Rosa Simkin (@rosatalksball) – 29/02/24
The 2024 cricket season is getting closer, with the retained players from the women’s hundred being announced today, on Hundred Deadline Day. Deadline Day is the cut off for the 8 team’s to retain players from their 2023 squad. Each women’s side can retain up to eight players BUT teams do not have to use all of their retention slots. If you’re new to cricket or The Hundred and want to find out more, you can read my 2024 Rules Guide using the link below.
Order of Contents – 2024 Rules Guide – How does it work? (link), Retained Players (Birmingham Phoenix, London Spirit, Manchester Originals, Northern Superchargers, Oval Invincibles, Southern Brave, Trent Rockets & Welsh Fire), What happens now? (2024 Draft Rules)
The Retained (and Released) Players – (In 2023 Final Standings Order; 8th – 1st)
Birmingham Phoenix (2023 – 8th):
Retained Players (7) – Sophie Devine (OS – £50,000), Ellyse Perry (OS – £40,000), Issy Wong (£30,000), Emily Arlott (£17,500), Hannah Baker (£17,500), Sterre Kalis (£11,000) & Charis Pavely (£8,000)
Released Players (9) – Amy Jones, Tess Flintoff (OS), Eve Jones, Katie Levick, Erin Burns (OS), Abtaha Maqsood, Davina Perrin, Abbey Freeborn & Chloe Brewer
Remaining Salary Bands (8) – 1x £50k, 1x £40k, 1x £30k, 2x £14k, 1x £11k & 2x £8k
Manchester Originals (2023 – 7th):
Retained Players (7) – Sophie Ecclestone (£50,000), Laura Wolvaardt (OS – £40,000), Emma Lamb (£17,500), Mahika Gaur (£17,500), Fi Morris (£14,000), Ellie Threlkeld (£11,000) & Liberty Heap (£8,000)
Released Players (8) – Amanda-Jade Wellington (OS), Deandra Dottin (OS), Kathryn Bryce, Katie Gorge, Ami Campbell, Phoebe Graham, Amara Carr & Laura Jackson
Remaining Salary Bands (8) – 1x £50k, 1x £40k, 2x £30k, 1x £14k, 1x £11k & 2x £8k
London Spirit (2023 – 6th):
Retained Players (8) – Heather Knight (£50,000), Grace Harris (OS – £40,000), Dani Gibson (£40,000), Charlie Dean (£30,000), Sarah Glenn (£30,000), Georgia Redmayne (OS – £17,500), Sophie Munro (£14,000) & Tara Norris (£11,000)
Released Players (8) – Amelia Kerr (OS), Sophie Luff, Richa Ghosh (OS), Grace Scrivens, Lauren Filer, Niamh Holland, Chloe Hill & Alice Monaghan
Remaining Salary Bands (7) – 1x £50k, 1x £17.5k, 1x £14k, 1x £11k & 3x £8k
Oval Invincibles (2023 – 5th):
Retained Players (8) – Marizanne Kapp (OS – £50,000), Alice Capsey (£40,000), Lauren Winfield-Hill (£40,000), Tash Farrant (£30,000), Mady Villiers (£17,500), Paige Schofield (£17,500), Sophia Smale (£14,000) & Ryana MacDonald-Gay (£14,000)
Released Players (8) – Suzie Bates (OS), Nadine de Klerk (OS), Eva Gray, Cordelia Griffifth, Hannah Rainey, Kira Chatli, Claudie Cooper & Lizzie Scott
Remaining Salary Bands (7) – 1x £50k, 1x £30k, 2x £11k & 3x £8k
Trent Rockets (2023 – 4th):
Retained Players (6) – Nat Sciver-Brunt (£50,000), Alana King (OS – £40,000), Bryony Smith (£30,000), Kirstie Gordon (£17,500), Grace Potts (£14,000) & Alexa Stonehouse (£14,000)
Released Players (10) – Harmanpreet Kaur (OS), Katherine Sciver-Brunt (retired), Lizelle Lee (OS), Hannah Hardwick, Jo Gardner, Fran Wilson, Naomi Dattani, Josie Groves, Nat Wraith & Cassidy McCarthy
Remaining Salary Bands (9) – 1x £50k, 1x £40k, 1x £30k, 1x £17.5k, 2x £11k & 3x £8k
Welsh Fire (2023 – 3rd):
Retained Players (8) – Hayley Matthews (OS – £50,000), Sophia Dunkley (£50,000), Shabnim Ismail (OS – £40,000), Tammy Beaumont (£40,000), Georgia Elwiss (£30,000), Sarah Bryce (£17,500), Freya Davies (£17,500) & Emily Windsor (£14,000)
Released Players (7) – Laura Harris, Alex Hartley (retired), Claire Nicholas, Ella McCaughan, Alex Griffiths, Chloe Skelton & Kate Coppack
