The player auction for The Hundred women's will be held on March 11 - here’s all the live updates, latest news and full squads for each team.

The first-ever The Hundred auction will be held across two days - on March 11 and 12, with the women's auction to be held on the first day. All eight teams have previously announced their direct signings and retention ahead of the event, with four women's teams choosing to make three pre-auction signings, and the others using the full quota of four signings/retentions.

The women’s teams with four pre-auction signings had £360,000 taken off their budget of £880,000, while the remaining four sides signed/retained three and had £310,000 deducted from their auction pot.

Also Read: The Hundred 2026 auction rules explained

How the teams stack up ahead of The Hundred women's auction

Trent Rockets: Sophia Dunkley (direct signing), Ash Gardner (retained), Kim Garth (direct signing), Nat Sciver-Brunt (retained).

Southern Brave: Lauren Bell (retained), Maia Bouchier (retained), Jemimah Rodrigues (direct signing), Laura Wolvaardt (retained).

London Spirit: Charlie Dean (retained), Mahika Gaur (direct signing), Grace Harris (retained), Marizanne Kapp (direct signing).

Birmingham Phoenix: Alice Capsey (direct signing), Lauren Filer (direct signing), Lucy Hamilton (direct signing), Ellyse Perry (retained).

Manchester Super Giants: Sophie Ecclestone (retained), Meg Lanning (direct signing), Smriti Mandhana (direct signing).

MI London: Melie Kerr (direct signing), Hayley Matthews (direct signing), Danni Wyatt-Hodge (direct signing).

Sunrisers Leeds: Kate Cross (retained), Phoebe Litchfield (retained), Annabel Sutherland (retained).

Welsh Fire: Freya Kemp (direct signing), Georgia Voll (direct signing), Georgia Wareham (direct signing).

Also read: The Hundred 2026 auction: Full list of players with base price for men's and women's auctions

Where to watch The Hundred women's auction

Fans around the world can watch the auction live and for free on The Hundred YouTube channel. In the UK, the event will be telecast live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket.

The Hundred women's 2026 auction, live updates

2 minutes ago

Lauren Cheatle (base price £15k) UNSOLD

3 minutes ago

Shabnim Ismail UNSOLD!

The South Africa great, with a base price of £27.5k, goes unsold.

4 minutes ago

Grace Ballinger SOLD for £42.5k to Manchester Super Giants

Super Giants and Trent Rockets both showed interest in the pacer, before MI London stepped in, but soon left the race.

6 minutes ago

Tier 1 fast bowlers coming up now

7 minutes ago

Bryony Smith SOLD for £27.5k to Sunrisers Leeds

Sunrisers signed the English batter for her base price.

8 minutes ago

Emma Lamb SOLD for £27.5k to Birmingham Phoenix

Birmingham Phoenix sign the batter for her base price.

9 minutes ago

Tazmin Brits (base price £15k) UNSOLD!

10 minutes ago

Lizelle Lee SOLD for £27.5k to Southern Brave

Southern Brave sign the South African wicketkeeper-batter for her base price.

11 minutes ago

Sterre Kalis (base price £27.5k) goes UNSOLD!

She is the first player today to go unsold, but could still return to the auction, of course, in the later stages.

13 minutes ago

25 Tier 1 players up next.

Fast bowlers, spinners, batters, wicket-keepers, and all-rounders - domestic and international - all part of the upcoming set.

14 minutes ago
17 minutes ago

Who is the costliest buy so far?

Sophie Devine and Beth Mooney are the costliest buys so far. The White Ferns star went to Welsh Fire for £210k, while Mooney was signed by Trent Rockets for the same amount.

20 minutes ago

How the teams look so far

Trent Rockets: Sophia Dunkley (direct signing), Ash Gardner (retained), Kim Garth (direct signing), Nat Sciver-Brunt (retained), Beth Mooney.

Southern Brave: Lauren Bell (retained), Maia Bouchier (retained), Jemimah Rodrigues (direct signing), Laura Wolvaardt (retained), Sarah Glenn, Sophie Molineux.

London Spirit: Charlie Dean (retained), Mahika Gaur (direct signing), Grace Harris (retained), Marizanne Kapp (direct signing), Amy Jones, Nadine De Klerk.

Birmingham Phoenix: Alice Capsey (direct signing), Lauren Filer (direct signing), Lucy Hamilton (direct signing), Ellyse Perry (retained), Davina Perrin, Tammy Beaumont.

Manchester Super Giants: Sophie Ecclestone (retained), Meg Lanning (direct signing), Smriti Mandhana (direct signing).

MI London: Melie Kerr (direct signing), Hayley Matthews (direct signing), Danni Wyatt-Hodge (direct signing).

Sunrisers Leeds: Kate Cross (retained), Phoebe Litchfield (retained), Annabel Sutherland (retained), Danielle Gibson, Deepti Sharma.

Welsh Fire: Freya Kemp (direct signing), Georgia Voll (direct signing), Georgia Wareham (direct signing), Sophie Devine.

