Rosa Simkin (@rosatalksball) – 06/03/24
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. After my previous domestic players summary, I now bring you the overseas stars.
The players will be organised by the nation they applied under, this will be done in alphabetical order. Players who have set themselves a reserve price are indicated with said reserve price in brackets beside their name. 127 Overseas players put themselves forward for the draft, with an estimated 12 overseas slots remaining.
Order of Content – Available players by nation (Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brazil, Ireland, Hong Kong, India, Kuwait, Namibia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sweden, UAE, West Indies & Zimbabwe), Available Places in Squads, The Draft Stages.
Australia (41):
Reserve Price – Erin Burns (£17,500), Darcie Brown (£30,000), Kim Garth (£30,000), Jess Jonassen (£30,000), Tooba Khan (£30,000), Sophie Molineux (£30,000), Megan Schutt (£30,000), Amanda-Jade Wellington (£30,000), Meg Lanning (£40,000), Beth Mooney (£40,000), Annabel Sutherland (£40,000) & Ash Gardner (£50,000)
No Reserve Price – Jemma Barsby, Samantha Bates, Maitlan Brown, Stella Campbell, Lauren Cheatle, Piepa Cleary, Sarah Coyte, Hannah Darlington, Sophie Day, Nicole Faltum, Tess Flintoff, Heather Graham, Nicola Hancock, Laura Harris, Sammy-Jo Johnson, Ruth Jonston, Charli Knott, Katie Mack, Maddie Penna, Taneale Peschel, Kate Peterson, Chloe Piparo), Courtney Sippel, Amy Smith, Naomi Stalenberg, Molly Strano, Georgia Voll, Courtney Webb & Tahlia Wilson
Bangladesh (1):
Jahanara Alam
Bhutan (1):
Anju Gurung
Brazil (1):
Roberta Moretti Avery
Ireland (5):
Reserve Price – Gaby Lewis (£14,000) & Orla Prendergast (£14,000)
No Reserve Price – Laura Delany, Amy Hunter & Arlene Kelly
Hong Kong (2):
Kary Chan & Marina Lamplough
India (15):
Reserve Price – Richa Ghosh (£17,500), Shreyanka Patil (£17,500), Renuka Thakur (£30,000), Smriti Mandhana (£50,000), Jemimah Rodrigues (£50,000) & Deepti Sharma (£50,000)
No Reserve Price – Yastika Bhatia, Kiran Navgire, Veda Krishnamurthy, Mona Meshram, Shikha Pandey, Sneh Rana, Meghana Sabbineni, Meghana Singh & Radha Yadav
Kuwait (1):
Maryam Omar
Namibia (1):
Yasmeen Khan
New Zealand (19):
Reserve Price – Fran Jonas (£14,000), Jess Kerr (£14,000), Suzie Bates (£17,500) & Maddy Green (£17,500)
No Reserve Price – Kate Anderson, Bernadine Bezuidenhout, Rebecca Burns, Eden Carson, Kate Ebrahim, Brooke Halliday, Hayley Jensen, Xara Jetly, Rosemary Mair, Nensi Patel, Molly Penfold, Hannah Rowe, Saachi Shahri, Holly Topp & Jess Watkin
Pakistan (5):
Reserve Price – Nida Dar (£17,500), Iram Javed (£17,500) & Fatima Sana (£17,500)
No Reserve Price – Jaweria Rauf & Aliya Riaz
Papua New Guinea (2):
Kaia Arua & Tanya Ruma
South Africa (11):
Reserve Price – Nonkululeko Mlaba (£17,500) & Lizelle Lee (£30,000)
No Reserve Price – Tazmin Brits, Nadine de Klerk, Annerie Dercksen, Mignon du Preez, Sinalo Jafta, Suné Luus, Eliz Marx, Dane van Niekerk, Sunette Viljoen-Louw
Sri Lanka (1):
Chamari Atthapththu (£30,000)
Sweden (1):
Gunjan Shukla
UAE (2):
Chaya Mughal & Esha Oza
West Indies (9):
Reserve Price – Stafanie Taylor (£17,500) & Deandra Dottin (£30,000)
No Reserve Price – Shemaine Campbelle, Shamilia Connell, Afy Fletcher, Chinelle Henry, Anisa Mohammed, Karishma Ramharack & Shakera Selman
Zimbabwe (8)
Reserve Price – Nomvelo Sibanda (£11,000)
No Reserve Price – Christabel Chatonzwa, Anesu Mushangwe, Mary-Anne Musonda, Kelis Ndhlovu, Jo Nkomo, Loryn Phiri & Loreen Tshuma
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.
