Heather Knight insists everybody in England’s T20 World Cup squad stays “very valuable”, regardless of whether or not they landed a money-spinning deal within the inaugural Women’s Premier League public sale.
Nat Sciver-Brunt fetched the joint-highest worth for an abroad participant after being bought for 3.2 crore (about £320,000) to Mumbai Indians, immediately making her one in all Britain’s highest-paid sportswomen.
Sophie Ecclestone was additionally the recipient of a six-figure contract, becoming a member of England head coach Jon Lewis at Up Warriorz, who purchased the world’s top-ranked T20 bowler for 1.8 crore (round £180,000).
Knight, Sophia Dunkley, Alice Capsey, Lauren Bell and Issy Wong have been picked up too as seven of the 27 English entrants have been signed, however the skilled trio of Katherine Sciver-Brunt, Amy Jones and Danni Wyatt have been amongst these unsold.
Knight revealed England would rally spherical anybody who wanted help after being ignored however was adamant their price within the squad was unaffected as their mission for a T20 World Cup title continued in South Africa on Monday.
“I think the whole team will make sure individuals are looked after, that’s really important and what we’re about as a side,” the England captain stated after a four-wicket win over Ireland in Paarl.
“The value of players to the England team doesn’t change because they haven’t been picked up, they’re still very valuable, everyone in the squad is hugely valuable to us trying to win a World Cup.
“They’ll certainly be looked after and given space if needed to obviously deal with anything and try and refocus and get back on it.”
Capsey was snapped up by Delhi Capitals for roughly £75,000, Dunkley received a £60,000 payday from Gujarat Giants whereas Bell and Wong will earn £30,000 apiece for UP Warriorz and Mumbai Indians respectively.
Knight initially went unsold however Royal Challengers Bangalore paid her base worth of £40,000 – nonetheless greater than the highest band of contracts in The Hundred ladies’s competitors of £31,250 final yr.
It was one other landmark day for girls’s cricket forward of a event that’s scheduled to run from March 4-26, with 22 matches in whole in a five-team league.
“I’m really excited, I think being involved in the inaugural one will be really special,” Knight added. “It’ll be very new, very different.
“Any time you get to play overseas in a franchise competition, you get to work with different coaches, play with different players, play in different conditions.
“That’s a huge way to learn and to grow your game. I think it’s a huge positive and I’m looking forward to it.”
Overseas spots have been at a premium however Australia’s Ashleigh Gardner was purchased by Gujarat Giants for a similar worth as Nat Sciver-Brunt, with groups having a finances of £1.2million to spend on a squad of between 15 and 18 gamers.
But New Zealand’s Suzie Bates and Chamari Athapaththu and Sune Luus, captains of Sri Lanka and South Africa respectively, went unsold.
India’s Smriti Mandhana was the primary to go beneath the hammer and attracted the most costly purchase, with Royal Challengers Bangalore paying round £340,000 for her companies.