23 minutes ago

No player has gone unsold yet!

23 minutes ago

Signings so far

Birmingham Phoenix: Davina Perrin, Tammy Beaumont

London Spirit: Amy Jones, Nadine De Klerk

Manchester Super Giants: None

MI London: None

Southern Brave: Sarah Glenn, Sophie Molineux

Sunrisers Leeds: Danielle Gibson, Deepti Sharma

Trent Rockets: Beth Mooney

Welsh Fire: Sophie Devine

25 minutes ago

Remaining purse for each team

Birmingham Phoenix: £400,000

London Spirit: £280,000

Manchester Super Giants: £570,000

MI London: £570,000

Southern Brave: £397,500

Sunrisers Leeds: £352,500

Trent Rockets: £310,000

Welsh Fire: £360,000

27 minutes ago

A strategic time out now, Richard Madley announces.

28 minutes ago

Beth Mooney SOLD for £210k to Trent Rockets

Super Giants and Trent Rockets were involved in an intense bidding for the Australian opener, who eventually went to the latter. Joint-costliest buy so far, with Sophie Devine. 

34 minutes ago

Sophie Molineux SOLD for £47.5k to Southern Brave

Southern Brave opened the bidding for the Australia captain, before Sunrisers stepped in.

36 minutes ago

Sophie Devine SOLD for £210k for Welsh Fire

MI London opened the bidding, and Southern Brave joined in for the veteran New Zealand all-rounder. MI seemed to have closed it when Welsh Fire stepped in. Devine is so far the most expensive acquisition, with Dani Gibson now in second.

41 minutes ago

Deepti Sharma SOLD for £27.5k to Sunrisers Leeds

Sunrisers Leeds open the bidding for the Indian all-rounder, and that turned out to be the closing bid.

43 minutes ago

Nadine De Klerk SOLD for £170k to London Spirit

London Spirit and Southern Brave opened the bidding, and it soon turned intense, driving the price above £150k.

47 minutes ago

Five marquee international players next

Nadine De Klerk, Sophie Devine, Deepti Sharma, Beth Mooney and Sophie Molineux are part of the next lot.

49 minutes ago

Danielle Gibson SOLD for £190k to Sunrisers Leeds

Southern Brave and Manchester Super Giants fought it out initially for Gibson, before the Sunrisers and Welsh Fire stepped in, making her the costliest buy from the marquee domestic group.

53 minutes ago

Tammy Beaumont SOLD for £70k to Birmingham Phoenix

Trent Rockets opened the bidding, and Birmingham Phoenix joined them later, and eventually signed the opener. 

57 minutes ago

Sarah Glenn SOLD for £75k to Southern Brave

Trent Rockets and Southern Brave opened the bidding for the leg-spinner. Birmingham Phoenix came into it late, but Brave beat them to her signing.

59 minutes ago

Amy Jones SOLD for £70k to London Spirit.

London Spirit opened the bidding, and Sunrisers Leeds jumped in at the last minute. The wicketkeeper eventually went to London.

1 hour ago

Davina Perrin SOLD for £50k to Birmingham Phoenix

Sunrisers Leeds and Birmingham Phoenix trade early blows, and the latter snap her up. The Hundred's first-ever auction buy!

1 hour ago

Marquee domestic players first up.

1 hour ago

Richard Madley to oversee the auction.

Having previously managed IPL and SA20 auctions, Richard Madley will oversee the first-ever The Hundred auction.

1 hour ago

Who are the Pakistan players in the women's auction?

There has been a lot of talk about the Pakistan players and whether they would be shadow-banned by the IPL-owned franchises in The Hundred.

Two Pakistan players will go under the hammer today:

Left-arm spinner Sadia Iqbal and star all-rounder Fatima Sana.

1 hour ago

And just as I sent that update, we're LIVE from Piccadilly Lights.

1 hour ago

Still waiting!

We are just 10 minutes away from the start of proceedings.

Scratch that off. We're yet to get on with the proceedings.

1 hour ago

How many players will go under the hammer?

A total of 178 women players are part of the auction longlist.

You can find the full list here.

1 hour ago

What are the names to look out for?

Tammy Beaumont, Nadine De Klerk, Beth Mooney, Sophie Molineux and Deepti Sharma, among others, lead the list, and are marked as marquee players.

1 hour ago

We are just 10 minutes away from the start of proceedings.

2 hours ago

Remaining purse for each team ahead of The Hundred women's auction

Birmingham Phoenix: £520,000

London Spirit: £520,000

Manchester Super Giants: £570,000

MI London: £570,000

Southern Brave: £520,000

Sunrisers Leeds: £570,000

Trent Rockets: £520,000

Welsh Fire: £570,000

2 hours ago

The Hundred women's auction to be held on the first day.

The Hundred 2026 auction will be held across two days, with the women's event to be held today!

2 hours ago

The first-ever The Hundred auction starting soon!

Proceedings at Piccadilly Lights in London are expected to start at 9.45am GMT.