Remaining Salary Bands (7) – 1x £30k, 1x £14k, 2x £11k & 3x £8k
Northern Superchargers (2023 – 2nd):
Retained Players (8) – Phoebe Litchfield (OS – £50,000), Georgia Wareham (OS – £40,000), Kate Cross (£40,000), Bess Heath (£30,000), Linsey Smith (£30,000), Alice Davidson-Richards (£17,500), Hollie Armitage (£14,000) & Marie Kelly (£14,000)
Released Players (7) – Jemimah Rodrigues (OS), Aylish Cranstone, Georgie Boyce, Lucy Higham, Leah Dobson, Grace Ballinger & Grace Hall
Remaining Salary Bands (7) – 1x £50k, 1x £17.5k, 2x £11k & 3x £8k
Southern Brave (2023 – Champions):
Retained Players (8) – Danni Wyatt (£50,000), Chloe Tryon (OS – £40,000), Lauren Bell (£40,000), Maia Bouchier (£30,000), Freya Kemp (£30,000), Georgia Adams (£17,500), Rhianna Southby (£11,000), Mary Taylor (£8,000)
Released Players (7) – Smriti Mandhana (OS), Anya Shrubsole (retired), Maitlan Brown (OS), Kalea Moore, Danielle Gregory, Seren Smale & Ellie Anderson
Remaining Salary Bands (7) – 1x £50k, 1x £17.5k, 2x £14k, 1x £11k & 2x £8k
What Happens Now?
Stage One – Player Retention:
This, as indicated by this article is now complete and the teams can not retain any other members of their 2023 squads.
Stage Two – The Hundred Draft, Powered By Sage (Wednesday 20th March):
Now Deadline Day has passed, focus turns to the next stage of signings and opportunity to fill the squads, The Hundred Draft, Powered By Sage. The draft will take place on Wednesday 20th of March. Both competitions (men’s & women’s) will have their own draft, with teams taking it in turn to select players.
The women’s draft order is as follows: Birmingham Phoenix, Manchester Originals, London Spirit, Oval Invincibles, Trent Rockets, Welsh Fire, Northern Superchargers & Southern Brave. This is a reverse of the 2023 final standings.
The players which enter the Draft will each set a reserve price, this is the lowest amount of money which they can be signed for. However, they aren’t limited to this amount, if a team decides to sign them for more that is perfectly fine.
Each side will draft players until the top 13 positions within their squads are filled and each squad can only sign three overseas players.
There is one complicated aspect of the draft, with each side recieving one “Right to Match” option. This allows them to re-sign ONE of the players from their 2023 squads that they didn’t retain prior to deadline day, WHEN a rival team offers to buy them during the draft. The one condition is that the team using their “Right to Match” option HAS to offer the same salary band as the side they are using it against. Therefore, if all of the slots have been filled in that bracket, the option to retain isn’t available.
2024 Women’s Salary Bands – £50,000 (2 players), £40,000 (2 players), £30,000 (2 players), £17,500 (2 players), £14,000 (2 players), £11,000 (2 players), £8,000 (3 players)
Stage Three – The Vitality Wildcard:
After the conclusion of The Draft, the two lowest salary slots in the Women’s Competition will be filled using The Vitality Wildcard. These contracts are filled closer to the start of the tournament, and allow the teams to reward domestic form. It allows players who weren’t selected in the main Draft opportunity to still pick up a contract.
Additional Information:
In the Women’s Competition, each side will nominate one “designated marquee player.” This player can bring in another overseas or domestic player, in the event that a player needs to be replaced before or during a competition due to injury etc.
The list of players signed up for the 2024 Draft will be available in March.
