Glenn Maxwell, Mitch Marsh and Tim David are the Australian huge hitters who will actually money in following the draft for English cricket’s marquee one-day competitors, The Hundred.
The worldwide trio have all been snapped up for the top-bracket value of STG125,000 ($A230,000) for the August 100-ball-a-side event with Marsh and the retained Maxwell in tandem on the London Spirit whereas David will spearhead the Southern Courageous.
The primary-ever ladies’s draft in UK sport additionally passed off on Thursday, with Northern Tremendous Chargers retaining Alyssa Healy whereas Grace Harris will go to London Spirit, each for the top-dollar Stg 31,250 ($A57,000).
Australia’s ladies, at present starring within the Indian Ladies’s Premier League, proved in nice demand with all-time nice Ellyse Perry sure for Birmingham Phoenix.
Perry heads one other 5 internationals who have been purchased within the second-highest Stg 25,000 ($A46,000) bracket.
Mitchell Starc had been the highest-profile Australian absentee from the boys’s occasion, pulling out of consideration on the eve of the draft when he had been anticipated to fill one of many Stg 125,000 vacancies.
However whereas loads of the green-and-gold’s main ladies gamers additionally pulled out, together with Ash Gardner, Tahlia McGrath and nationwide captain Meg Lanning, the urge for food to purchase up Australian expertise was nonetheless evident with the uncapped Maitlan Brown taken on board by the Southern Courageous.
Healy and Harris, the main Australian ladies earners, are at present teammates at WPL group UP Warriorz getting ready for Friday’s semi-final eliminator, with each having been in superb type.
Queenslander Harris, whose older sister Laura will play at Welsh Fireplace, reckoned she could not wait to hitch up with the Lord’s-based Spirit group after being the No.2 decide within the draft.
“It is such a particular venue to play at and I am extremely excited to play in entrance of some huge crowds there,” she mentioned.
“It is good to be part of historical past by being the second decide in The Hundred draft however once you have a look at the squads, they’re all so robust – it is going to be a fantastic competitors.”
AUSTRALIANS IN THE HUNDRED DRAFT:
MAN
Stg 125,000 ($A230,000) – Mitch Marsh, Glenn Maxwell (London Spirit), Tim David (Southern Courageous)
Stg 100,000 ($A183,000) – Ashton Turner (Manchester Originals)
Stg 60,000 ($A110,000) – Kane Richardson (Birmingham Phoenix)
Stg 50,000 ($A91,000) – Daniel Sams (Trent Rockets)
WOMEN
Stg 31,250 ($A57,000) – Grace Harris (London Spirit), Alyssa Healy (Northern Superchargers)
Stg 25,000 ($A46,000) Ellyse Perry (Birmingham Phoenix), Alana King (Trent Rockets), Amanda-Jade Wellington (Manchester Originals), Georgia Wareham, Heather Graham (Northern Superchargers)
Stg 18,750 ($A34,000) Maitlan Brown (Southern Courageous)
Stg 15,000 ($A27,000) Laura Harris (Welsh Fireplace)
