The Hundred: 67 Pakistan players sign up for auction but Ben Stokes not involved
A total of 964 players have signed up for the auction, which will be the first of its kind in the UK after the tournament moved away from its draft system following outside investment in eight teams.
The men’s list includes England batsman Joe Root, leg-spinner Adil Rashid, wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow and last year’s top scorer Jordan Cox; Not all of them were retained in their respective teams.
Stokes has not played in the competition since 2024, having skipped the tournament last year to manage his workload.
Mark Wood, who is currently recovering from a knee injury after the Ashes, and veteran bowler James Anderson are not listed.
Overseas names include South African internationals Quinton de Kock, David Miller and Aiden Markram, as well as West Indies internationals Jason Holder, Sherfane Rutherford and Shimron Hetmyer.
Pakistan’s Saim Ayub, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz and Naseem Shah also signed up for the men’s top reserve price of £100,000. Pakistan’s mystery spinner Usman Tariq is also included in the list.
Rosters will consist of 16 to 18 players and will have a salary cap as well as a salary cap, which is the minimum amount teams must spend.
The wage pot for the 2026 men’s competition has increased by 45% to £2.05 million per team, and funding for women’s teams has also increased by 100% to £880,000.
England internationals Em Arlott, Amy Jones, Danielle Gibson, Sarah Glenn and Linsey Smith are among the female players drafted with a reserve price of £50,000.
Davina Perrin, who scored a century as an 18-year-old in last year’s qualifier, set the reserve price at £37,500.
South Africa’s all-rounder Nadine de Klerk, New Zealand’s Sophie Devine, Australia’s Beth Mooney and India’s Richa Ghosh are the other top-ranked female players. India captain Harmanpreet Kaur is a notable absentee.
There are no Indians on the men’s list.
Current Indian men’s national teams are not currently allowed to play in franchise leagues other than the Indian Premier League but England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Richard Thompson told The Hundred it was “only a matter of time” before they feature.
