The Hundred auction: Five young women's players to watch

The Hundred's inaugural player auction will be held in London on 11 and 12 March.

The auction for the women's Hundred takes place on Wednesday, with 178 players on the list.

Here are five young domestic talents to watch out for in the auction.

Davina Perrin was the emerging star of last year's women's Hundred, smashing a century in just 42 balls in the Eliminator for eventual winners Northern Superchargers. Only Deandra Dottin (38 balls for West Indies against South Africa, 2010) has registered a faster century in women's T20s.

As you'd expect from a young batter, Perrin does lack consistency, failing to pass the 15 in nine of her 14 innings in The Hundred to date. But her capability to win games should more than make up for it - she also scored 72* off 40 against Trent Rockets last season, effectively sealing two victories in 2025 for the Superchargers.

Prospective franchises could slightly shift her role to allow her to face more spin than pace. In The Hundred she averages 33 against spin, while striking at 146, compared to a 24 average against pace, striking at 121.

Tilly Corteen-Coleman made her name as The Hundred's youngest appearance maker, representing Southern Brave at just 16 years old in 2024. The left-arm spinner has excelled ever since, taking 17 wickets in 17 matches at an average of 20, while conceding 1.14 runs per ball.

Corteen-Coleman is a strong powerplay operator, averaging just 16 in the first 25 balls of the innings, with an economy rate of 1.13 runs per ball. While she isn't a big turner of the ball, opposing batters find Corteen-Coleman's stump-to-stump bowling tricky to get away, with nearly 40% of her powerplay deliveries projecting to hit the stumps.

The former Southern Brave bowler has a much better record away that at home in The Hundred, which should encourage prospective franchises. Her average of 31 at Southampton drops to 14 in away games.

Issy Wong had her best Hundred campaign last time out, taking eight wickets at an average of 27, while conceding 1.32 runs per ball. Perhaps more importantly she played in all nine of London Spirit's matches, after being in and out of the Birmingham Phoenix team in the two seasons prior.

Wong was back to near full speed last year, bowling 65 deliveries over the 70mph during the 2025 Hundred, bettered by only Shabnim Ismail (96 balls) and Lauren Filer (89).

Wong's development of her slower ball has added to her armoury - during last year's Hundred she conceded just 43 runs off her 36 deliveries clocked below 60mph and has dropped down as low as 48mph.

Former England Under-19 captain Grace Scrivens made her Hundred debut in 2022 for London Spirit, before switching to Trent Rockets in 2024. Now at 22 she has 23 appearances in The Hundred and is fresh from a successful stint in New Zealand's Super Smash, playing for Central Hinds.

A left-handed opener, Scrivens provides her team with a solid start, averaging 22 at a run-a-ball in the powerplay with a preference for facing spin, striking at 118 against spinners since making the move to Trent Bridge.

Scriven's bowling is becoming more of a factor in recent years. She had a brilliant spell in the Super Smash, taking 12 wickets in five games, at an average of just 10. With that added skill, she will be sought after in the auction.

Hannah Baker had a breakthrough year in 2023 after moving from Welsh Fire to Birmingham Phoenix and cementing her place in the starting line-up. Her performance in 2023 (six wicket, average 20.2) earned her a call up to England A and the senior one-day side in 2024.

In the 2025 Hundred, Baker was bowling slower than ever, averaging 45.7mph through the tournament, leading to huge amounts of spin - 3.3° on average. No English spinner spun the ball more than Baker in last year's competition.

This led to eight wickets in as many games, making her the leading wicket-taker among English wrist-spinners in the competition.