Brave for \u00a3130,0oo<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 3m ago<\/p>\n One woman amongst the eight women’s head coaches<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 10m ago<\/p>\n Shabnim Ismail and Lauren Cheatle are unsold<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 11m ago<\/p>\n Grace Ballinger joins Trent Rockets for \u00a342,500<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 15m ago<\/p>\n Bryony Smith joins Sunrisers Leeds for \u00a327,500<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 17m ago<\/p>\n Emma Lamb joins Birmingham Phoenix \u00a327,500<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 17m ago<\/p>\n No bids for Tazmin Brits<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 19m ago<\/p>\n Lizelle Lee joins Souther Brave for \u00a327,500<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 21m ago<\/p>\n Sterre Kalis is unsold<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 36m ago<\/p>\n Beth Mooney joins Trent Rockets for \u00a3210,000<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 39m ago<\/p>\n Sophie Mollineaux joins Southern Brave for \u00a347,500<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 41m ago<\/p>\n Sophie Devine joins Welsh fire for \u00a3210,000<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 43m ago<\/p>\n Deepti Sharma joins Sunrisers Leeds for \u00a327,500<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 49m ago<\/p>\n Nadine de Klerk joins London Spirit for \u00a3170,000<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 53m ago<\/p>\n Dani Gibson joins Sunrisers for \u00a3190,000<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 1h ago<\/p>\n Tammy Beaumont joins Birmingham Phoenix for \u00a370,000<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 1h ago<\/p>\n Where are the women?<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 1h ago<\/p>\n Southern Brave buy Sarah Glenn for \u00a375,000<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 1h ago<\/p>\n London Spirit buy Amy Jones for \u00a370,000<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 1h ago<\/p>\n Birmingham Phoenix buy Davina Perrin for \u00a350,000<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 1h ago<\/p>\n Finances<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 2h ago<\/p>\n The Franchises<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 2h ago<\/p>\n Preamble<\/p>\n <\/a>Show key events only<\/p>\n Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature<\/p>\n Issy Wong joins Southern Brave for \u00a3130,0oo<\/p>\n The popular and media friendly\/savvy Wong, who has played IPL and Big Bash goes to the south coast for six figures.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>One woman amongst the eight women’s head coaches<\/p>\n Just had a google:<\/p>\n Manchester Super Giants: Matthew Mott<\/p>\n London Spirit: Jon Lewis<\/p>\n Birmingham Phoenix: Alistair Maiden<\/p>\n MI London: Lisa Keightley<\/p>\n Southern Brave: Jonathan Batty<\/p>\n Sunrisers Leeds: Daniel Vettori<\/p>\n Trent Rockets: Chris Read<\/p>\n Welsh Fire: Michael Klinger<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Shabnim Ismail and Lauren Cheatle are unsold<\/p>\n No bids for the world\u2019s fastest female bowler or left-arm Australian seamer Cheatle.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Grace Ballinger joins Trent Rockets for \u00a342,500<\/p>\n From their elephant-branded swivel chairs, Manchester Supergiants spend their first money of the day on seam bowler Ballinger.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.21 EDT<\/p>\n Bryony Smith joins Sunrisers Leeds for \u00a327,500<\/p>\n The hammer falls again after just one bid.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Emma Lamb joins Birmingham Phoenix \u00a327,500<\/p>\n Only one club shows any interest, so Lamb goes for the opening price.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>No bids for Tazmin Brits<\/p>\n A second South African goes unsold.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Lizelle Lee joins Souther Brave for \u00a327,500<\/p>\n Southern Brave pick up a bargain with wise old head Lizelle Lee.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.21 EDT<\/p>\n Sterre Kalis is unsold<\/p>\n The first of the tier one batters doesn\u2019t receive a bid. She can pop up again though later in the auction.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The official Hundred stream has lost 1,000 viewers in the last hour, now down to 1,400. But some life-changing sums of money have already exchanged hands.<\/p>\n What\u2019s left in the purse? MI London and Manchester Supergiants still have a \u00a3530,000 kitty to spend. Birmingham Phoenix have \u00a3360,00, Southern Brave \u00a3357.500, Welsh Fire \u00a3320,000; Sunrisers Leeds \u00a3312.500, Trent Rockets \u00a3270,000 and London Spirit \u00a3240k.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.22 EDT<\/p>\n Welsh Fire women\u2019s head coach Michael Klinger on Sophie Devine \u201cshe\u2019s one of the best allrounders in the world, we\u2019re really happy to have her.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Time for a break from the auction while everyone tots up their shopping list. It\u2019s not the world\u2019s most enthralling watch \u2013 could do with a bit more Supermarket Sweep energy.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a006.58 EDT<\/p>\n Beth Mooney joins Trent Rockets for \u00a3210,000<\/p>\n The Australian \u201cwicketkeeper batsman\u201d becomes the joint most expensive player of the morning as the Supergiants are outbid once more.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Sophie Mollineaux joins Southern Brave for \u00a347,500<\/p>\n A slow burn for Mollineaux but she inches close to a \u00a350,000 pay packet eventually.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Sophie Devine joins Welsh fire for \u00a3210,000<\/p>\n A fantastic retirement present for Sophie Devine. Welsh Fire outbid MI London \u2013 things are looking up across the Severn Bridge.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Deepti Sharma joins Sunrisers Leeds for \u00a327,500<\/p>\n A complete bargain for Sunrisers Leeds. I find that a bit baffling.<\/p>\n I wonder if the men\u2019s auction tomorrow will be dominated by women with ipads. I have spotted Anya Shrubsole with her arms folded in a regulation Southern Brave baseball jacket.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Nadine de Klerk joins London Spirit for \u00a3170,000<\/p>\n Not entirely sure Richard Madley from Bargain Hunt knows who Nadine de De Klerk is. Anyway, as the first of the overseas players, she gets a huge pay cheque as London Spirit outbid their rival over the Thames.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Dani Gibson joins Sunrisers for \u00a3190,000<\/p>\n A whopping pay day for Dani Gibson, in a bidding war between Welsh Fire, Sunrisers Leeds and Southern Brave.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a006.33 EDT<\/p>\n Tammy Beaumont joins Birmingham Phoenix for \u00a370,000<\/p>\n Phoenix outbid the Trent Rockets for England\u2019s own pocket rocket.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.22 EDT<\/p>\n Forgive me, I\u2019ve just spotted two women in an ocean of men in leisurewear. Remember when the WCA amalgamated with the ECB and all the women lost their jobs?<\/p>\n The scene at the auction Photograph: John Phillips\/ECB\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a006.29 EDT<\/p>\n Where are the women?<\/p>\n I\u2019d like to point out that it might be the women players who are for sale but I\u2019m yet to see a woman on any of the team tables. Welcome to 2026.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Southern Brave buy Sarah Glenn for \u00a375,000<\/p>\n A first purchase for Southern Brave.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a006.29 EDT<\/p>\n London Spirit buy Amy Jones for \u00a370,000<\/p>\n London Spirit open and close the bidding for England\u2019s wicketkeeper.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Birmingham Phoenix buy Davina Perrin for \u00a350,000<\/p>\n A volunteer picks a name from a hat, and it\u2019s Davina Perrin \u2013 a bit of to-ing and fro-ing until Birmingham Phoenix make the first ever Hundred auction purchase!<\/p>\n Davina Perrin comes up at the Hundred women\u2019s auction at Piccadilly Below the Lights in London. Photograph: John Phillips\/ECB\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a006.21 EDT<\/p>\n Finances<\/p>\n The investors have brought with them a bigger purse, meaning bigger salaries. The women\u2019s salary cap has doubled to \u00a3880,000 per team (though still significantly less than the men\u2019s \u00a32.05 million)<\/p>\n The teams still have a fair share of that booty left: Birmingham Phoenix, London Sprit, Southern Brave and Trent Rockets have \u00a3480,000.<\/p>\n MI London, Sunrisers Leeds, Welsh Fire and Manchester Super Giants have \u00a3530,ooo.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Okay, so the likeable Charles Dagnall and Kenzie Benali are our hosts on Sky.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n There will be 178 names in the women\u2019s pool. Each team is allowed four overseas players per squad (and per team). Each team has already signed up a handful of players, with some teams already looking.<\/p>\n Manchester Super Giants: Sophie Ecclestone (retained) Smriti Mandhana, Meg Lanning (both pre-signed)<\/p>\n London Spirit: Grace Harris, Charlie Dean (both retained), Marizanne Kapp, Mahika Gaur (both pre-signed)<\/p>\n Birmingham Phoenix: Ellyse Perry (retained). Alice Capsey, Lucy Hamilton, Lauren Filer (all pre-signed)<\/p>\n MI London: Hayley Matthews, Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Melie Kerr (all pre-signed)<\/p>\n Southern Brave: Laura Wolvaardt, Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier (all retained), Jemimah Rodrigues (pre-signed)<\/p>\n Sunrisers Leeds: Kate Cross, Annabel Sutherland, Phoebe Litchfield (all retained)<\/p>\n Trent Rockets: Nat Sciver-Brunt, Ash Gardner (both retained), Sophia Dunkley, Kim Garth (both pre-signed)<\/p>\n Welsh Fire: Georgia Wareham, Freya Kemp, Georgia Voll (all pre-signed)<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Many eyes will be on how Pakistan\u2019s players fare after reports that Indian-owned franchises would follow the IPL and refuse to sign players from across the border.<\/p>\n There are 16 Pakistan names in the auction \u2013 two women (fast-bowling allrounder Fatima Sana and left-arm spinner Sadia Iqbal) and 16 men including Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf and Shadab Khan.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>The Franchises<\/p>\n Manchester Super Giants, once Manchester Originals, are now 70 per cent owned by India\u2019s RSPG group and part of a growing empire including IPL side Lucknow Super Giants and SA20\u2019s Durban Super Giants. Lancashire CCC own the other 30 per cent. Their new badge features the famous Manchester elephant.<\/p>\n London Spirit American based consortium Tech Tech have a 49 per cent stake, while the MCC kept the majority stake.<\/p>\n Sunrisers Leeds were sold lock stock and barrel to The Sun Group which in the process killed off Northern Superchargers. They too become part of a portfolio of sides, joining Sunrisers Hyderabad and Sunrisers Eastern Cape.<\/p>\n MI London, once the Oval Invincibles, also lost their name in the sell-off to India\u2019s Ambani family. Reliance Industries Ltd now hold a 49 percent stake, with Surrey keeping the majority share. Their sister club is Mumbai Indians.<\/p>\n Southern Brave keep their name. GMR Group, the power behind Delhi Capitals and Hampshire, have a 49 percent stake.<\/p>\n Welsh Fire are half owned by Glamorgan, and half owned by India-American businessman Sanjay Goval, who also controls Major League Cricket<\/a> franchise Washington Freedom.<\/p>\n Trent Rockets break the mould a little. Notts retain a 51 percent share, with the other 49 percent sold to Cain International, owned by Chelsea co-owner Todd Boehly.<\/p>\n