A historic day at Hundred auction but barely any women were there to see it | Andy Bull

2026-03-11 - 20:33

Sophie Devine and Beth Mooney were signed for £210,000 in what was meant to herald a new era, but it was still mostly men making the decisions It’s Piccadilly Circus. It’s candy pink and dayglow green. It’s 19-year-old Davina Perrin being bought by the Birmingham Phoenix for £50,000 a couple of years after she has graduated from Ebony Rainford Brent’s ACE programme. It’s the former Leicestershire fast bowler Charles Dagnall in skinny jeans with an iPad and an interactive screen. It’s Hero Players. It’s Vitality Wild Cards. It’s Sophie Devine and Beth Mooney being signed for £210,000, which is more than the entire women’s squad earned between them when the Hundred launched in 2021. It’s English cricket’s first player auction. Continue reading...