Birmingham Phoenix have signed opening batter Mitch Owen and seamer Lucy Hamilton for the 2026 Hundred season.
Owen has made 16 appearances for Australia within the white-ball codecs since making his debut in July.
The 24-year-old was the highest run-scorer within the 2024-25 Massive Bash League and propelled Hobart Hurricanes to their maiden title with a 39-ball century within the closing, the joint-fastest within the historical past of the competitors.
Uncapped compatriot Hamilton, 19, has performed 21 video games for Brisbane Warmth within the Ladies’s Massive Bash League over the past 4 seasons, and is the youngest participant to take a five-wicket haul within the event’s historical past.
“Lucy and Mitch are two gamers we’re delighted to carry into the Phoenix atmosphere,” stated Phoenix efficiency director James Thomas.
“Lucy is a proficient younger bowler with nice potential, and we consider that is the proper setting for her to proceed her growth.
“Mitch provides energy, versatility and aggressive edge to our males’s squad, and his skillset fits the Hundred format extraordinarily properly.”
Hamilton joins Alice Capsey, Lauren Filer and Ellyse Perry at Phoenix ladies, whereas Owen is the third signing for the Phoenix males’s facet after Rehan Ahmed and Jacob Bethell.
The boys’s group are permitted to make one additional signing previous to the Hundred’s inaugural public sale, the place the rest of the squad line-ups will likely be determined.
