Jason Roy, Dawid Malan, Amy Jones in Hundred 2024 draft
Jason Roy, Dawid Malan and Amy Jones are among the England players who will on the block in next month's draft for the 2024 Hundred, after player retentions for the eight teams were confirmed.
Roy was one of the most high-profile names among those delivered, having helped Oval Invincibles to win the men's opposition last year. Roy found the middle value of 17.11 with a strike pace of 128.33 and his normal contribution in Significant Association Cricket - which will conflict with the Hundred out of 2024 - is probably going to have been a component. Invincibles additionally picked not to hold two of their abroad players, Sunil Narine and Heinrich Klaasen, both of whom highlighted in the main release of MLC.
There will, in any case, be a cross-over of ability at the Hundred and MLC, with Rashid Khan (Trent Rockets), Finn Allen (Southern Fearless), Haris Rauf (Welsh Fire), Adam Zampa and Spencer Johnson (both Oval Invincibles) all held for this late spring regardless of their association in the US, and different names prone to show up in the last draft list, which will be affirmed on Monday.
Malan and Tom Kohler-Cadmore were among the top workers at Trent Rockets however both will return into the pool, as will Tom Banton, who was not held by Northern Superchargers. Ollie Pope, who has an ECB red-ball focal agreement, was not held by Welsh Fire.
In the ladies' opposition, where the three most significant compensation groups have gotten a critical lift, there will be seven spots to fill in the top £50,000 section. Jones, Britain's best option wicketkeeper, was given up by Birmingham Phoenix, while the retirements of Katherine Sciver-Brunt and Anya Shrubsole have opened up spaces at Rockets and Southern Fearless separately.
Ellyse Perry, Sophie Devine (both Phoenix), Marizanne Kapp (Invincibles), Phoebe Litchfield (Superchargers), Hayley Matthews and Shabnim Ismail (both Fire) are among the abroad players who will return.
On the whole, 137 players have been held - men's groups could hold up to 10 players, ladies' groups eight - with 75 spots to be filled through the draft on the Walk 20. Northern Superchargers, who completed toward the end in 2023, will have the first pick in quite a while's draft, with Birmingham Phoenix getting the ball rolling in the ladies'.
Groups will each have one Right-to-Match card available to them, permitting them to re-sign a player who was in their crew keep going year, as long as they match the compensation band of the opponent group offering in the draft.
The Hundred will get rolling on July 23 with a twofold header at The Oval and run for quite a long time, with the finals to be held at Ruler's on August 18.
Retained players
Birmingham Phoenix Women: Sophie Devine, Ellyse Perry, Issy Wong, Emily Arlott, Hannah Baker, Sterre Kalis, Charis Pavely
Birmingham Phoenix Men: Chris Woakes, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Ben Duckett, Benny Howell, Adam Milne, Jamie Smith, Will Smeed, Tom Helm, Jacob Bethell
London Spirit Women: Heather Knight, Grace Harris, Danielle Gibson, Charlie Dean, Sarah Glenn, Georgia Redmayne, Sophie Munro, Tara Norris
London Spirit Men: Zak Crawley, Nathan Ellis, Dan Lawrence, Dan Worrall, Liam Dawson, Adam Rossington, Olly Stone, Matt Critchley, Daniel Bell-Drummond
Manchester Originals Women: Sophie Ecclestone, Laura Wolvaardt, Emma Lamb, Mahika Gaur, Fi Morris, Kathryn Bryce, Ellie Threlkeld, Liberty Heap
Manchester Originals Men: Jos Buttler, Jamie Overton, Phil Salt, Paul Walter, Tom Hartley, Usama Mir, Wayne Madsen, Josh Tongue, Max Holden, Fred Klaassen, Mitchell Stanley
Northern Superchargers Women: Phoebe Litchfield, Georgia Wareham, Kate Cross, Bess Heath, Linsey Smith, Alice Davidson-Richards, Hollie Armitage, Marie Kelly
Northern Superchargers Men: Ben Stokes, Adil Rashid, Harry Brook, Reece Topley, Matthew Short, Brydon Carse, Adam Hose, Matthew Potts, Callum Parkinson, Ollie Robinson
Oval Invincibles Women: Marizanne Kapp, Alice Capsey, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Tash Farrant, Mady Villiers, Paige Schofield, Sophia Smale, Ryana MacDonald-Gay
Oval Invincibles Men: Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Will Jacks, Adam Zampa, Jordan Cox, Gus Atkinson, Sam Billings, Saqib Mahmood, Spencer Johnson, Nathan Sowter, Tawanda Muyeye
Southern Brave Women: Danni Wyatt, Chloe Tryon, Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier, Freya Kemp, Georgia Adams, Rhianna Southby, Mary Taylor
Southern Brave Men: Jofra Archer, James Vince, Chris Jordan, Tymal Mills, Leus Du Plooy, Rehan Ahmed, Craig Overton, Finn Allen, George Garton, Alex Davies
Trent Rockets Women: Nat Sciver-Brunt, Alana King, Bryony Smith, Kirstie Gordon, Alexa Stonehouse, Grace Potts
Trent Rockets Men: Joe Root, Rashid Khan, Alex Hales, Lewis Gregory, Luke Wood, John Turner, Sam Hain, Sam Cook
Welsh Fire Women: Hayley Matthews, Sophia Dunkley, Shabnim Ismail, Tammy Beaumont, Georgia Elwiss, Sarah Bryce, Freya Davies, Emily Windsor
Welsh Fire Men: Jonny Bairstow, David Willey, Joe Clarke, Haris Rauf, Tom Abell, David Payne, Glenn Phillips, Luke Wells, Roelof Van der Merwe, Stephen Eskinazi, Chris Cook