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Summary

  • 34 women's players earn deals including England's Kate Cross, Sarah Glenn, Sophia Dunkley and Danni Wyatt

  • Laura Wolvaardt, Dane van Niekerk, Harmanpreet Kaur and Grace Harris among overseas players to sign

  • 30 men get contracts including Ben Duckett, Reece Topley, David Willey and Olly Stone

  • Shaheen Afridi, Tim David, Haris Rauf and Mitch Marsh all earn contracts

  • Players to miss out include Babar Azam, Trent Boult, Jemimah Rodrigues and Richa Ghosh

  • Trent Rockets face Southern Brave in opening game on 1 August

Live Reporting

Ffion Wynne, Um-E-Aymen Babar and Callum Matthews

  1. David Willey to Welsh Fire

    Welsh Fire

    Interesting! Welsh Fire pick up England seamer David Willey.

    That completes the signings in the top price bracket, so time for another quick break.

  2. Why Kohler-Cadmore?

    Trent Rockets

    He scores 44% of his T20 runs between mid on and mid-wicket, which will suit the short boundaries at Trent Bridge.

  3. Tom Kohler-Cadmore to Trent Rockets

    Trent Rockets

    Batter Tom Kohler-Cadmore is staying put at Trent Rockets, having won the competition with them last year.

  4. Mitchell Marsh to London Spirit

    London Spirit

    London Spirit secure Australia all-rounder Mitchell Marsh.

  5. Why Duckett?

    Birmingham Phoenix

    He averages 52 and strikes at 145 against leg-spin and left-arm spin in The Hundred.

  6. Ben Duckett to Birmingham Phoenix

    Birmingham Phoenix

    England batter Ben Duckett gets the move away from Welsh Fire that he was seeking, as he is picked up by Birmingham Phoenix.

  7. Why du Plooy?

    Southern Brave

    Has a strike-rate of 170 at the death in Hundred.

  8. Leus du Plooy to Southern Brave

    Southern Brave

    Leus du Plooy has been signed by Southern Brave, who have taken him from Welsh Fire.

  9. Why Abell?

    Welsh Fire

    Tom Abell has a strike-rate of 147 against spin in T20s. That's a valuable skill for any middle-order batter to have in this format.

  10. Tom Abell to Welsh Fire

    Welsh Fire

    Welsh Fire secure the services of Somerset's Tom Abell in the top bracket of £125,000.

    He may well captain the Cardiff-based team.

  11. Why David?

    Southern Brave

    He is the leading six hitter in T20s since the start of 2022 with 122.

  12. Tim David to Southern Brave

    Southern Brave

    So Welsh Fire went for Australia's big-hitter Tim David first, but Southern Brave matched their offer and have retained him.

  13. Men's draft begins

    Here we go!

    Welsh Fire are up first, and they've been greeted by a Right to Match straight away.

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  15. 'Would be good to see Fire women add some Welsh talent'

    Nick Webb
    ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio Wales on Welsh Fire's draft in the women's competition

    The Welsh Fire selection brought home the tactics of the ‘right to match’ system as they were blocked from signing Sophie Devine and Danni Wyatt in the top price category, but admitted they’d expected that.

    The Wyatt block meant that England big-hitter Sophia Dunkley could be pinched from Southern Brave, while South African quickie Shabnim Ismail will bring fire to the Fire.

    With Dunkley and Aussie batter Laura Harris plus the retained duo of Tammy Beaumont and Hayley Matthews, there should be batting power up top.

    Georgia Elwiss and Freya Davies bring seam bowling experience, but the re-signed Alex Hartley is the only spinner so far.

    A couple more slow bowlers, a wicket-keeper, and at least one more all-rounder will be needed on the open market - and it would be good to see some Welsh-produced talent again at Sophia Gardens.

  16. Harry
    Welsh Fire super fan

    Excitement is building can’t wait to see who we pick first!

  17. 'Women's draft was a great success'

    The Coster Boys
    London Spirit super fans

    Well the first ever Woman’s draft in the Hundred was a great success. Now it’s time to sit back and watch the men, Babar Azam incoming?

  18. 'What a draft'

    Redu
    Manchester Originals super fan

    What a draft for the Originals!

    To get the quality of Laura Wolvaardt and Amanda Jade Wellington is just amazing, but it's sad to see Crossy go to our rivals! Onto the mens draft now!

  19. We're not quite sure of when the men's draft is going to start, but stay with us because it should get going within the next 10-15 minutes.

    Some interesting signings, switches and omissions. How are you all feeling about your team's prospects so far?

  20. 'I love playing under Heather Knight'

    Danielle Gibson
    London Spirit all-rounder on Sky Sports

    It's been really cool to watch and the picks have been really good. It will be really good tournament.

    We need another batter. Sarah Glenn is a good pick for us.

    Lord's is an amazing place to play, it's not a spin wicket but in the women's game spin works well. I love playing under Heather Knight under so I'm glad she's back.