The Hundred 2026: men’s player auction updates – live | The Hundred

SunRisers Leeds and Manchester Super Giants have filled their overseas allocations. Welsh Fire still have two slots to fill from abroad, having spent big money on their domestic stars.

Wanindu Hasaranga, the leg-spinning allrounder from Sri Lanka, goes unsold at £100k. Lungi Ngidi does not receive a bid either. Adam Milne, the New Zealand quick, does get a deal, going to London Spirit for £50k.

Glamorgan’s Ben Kellaway is staying at Welsh Fire for £37.5k, and here comes Thomas Rew, who captained England Under-19s at their recent World Cup. He’s played just three T20s for Somerset and hasn’t played in the County Championship but carries Big Next Thing energy – and the paddles are starting to fly. The 18-year-old is heading to Southern Brave for £80k.

Tom Alsop joins SunRisers, too. They’ve signed 12 players and have £101k left in their wallet.

Dan Worrall, the Surrey opening bowler – he’s got a delicious outswinger – goes unsold. Tom Moores, keeper-batter, is off to Manchester Super Giants for £50k. Another Surrey quick, Tom Lawes, joins SunRisers for £40k.

Jordan Thompson – once of Yorkshire, now at Warwickshire – is wanted by MI London. But it’s Birmingham Phoenix who buy him for £60k.

Benny Howell, slower-ball supremo, is off to SunRisers Leeds for £50k. Craig Overton could be joining his twin brother at London Spirit … but Trent Rockets want him, too. And he’s off to Trent Bridge for £120k.

Tim Seifert went unsold in the first round but he’s got a deal now: Manchester Super Giants take him for £100k.

Up first is Surrey’s Jordan Clark at a base price of £31k. Oddly enough, he’s unsold. The Durham left-hander Ben McKinney has had a quiet start to his T20 career – he averages 14.29 after 19 games – but he’s off to Southern Brave for £45k.

OK, so we’re moving to the ranked players section of the auction. It’s basically a list of 50 players nominated by the teams and can include those who went unsold in the first section of the auction.

“Super Giant energy runs in Aiden’s blood,” says the Manchester Super Giants X account. Some other questionable posts on there.

Here’s how the teams look at the moment.

Birmingham Phoenix

Jacob Bethell, Rehan Ahmed, Donovan Ferreira, Mitch Owen, Saqib Mahmood, Usman Tariq, Joe Clarke, Will Smeed

London Spirit

Liam Livingstone, Jamie Overton, Adam Zampa, Dewald Brevis, Jonny Bairstow, David Willey, James Coles, Mason Crane

Manchester Super Giants

Jos Buttler, Heinrich Klaasen, Noor Ahmad, Liam Dawson, Aiden Markram, Josh Tongue, Sonny Baker, Gus Atkinson, Leus Du Plooy, Tom Hartley

MI London

Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Nicholas Pooran, Rashid Khan, James Vince, Tom Curran, Trent Boult, Nathan Sowter

Southern Brave

Jofra Archer, Jamie Smith, Marcus Stoinis, Tristan Stubbs, Adil Rashid, David Miller, Chris Jordan, Luke Wood

Sunrisers Leeds

Harry Brook, Mitchell Marsh, Nathan Ellis, Brydon Carse, Ryan Rickelton, Zak Crawley, Matt Potts, Dan Lawrence, Abrar Ahmed

Trent Rockets

Tim David, Tom Banton, Ben Duckett, Mitch Santner, Finn Allen, David Payne, Lewis Gregory

Welsh Fire

Phil Salt, Marco Jansen, Rachin Ravindra, Chris Woakes, Joe Root, Jordan Cox, Tom Kohler-Cadmore

David Howell writes in:

I genuinely did not see one of the literally IPL-branded teams acquiring a Pakistani player. In fact I assumed that all the Pakistani players would go unsold, the national team schedule to be cited, and probably an eventual discovery years down the line that the cynical explanation was the right one after all. Delighted to be proven wrong!

Wonder if the SunRisers mothership will get fan backlash for it back in Hyderabad?

James Coles is the most expensive buy of the auction, sold for £390,000 to London Spirit. He plays for Sussex, who aren’t having a great time with their own finances. I’d say that Abrar’s move to SunRisers is more eye-catching, a Pakistan international heading to an Indian-owned side. Phew.

