The Hundred Men 2026 Auction took place today (March 12), which is the first-ever auction in the history of the tournament. While a total of 247 stars were expected to go under the hammer, five players had withdrawn their names, taking the tally to 242. The players who did not participate are – Shaheen Afridi, Quinton de Kock, Sunil Narine, AM Ghazanfar and Peter Siddle.
All eight teams have previously announced their list of retained players and direct signings and they filled up the remaining spots at The Hundred 2026 Men Auction.
Let’s check out how the eight teams of the tournament have stacked up before the upcoming season of The Hundred 2026.
Southern Brave
Retained/Direct signings – Jamie Smith, Marcus Stoinis, Tristan Stubbs, Jofra Archer
Auction buys – Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, David Miller, Luke Wood, Ben McKinney, Thomas Rew, Michael Pepper, Tom Abell, Dan Worrall, Caleb Falconer, Nikhail Chaudhary
Trent Rockets
Retained/Direct signings – Tim David, Ben Duckett, Mitchell Santner, Tom Banton
Auction buys – Finn Allen, Lewis Gregory, Craig Overton, David Payne, Dan Mousley, Matt Henry, Sam Billings, Aneurin Donald, Ben Mayes, Danny Briggs, Louis Kimber, Brad Currie
MI London
Retained/Direct signings – Will Jacks, Rashid Khan, Sam Curran, Nicholas Pooran
Auction buys – Trent Boult, Tom Curran, Nathan Sowter, James Vince, Sherfane Rutherford, Richard Gleeson, Ollie Pope, Olly Stone, Ollie Sykes, Callum Parkinson, Jason Roy
London Spirit
Retained/Direct signings – Dewald Brevis, Liam Livingstone, Adam Zampa, Jamie Overton
Auction buys – Jonny Bairstow, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, James Coles, Mason Crane, Adam Milne, David Willey, Adam Hose, Tymal Mills, James Rew, Matt Fisher
Welsh Fire
Retained/Direct signings – Marco Jansen, Phil Salt, Rachin Ravindra, