The seasoned Sophie Devine finally goes to Welsh Fire £210,000.

It's the highest amount fetched by a player in the auction so far today.

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There's quite a tug-of-war in the room for New Zealand's Sophie Devine.

Devine, 36, captained the White Ferns from 2020 and led them to T20 World Cup glory against South Africa in 2024.

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport cricket correspondent at The Hundred Auction

In the break after the first five players were sold, documents on clipboards were taken to the teams that had bought players. They are successful bidder forms. No backing out now...

Sunrisers Leeds pick up India all-rounder Deepti Sharma for just £27,500.

For a player of her stature, that’s an unusually low figure and easily one of the surprises of the draft so far.

Could it prove to be a smart signing though?

Kieran Parmley
CricViz analyst

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Nadine de Klerk brings plenty of power to the London Spirit batting line-up, striking at 160 at the death in T20 cricket in the last two years. Her strength at the backend of the innings should allow Spirit to use Grace Harris further up the order.

Richard Madley
Auctioneer at The Hundred Auction

Deepti Sharma - MVP in the 50-over World Cup and an ex-London Spirit player.

South Africa all-rounder Nadine De Klerk is signed by London Spirit.

The 26-year-old, who has previously played for Oval Invincibles in 2023, goes for £175,000.

Deepti Sharma is the next player up for grabs.

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We are swiftly moving onto the marquee international players with the marquee domestic players already snapped up.

These five players are up for sale in this round:

Nadine De Klerk (South Africa)

Sophie Devine (New Zealand)

Beth Mooney (Australia)

Sophie Molineux (Australia)

Deepti Sharma (India)

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport cricket correspondent at The Hundred Auction

Dani Gibson has just fetched more in the auction than Rashid Khan cost as a direct signing.

For the construction of their full teams, men's squads have a salary cap of £2.05m and women's sides have £880,000.

However, a big chunk of the cap was already allocated by teams to their pre-auction signings.

Men's teams will have spent £850,000 if they made three pre-auction signings and £950,000 if they made four pre-auction signings.

For women's teams, £310,000 has been spent by teams if they made three pre-auction signings, with £360,000 spent on four pre-auction signings.

Kieran Parmley
CricViz analyst

Big money from Sunrisers Leeds for all-rounder Danielle Gibson although there is plenty of risk given her recent injuries – the 24-year-old played last season's edition of the Hundred as a batter and hasn't bowled in a competitive match since March 2025.

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Danielle Gibson is heading to Sunrisers Leeds for the upcoming Hundred.

The England all-rounder, who had spent all five previous editions with London Spirit, is snapped up for a record £190,000 after a fierce bidding war.

Kieran Parmley
CricViz analyst

Sarah Glenn looks to be a crucial purchase for Southern Brave, considering their home conditions – across the history of the Women's Hundred, only Lord's (124 wickets) and The Oval (111 wickets) have seen spinners take more wickets than Southampton (104 wickets).

Richard Madley
Auctioneer at The Hundred Auction

A historic bid in the Hundred Auction. A £100k bid!

It's a landmark moment in the draft.

Danielle Gibson becomes the first player to have a £100,000 bid, signalling just how highly she’s valued in this format.

The bid has now gone as high as £170,000.

Kieran Parmley
CricViz analyst

Birmingham Phoenix's batting lineup had the second-lowest average against spin last season at just 18 – the addition of Davina Perrin's ability to against spin (34 average, 146 strike rate) in her Hundred career so far should help cover that notable weakness on an Edgbaston pitch that can offer turn.

Richard Madley
Auctioneer at The Hundred Auction

Danielle Gibson is our next player up. Former London Spirit and she is a dynamic batter.

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Trent Rockets almost gets Tammy Beaumont with a bid of £60,000 but Birmingham Phoenix swoop in late with a £70,000 bid to secure her signature.

Danielle Gibson will be the last player to go under the hammer in this first round of auctions.

Richard Madley
Auctioneer at The Hundred Auction

Tammy Beaumont - a World Cup winner and she captained Welsh Fire.

There is strong interest from the teams for England leg-spinner Sarah Glenn.

Birmingham Phoenix initially bid £70,000 before Southern Brave raise the offer to £75,000 to secure her signature.

Up next is Tammy Beaumont.