London Spirit sign Richa Ghosh as replacement for Georgia Redmayne

Richa Ghoshthe 19-year-old wicketkeeper-batter, has turn into the third Indian participant to signal a contract within the Hundred for 2023, changing the injured Georgia Redmayne at London Spirit.

Ghosh will be part of Smriti Mandhana (Southern Courageous) and Harmanpreet Kaur (Trent Rockets) within the competitors subsequent month, who have been retained from final 12 months’s squad and signed in March’s draft, respectively.

Energetic male Indian gamers aren’t permitted to play in abroad short-form leagues by the BCCI however feminine gamers have commonly appeared within the Hundred and the Ladies’s Huge Bash League, amongst others.

Ghosh’s wage within the Hundred is known to be £12,500 (INR 13 lakh approx.), which pales compared to the INR 1.9 crore (£180,000 approx.) that she was paid by Royal Challengers Bangalore within the inaugural Ladies’s Premier League earlier this 12 months.

However the match will present her with a chance to additional her improvement as a participant, having not too long ago missed out on choice for India’s tour to Bangladesh. Her captain at Spirit will likely be Heather Knight, whereas different team-mates will embrace Grace Harris, Amelia Kerr and Sarah Glenn.

Ghosh’s alternative deal was introduced by the ECB on Thursday morning together with quite a few different signings within the girls’s competitors, with Spirit additionally signing the current England Check debutant Lauren Filer within the open-market course of that adopted March’s draft.

Emily Windsorwho hit the profitable runs within the 2022 closing for Oval Invincibles, has moved to Welsh Fireplace for this summer season whereas Trent Rockets have signed the previous England middle-order batter Fran Wilson.

ESPNcricinfo revealed last week the outcomes of the home wildcard draft, which have now been confirmed by the ECB, together with alternative contracts for Matthew Brief (changing Michael Bracewell at Northern Superchargers) and Usama Mir (changing Wanindu Hasaranga at Manchester Originals).

Spirit have additionally discovered short-notice replacements for Glenn Maxwell and Mitchell Marsh, after they have been pulled out of the match by Cricket Australia. Matthew Wade, the Australian wicketkeeper-batter, and New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell will are available in as a substitute.

Adam Zampa will even return to the Hundred within the second half of the season, changing Sunil Narine at Oval Invincibles when Narine leaves for the Caribbean Premier League after August 13.

Ladies’s Hundred signings:

Birmingham Phoenix: Davina Perrin, Abbey Freeborn, Charis Pavely
London Spirit: Richa Ghosh (changing Georgia Redmayne), Lauren Filer, Chloe Hill, Alice Monaghan
Manchester Originals: Ami Campbell, Amara Carr, Mahika Gaur, Laura Jackson
Northern Superchargers: Georgie Boyce, Lucy Higham, Grace Ballinger, Grace Corridor, Leah Dobson (changing Phoebe Franklin)
Oval Invincibles: Sophia Smale, Beth Langston, Cordelia Griffith, Claudie Cooper, Lizzie Scott (changing Tash Farrant)
Southern Courageous: Kalea Moore, Seren Smale, Ellie Anderson, Mary Taylor
Trent Rockets: Jo Gardner, Fran Wilson, Nat Wraith, Cassidy McCarthy (changing Emma Jones)
Welsh Fireplace: Emily Windsor, Ella McCaughan, Georgia Davis, Kate Coppack

Males’s Hundred replacements:

London Spirit: Matthew Wade (changing Glenn Maxwell), Daryl Mitchell (changing Mitchell Marsh)
Manchester Originals: Usama Mir (changing Wanindu Hasaranga)
Northern Superchargers: Matthew Brief (changing Michael Bracewell)
Oval Invincibles: Tom Lawes (changing Saqib Mahmood), Adam Zampa (partially changing Sunil Narine)