After wrapping up its inaugural season, the Athletes Unlimited Softball League is expanding from its original four teams to six. That expansion kicks off on Dec. 1, with an expansion draft for players already in the AUSL, followed by an allocation draft for new players.

The two new expansion teams — Cascade and Oklahoma City Spark — will pick from a pool of unprotected players from the other four teams. Each team will select five players to start. After that, there may be up to three additional rounds, and original teams can add a player to their protected lists before each round. Any unselected players will go back to their original teams.

The allocation draft will follow and will feature all six teams selecting players not currently on an AUSL roster.

The draft will be broadcast on ESPNU (7 p.m. ET) and on the AUSL streaming hub. Check out the picks and some highlights below.

Expansion draft picks

No. 1: Spark — Utility Maya Brady

the moment Maya Brady became the first EVER draft pick of the Oklahoma City Spark in AUSL history! 💙#BeTheSpark pic.twitter.com/WT89vK28xX

— Oklahoma City Spark | AUSL (@ausl_spark) December 2, 2025

No. 2: Cascade — Pitcher Sam Landry

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— Cascade | AUSL (@AUSL_Cascade) December 2, 2025

No. 3: Cascade — Pitcher Carley Hoover

No. 4: Spark — Utility Sydney McKinney

No. 5: Spark — Sydney Romero

No. 6: Cascade — OF Sierra Sacco

No. 7: Cascade — P Payton Gottshall

No. 8: Spark — 3B Jessi Warren

No. 9: Spark — P Alana Vawter

No. 10: Cascade — OF Korbe Otis

No. 11: Cascade — INF Tori Vidales

No. 12: Spark — Utility Bubba Nickles-Camarena

No. 13: Spark — INF Delanie Wisz

Allocation draft picks

Round 1

No. 1: Cascade — P Kelly Maxwell

No. 2: Spark — C Kinzie Hansen

No. 3: Talons — OF Jayda Coleman

No. 4: Bandits — P Kat Sandercock

No. 5: Blaze — INF Alyssa Brito

No. 6: Volts — P Ally Carda

Round 2

No. 7: Spark — P Maddie Penta

No. 8: Cascade — C Mia Davidson

No. 9: Talons — OF Jadelyn Allchin

No. 10: Bandits — INF Jocelyn Alo

IT’S HAPPENINGGGGGG 🤩

Jocelyn Alo is a Bandit 🤠 pic.twitter.com/z6jD7ZORQJ

— Bandits | Athletes Unlimited Softball League (@AUSL_Bandits) December 2, 2025

No. 11: Blaze — INF Jenna Laird

No. 12: Volts — P Alyssa Denham

Round 3

No. 13. Cascade — INF Sis Bates

No. 14. Spark — P Jailyn Ford

No. 15. Talons — INF Rachel Becker

No. 16. Bandits — OF Jessica Clements

No. 17. Blaze — P Jala Wright

No. 18. Volts — OF Rylie Boone

Round 4

No. 19. Spark — INF Billie Andrews

No. 20. Cascade — INF Paige Sinicki

No. 21. Talons — INF Maddie Moore

No. 22. Bandits — INF Sami Williams

No. 23. Blaze — Utility Valerie Cagle

No. 24. Volts — P Aliyah Binford

Round 5

No. 25. Cascade — Utility Ali Newland

No. 26. Spark — INF Sydney Sherrill

No. 27. Talons — OF Aliyah Andrews

No. 28. Bandits — P Emiley Kennedy

No. 29. Blaze — Pass

Round 6

No. 30. Spark — C Haley Lee

No. 31. Cascade — OF Kendra Falby

No. 32. Talons — Pass

No. 33. Bandits — Pass

Round 7

No. 34. Spark — Pass

No. 35. Cascade — Pass

Teams will fill their remaining roster spots at the AUSL College Draft this spring.

Legendary England batter Geoffrey Boycott on Monday advised the Ben Stokes-led side to adopt a more strategic and thoughtful approach ahead of the second Ashes Test against Australia, scheduled for Thursday in Brisbane.

England suffered an agonising eight-wicket defeat in the series opener in Perth, which lasted less than two days, the first of which was dominated by the touring side as they had reduced the hosts to 123/9 after accumulating 172 all out.

The visitors now face another gruelling challenge in the blockbuster series as they take on the Baggy Greens in a pink-ball Test, in which the hosts boast a dominant record, having lost just one out of their previous 14 appearances, but Boycott, who has won Ashes both in England and Australia, believes that the Three Lions can win the upcoming game by adopting a calculated strategy.

He, however, warned England batters of self-destruction, advising them to “use their brains” and decide whether to attack or hold back after analysing the situation.

“But it doesn’t help our chances of success if Ben Stokes keeps encouraging our batsmen to attack, attack with one finger hovering over the self-destruct button,” Boycott wrote in his Daily Telegraph column.

“Nobody is asking the players to stop being positive because they have given us some marvellous, thrilling and entertaining cricket. All we ask is for them to use their brains and realise there are times when they should throttle back and be aware of situations and bat accordingly,” he added.

Boycott, who represented England in 108 Tests and 36 ODIs, also slammed Stokes for his comments in which he referred to former cricketers as “has-beens” but expressed satisfaction over the all-rounder’s partial apology.

“To call past players ‘has-beens’ was disrespectful, especially as some of those ‘has-beens’ played in teams that won the Ashes in England and Australia,” Boycott wrote.

“I am glad Ben has half apologised, saying it was a slip of the tongue, because none of this team has won the Ashes in Australia. Get the job done, because then you don’t need to say anything and you can bask in all the glory coming your way.”