Australia World Cup-winning trio signed up for The Hundred women's competition

Beth Mooney, Nicola Carey and Ashleigh Gardner have all been signed up alongside South Africa pair Marizanne Kapp and Chloe Tyron

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Three more members of Australia's victorious Women's T20 World Cup squad have signed up for the inaugural season of The Hundred.

Player of the tournament Beth Mooney, who has joined captain Meg Lanning and spinner Jess Jonassen at Welsh Fire, leads the trio.

Top-order batter Ashley Gardner has moved to Birmingham Phoenix while Nicola Carey will slot in alongside Alyssa Healy at Northern Superchargers.

South Africa pair Marizanne Kapp and Chloe Tyron have also been enlisted by Oval Invincibles and London Spirit, respectively.

The quintet are the latest additions to the squads ahead of the competition which is due to get underway on July 22.

Mignon du Preez, Stafanie Taylor and Deandra Dottin are among the other overseas players set to feature, alongside England's centrally contracted stars.

Head of The Hundred - Women's competition, Beth Barrett-Wild said: "It’s fantastic to see five more international stars signing up to play in The Hundred this summer. The competition is really building momentum, and it’s very exciting to see the growing list of world-class talent involved across the eight teams.

"We’ve now confirmed the names of 18 overseas players who will compete in the women’s competition, including the likes of Meg Lanning, Suzie Bates, Stafanie Taylor and Lizelle Lee; with six still to go, the standard of cricket is set to be very high."

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