Devine, Mooney hit jackpot in inaugural Women's Hundred auction

On Wednesday, March 11, the inaugural Women's Hundred auction took place in London. The veteran New Zealand player Sophie Devine and the Australian wicketkeeper-batswoman Beth Mooney received the highest bids. Dani Gibson was the second international player to be selected for GBP 210,000, and Sunrisers Leeds purchased him for GBP 190,000 despite the fact that he had not played for England in the previous 18 months. Mooney, purchased by Trent Rockets, is one of the most established wicketkeepers in the modern game and is a multiple-time world champion whereas Devine, bought by Welsh Fire, very recently was named the player of the tournament in the Women's Premier League. Nadine de Klerk, an all-rounder from South Africa, was the fourth-most expensive pick after London Spirit purchased her for GBP 170,000. She will play together with Grace Harris, a member of her WPL team. Davina Perrin, 19, was selected as the first bidder for Birmingham Phoenix's GBP 50,000 prize during the historic auction. Spirit then went after Amy Jones, who cost GBP 70,000, and killed their wicketkeeper. Richa Ghosh and Deepti Sharma were the only Indian players who were interested, and both players were unexpectedly purchased for their base price, despite the fact that no player from Pakistan was selected. Teams could only roster four international players, so the South African quartet of Chloe Tyron, Tazmin Brits, Sune Luus, and Shabnim Ismail were not sold either. Allrounder Tilly Corteen-Coleman was the most expensive uncapped English player at GBP 105,000 as Spirit lost the bidding war to Southern Brave.