Grace Scrivens leads march of Under-19 players in latest Women's Hundred signings

Grace Scrivens, England Under-19 captain, has been retained by London Spirit for this year's Women's Hundred, with several of the Under-19 team that recently reached the World Cup final in South Africa also signed for their maiden campaigns.

A total of 26 players have been picked up in the open market, following the inaugural Women's Draft, which took place in March.

And Scrivens - who was one of the stand-out players in South Africa with 293 runs and nine wickets across England's seven games - will once again be heading for Lord's, where she'll be captained by her senior counterpart, Heather Knight, when this year's Hundred begins in August.

"I'm delighted to be back," Scrivens said. "Playing at Lord's in front of such a big crowd was so exciting last season and I can't wait to do it again."

Ryana MacDonald-Gay (Oval Invincibles), Liberty Heap (Manchester Originals), Josie Groves and Alexa Stonehouse (both Trent Rockets) are among the other Under-19 players to be picked up for the tournament.

"I'm happy to see a lot of the Under-19 team being announced," Scrivens added. "We really enjoyed the World Cup campaign and it's great to see everyone continuing their professional progression in a world class competition like The Hundred."

Birmingham Phoenix have picked up a trio of non-England players, in Abtaha Maqsood (Scotland), Sterre Kalis (Netherlands) and Erin Burns (Australia).

Other notable signings include the USA's Tara Norris, a breakout star of the inaugural WPL, who has also joined London Spirit, while Georgia Adams Southern Vipers' captain, returns to her original team, Southern Brave.

Birmingham Phoenix: Abtaha Maqsood, Erin Burns, Chloe Brewer, Sterre Kalis
London Spirit: Grace Scrivens, Tara Norris, Niamh Holland
Manchester Originals: Liberty Heap, Phoebe Graham, Fi Morris
Northern Superchargers: Marie Kelly, Aylish Cranstone, Phoebe Franklin
Oval Invincibles: Eva Gray, Ryana MacDonald-Gay, Kira Chathli
Southern Brave: Georgia Adams, Rhianna Southby, Danielle Gregory
Trent Rockets: Josie Groves, Emma Jones, Naomi Dattani, Alexa Stonehouse
Welsh Fire: Alex Griffiths, Claire Nicholas, Sarah Bryce