Rosa Simkin (@rosatalksball) – 05/03/24
The 2024 Hundred Draft is taking place on Wednesday the 20th of March and the list of players who have put themselves forward has just been revealed and I’m here to take you through them all, starting with our domestic stars.
For the sake of organisation I will be ordering the players by their regional team, with those who that doesn’t apply to in their own category below. None of the domestic players have set a reserve price! 122 domestic players have put themselves forward for the draft, their are an estimated 28 places available in the preliminary draft and 16 available in the wildcard draft, which will take place closer to the tournament.
Order of Content – (The Blaze, Central Sparks, Northern Diamonds, South East Stars, Southern Vipers, Sunrisers, Thunder, Western Storm & Other Players), Available Places in Squads, Draft Stages
The Blaze:
Grace Ballinger
Georgie Boyce
Ella Claridge
Teresa Graves
Josie Groves
Bethany Harmer
Lucy Higham
Scarlett Hughes
Michaela Kirk
Rhiannon Knowling-Davies (Academy)
Cassidy McCarthy
Brianna Ray (Academy)
Lara Shaw (Academy)
Central Sparks:
Ellie Anderson
Meg Austin (Academy)
Chloe Brewer
Ami Campbell
Georgia Davis
Bethan Ellis
Ria Fackrell
Abbey Freeborn
Katie George
Hannah Hardwick (Academy)
Amy Jones (ECB Central Contract)
Eve Jones
Anisha Patel
Davina Perrin
Northern Diamonds:
Leah Dobson
Rebecca Duckworth
Katherine Fraser
Abi Glen
Grace Hall
Beth Langston
Katie Levick
Emma Marlow
Lizzie Scott
Rachel Slater
Sophia Turner
Phoebe Elizabeth Turner
Maddie Ward (Academy)
Jessica Woolston
South East Stars:
Madeleine Blinkhorn-Jones
Darcey Carter (Academy)
Kira Chathli
Priyanaz Chatterji
Claudie Cooper
Matilda Corteen-Coleman (Academy)
Aylish Cranstone
Phoebe Franklin
Grace Gibbs
Danielle Gregory
Chloe Hill
Emma Jones
Anjali Ketan (Academy)
Charlotte Lambert (Academy)
Bethan Miles (Academy)
Kalea Moore
Kirstie White
Southern Vipers:
Caitlin Chissell (Academy)
Daisy Gibb (Academy)
Nancy Harman
Rachel King (Academy)
Ava Lee (Academy)
Ella McCaughan
Alice Monaghan
Abi Norgrove (Academy)
Holly Rider (Academy)
Pippa Sproul (Academy)
Megan Sturge (Academy)
Charlotte Taylor
Millie Taylor (Academy)
Finty Trussler
Sunrisers:
Amara Carr
Kelly Castle
Kate Coppack
Ariana Dowse
Jo Gardner
Eva Gray
Jodi Grewcock
Cordelia Griffith
Alice Macleod
Abtaha Maqsood
Florence Miller
Jessica Olarenshaw (Academy)
Grace Poole
Grace Scrivens
Katherine Speed
Amuruthaa Surenkumar (Academy)
Thunder:
Olivia Bell
Alice Clarke
Danielle Collins
Naomi Dattani
Phoebe Graham
Laura Jackson
Grace Johnson (Academy)
Hannah Jones
Tilly Kesteven (Academy)
Alisa Lister
Daisy Mullan
Shachi Pai
Hannah Rainey
Seren Smale
Western Storm:
Emma Corney
Lauren Filer (ECB Central Contract)
Alex Griffiths
Nicole Harvey
Niamh Holland
Katie Jones (Academy)
Gemma Lane
Sophie Luff
Claire Nicholas
Mollie Robbins
Chloe Skelton
Fran Wilson
Natasha Wraith
Other Players (Not Attached to a Region):
Laura Bailey
Ashneet Cahal
Yasmin Daswani
Megan McColl
Orla Montgomery
Mia Rogers
Samantha Schutte
Available Squad Places:
Birmingham Phoenix – Eight (1x £50k, 1x £40k, 1x £30k, 2x £14k, 1x £11k & 2x £8k)
London Spirit – Seven (1x £50k, 1x £17.5k, 1x £14k, 1x £11k & 3x £8k)
Manchester Originals – Eight (1x £50k, 1x £40k, 2x £30k, 1x £14k, 1x £11k & 2x £8k)
Northern Superchargers – Seven ( 1x £50k, 1x £17.5k, 2x £11k & 3x £8k)
Oval Invincibles – Seven (1x £50k, 1x £30k, 2x £11k & 3x £8k)
Southern Brave – Seven (1x £50k, 1x £17.5k, 2x £14k, 1x £11k & 2x £8k)
Trent Rockets – Nine (1x £50k, 1x £40k, 1x £30k, 1x £17.5k, 2x £11k & 3x £8k)
Welsh Fire – Seven (1x £30k, 1x £14k, 2x £11k & 3x £8k)
Draft Stages:
Stage One – Player Retention COMPLETE:
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.
