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David Warner was among a number of big names to miss out on selection at The Hundred draft.<\/span><\/p>\n But former Australia captain Meg Lanning will appear in the women’s competition for the first time after being drafted by London Spirit.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Andrew Flintoff’s Northern Superchargers took West Indies left-hander Nicholas Pooran with the first pick of the men’s draft.<\/span><\/p>\n Birmingham Phoenix picked England’s Amy Jones first in the women’s draft.<\/span><\/p>\n The 30-year-old wicketkeeper returns to Edgbaston on the maximum \u00a350,000 women’s contract having rejected her retention offer to enter the draft.<\/span><\/p>\n England Test batter Ollie Pope was selected by Spirit, having played for Welsh Fire in previous seasons.<\/span><\/p>\n England white-ball star Dawid Malan, who was part of the Trent Rockets side that won the men’s competition in 2022, has moved to Oval Invincibles.<\/span><\/p>\n The 2024 tournament begins with a double-header between Oval Invincibles and Birmingham Phoenix on 23 July, with the finals in both competitions on 18 August at Lord’s.<\/span><\/p>\n Warner headlines the list of top-class internationals who missed out on selection after setting his reserve price at \u00a3100k.<\/span><\/p>\n The Australia opener, who recently retired from Test and one-day international cricket, was certainly not the only star to be passed over.<\/span><\/p>\n Pakistan star batter Babar Azam was a late addition to the draft but went unsold, alongside team-mate Mohammad Rizwan.<\/span><\/p>\n Big-hitting Australia all-rounder Tim David, a regular on the franchise circuit, also missed out, as did Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews, Sunil Narine of West Indies and Afghanistan spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman. <\/span><\/p>\n England World Cup winner Jason Roy also went undrafted but could yet earn a spot as a wildcard.<\/span><\/p>\n It was a similar story in the women’s draft with India stars Harmanpreet Kaur and Jemimah Rodrigues also failing to attract interest.<\/span><\/p>\n Former New Zealand captain Suzie Bates, who led Oval Invincibles to victory in 2022, and ex-West Indies all-rounder Deandra Dottin missed out as well.<\/span><\/p>\n It was a good draft for West Indies players with Andre Russell and Shimron Hetmyer joining Spirit, Rovman Powell heading to Trent Rockets and Kieron Pollard signing with Southern Brave.<\/span><\/p>\n All were signed for the men’s maximum of \u00a3125k.<\/span><\/p>\n Pakistan fast bowler Naseem Shah and English batter Tom Kohler-Cadmore also earned the top salary as they joined Phoenix and Welsh Fire, respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n The women’s draft saw a number of high-profile Australia players selected in the highest salary bracket of \u00a350k.<\/span><\/p>\n Beth Mooney went to Originals with the second pick, Ashleigh Gardner was snapped up by Rockets and Superchargers took Annabel Sutherland.<\/span><\/p>\n Originals also picked up Australia spinner Sophie Molineux for \u00a340k and England seamer Lauren Filer for \u00a330k.<\/span><\/p>\nBig-name internationals go unsold<\/h3>\n
Influx of West Indies and Australia stars<\/h3>\n