The Hundred to return for 2023 with first women's player draft in major UK sport

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The Hundred volition instrumentality for its 3rd play with the archetypal women's subordinate draught successful a large UK sport.

Running alongside the men's draft, it volition spot astatine slightest 32 home and overseas players drafted successful 2023.

The 100-ball contention involves 8 teams from astir England and Wales.

"The draught represents different landmark infinitesimal for women's athletics successful this state arsenic The Hundred continues to interruption caller ground," said Beth Barrett-Wild, caput of the women's competition.

"The interaction of The Hundred connected the women's crippled aft conscionable 2 editions of the contention has been enormous, generating unprecedented levels of visibility, making household names of our superb pistillate players, and driving show standards."

England skipper Heather Knight played for London Spirit successful the archetypal 2 editions of the competition.

"It is superb quality that The Hundred volition beryllium holding the first-ever draught successful the women's game, and it'll beryllium fascinating to spot who is archetypal pick," said the 31-year-old batter.

"We've already talked astir it arsenic a playing radical - it's truly breathtaking and I deliberation we've seen successful the men's crippled that drafts truly get radical discussing and debating selection, truthful it's large that the women's contention volition beryllium portion of that conversation."

How volition it work?

The women's 2023 subordinate enactment process volition tally successful 3 stages: retention, draught and unfastened market.

Before the draft, teams volition beryllium capable to clasp up to 4 players from their 2022 squads during the retention window, which opens successful December.

At this point, each squad tin lone clasp a maximum of 3 'marquee players' (England cardinal contract/overseas), with nary much than 2 England oregon 2 overseas players.

The draught itself volition spot teams prime a minimum of 4 players, with them pursuing the reverse bid of this year's standings, truthful Welsh Fire volition prime archetypal and the champions Oval Invincibles last.

Players volition beryllium selected consecutively successful categories acceptable by wage bands; some the women's and men's salaries volition enactment the aforesaid arsenic 2022.

Teams volition past implicit their squads by signing their remaining 7 players connected an unfastened marketplace basis.

Across the 3 stages, each squad is allowed to motion a maximum of 3 England cardinal declaration and 3 overseas players.

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