T20 World Cup: England take on Ireland against backdrop of Women's Premier League auction

It is not often a World Cup fixture feels similar the underwhelming lawsuit of the day.

Players are expected to spell for perchance life-changing sums of wealth successful the competition, a women's variation of the Indian Premier League (IPL), the world's biggest franchise tournament.

There has been debate, speculation and excitement astir the auction and which players volition beryllium picked up by the 5 franchises - 3 of which are owned by IPL teams.

"We don't privation to debar talking astir it and beryllium each secretive astir it," said Sciver-Brunt, 30.

"We've had a chat arsenic a radical astir however individuals privation to spell astir it."

England instrumentality connected Ireland astatine 13:00 GMT, and the auction is expected to commencement astatine astir 09:00 GMT, meaning immoderate - but possibly not each - of the players volition cognize if they person been selected oregon not earlier the crippled begins.

Captain Heather Knight admitted pre-tournament that it would people beryllium "a distraction", and the timings mean determination is immoderate ambiguity astir whether the players volition cognize their destiny earlier play.

"It's up to individuals however they privation to spell astir it and prepare," said Sciver-Brunt, who is expected to beryllium 1 of the astir sought-after players.

"But erstwhile we get to the crushed we volition beryllium afloat focused connected our match. It's an breathtaking time, but it is simply a weird 1 that it is happening connected crippled day."

• All you request to cognize astir the WPL

Another England subordinate expected to beryllium 1 of the archetypal to beryllium picked up is left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone, the world's champion bowler successful T20 cricket who took 3-23 successful England's opening World Cup triumph against West Indies.

But contempt being 1 of the world's astir high-profile players, Ecclestone remains calm astir the imaginable of the WPL - though acknowledges the excitement surrounding the build-up.

"It's going to beryllium a truly absorbing day," said Ecclestone. "It volition beryllium weird having the auction successful the greeting but everyone is conscionable focused connected our crippled successful the afternoon."

It is apt that each of India's players volition beryllium selected, and the immense bulk of treble satellite champions Australia's squad.

For England, each players enactment their names successful the auction but lone the likes of Sciver-Brunt, Ecclestone and batter Danni Wyatt are astir guaranteed picks.

But astir each the excitement, the situation for England and caput manager Jon Lewis - who is besides coaching a WPL franchise - volition beryllium to effort and debar the distraction, though Ecclestone is not expecting to cognize the result earlier the game.

"I've not truly thought astir it overmuch and it's conscionable a lucifer time for me, nary substance what happens tomorrow," said Ecclestone.

"I don't deliberation we'll cognize before, due to the fact that we won't person our phones, but we'll conscionable spot what happens and spell with the flow."