Lanning and Warner among Hundred draft stars

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England players including Ollie Pope, Dawid Malan, Jason Roy and Amy Jones are also involved in the draft, which will take place on March 20.

The 2024 Hundred begins on July 23 with the Oval Invincibles hosting Birmingham Phoenix in a double-header.

There are 75 places available during the selection process in the men's and women's competitions, with 137 players having already been selected in all 16 teams.

Teams that finished bottom of the standings in 2023 will have first pick - Birmingham Phoenix in the women's and the Northern Superchargers in the men's, led by English legend Andrew Flintoff.

Another 16 players – two per team – will be available for selection from the wildcards shortly before the start of the competition.

Lanning retired from international cricket in November, ending a successful 13-year career with 'Australia.

Warner has retired from Test and one-day international cricket, but still represents Australia in T20s.

Indian batter Smriti Mandhana, who represented the women's champions of the year latest Southern Brave, is also in the draft alongside international teammates Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma and Richa Ghosh.

But their participation risks being limited by the preparation of the Asian Cup which will take place in September , with The Hundred the finals will take place on August 18.

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson, the player West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard and Australia batter Beth Mooney are among the other names involved in the draft.

Chamari Athapaththu of Sri Lanka, 2023 ICC women's coach. The T20 Cricketer of the Year, is also on the list and is seeking a debut contract for the Hundred.

How does the draft work?

Women's teams were allowed to keep up to eight players from last season and men's teams up to 10 - the rest of the slots will be filled by players from the draft .

Each team, men's and women's, can select a maximum of three foreign players.

< p class="" data-reactid=".1llrabg4oki.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-18">Women's teams will go through the draft until they have 13 players, and men's teams until they have 13 players. have 15 – then the wildcard picks will complete the teams. They will select players in reverse order of last year's final rankings.

Each player who enters the draft has set a reserve price - this is the lowest. ..