I forgot to mention: London Spirit have got themselves Mason Crane for £31k.

Now this is worth noting: SunRisers Leeds, an IPL-affiliated team, bid for Pakistan’s Abrar Ahmed. They take the leggie’s price to £130k, but Trent Rockets want him, too. SunRisers aren’t hesitating with that paddle – they go to £190k. And they’ve got him! That’s the most significant buy of the day.

Nathan Sowter’s leggies helped Oval Invincibles to three titles in a row so it’s no surprise that MI London want him back. Trent Rockets want in on the action but Sowter can keep his spot in the Oval dressing room. MI London buy him for £130k.

Tom Hartley joins Manchester Super Giants for £35k. Keshav Maharaj is spelt as Kehav Maharaj on the big screen and the Hundred website. Anyway, he’s unsold.

Lewis Gregory rejoins Trent Rockets – he captained them to the title in 2022 – for £55k. Dan Lawrence, classed as an all-rounder in this auction because of those funky off-breaks, is in demand as his price rockets past £100k. He’s never starred in the Hundred, averaging 18 with the bat after five seasons, but his price moves past £200k. He’s going to Leeds for £210k.

Australia’s Ben Dwarshuis goes unsold, as does Pakistan Saim Ayub.

James Coles, the England Lions all-rounder, is bound to get plenty of attention. His price flies quickly past £100k, with Phoenix and the Super Giants bidding against one another. Phoenix take the price to £170k, the Super Giants outbid them … before Trent Rockets rock up at £190k. Phoenix re-emerge at £200k … but SunRisers are up at £220k. The price goes beyond £250k … and London Spirit put their paddle up … we’re past £300k. Coles, 21 and uncapped, is the most expensive buy of the day.

SunRisers eventually say no to the man who won the SA20 with their affiliate team in that comp – he goes to London Spirit for £390k.

Olly Stone has a base price of £50k – no team makes a bid.

David Payne, player of the match in the Big Bash League final in January, is off to Trent Rockets for £130,000. He’s the first fast bowler to join them. The Rockets bid for Matt Potts, too, but the England quick joins SunRisers Leeds for £75k.

Chris Jordan, who has played a whopping 431 T20s, goes for £160,000 – Southern Brave are the victors.

Time for some quicks, with a New Zealand great on show. MI London bid for Trent Boult at £100k. They’re unchallenged and the left-armer is off to the Oval.

Will Smeed, top-order blaster at Somerset, hit the first hundred in the Hundred back in 2022. He’s back at Birmingham Phoenix for £55k.

Tom Kohler-Cadmore gets a bid from Manchester Super Giants but is off to Welsh Fire for £80k. That’s their first buy since spending big on Jordan Cox.

Somerset veteran Tom Abell is up – he goes unsold at £31k.

Leus Du Plooy is in the middle of a bidding war between Welsh Fire and Manchester Super Giants. The latter take him for £120k.

Time for the ‘Tier 2’ section of players in the auction. Nottinghamshire’s Joe Clarke, who has already played for three Hundred teams, is going back to Birmingham Phoenix – where he played last year – for £85k.

It’s Tom Curran’s birthday. Tidy time to get a £260,000 contract.

Sean Clayton writes in:

Admittedly, I’m not a Hundred fan at the best of times but why have the new owners rebadged the franchise as SunRisers Leeds, rather than, say, Northern SunRisers? That rebranding is not going to attract many new fans within the supposed franchise catchment area from Sheffield, Newcastle, Hull, etc…

They’re all quite silly, aren’t they? Also don’t get the rogue capital letter. That being said, it could be worse – at least they’ve not gone for ‘SunRiserz’ to get down with the kidz.

West Indies left-arm tweaker Akeal Hosein is unsold at £100,000.

Bangladesh’s Rishad Hossain is unsold, his base price at £75k.

Here’s Pakistan’s Usman Tariq … and he’s got a bid from Birmingham Phoenix at his base price of £100k. Trent Rockets are in competition with him. A reminder: both teams are not IPL-affiliated. His price flies to £140k … and he’s off to Edgbaston.

Yorkshire’s Jafer Chohan, a product of the South Asian Cricket Academy, is unsold at £31k.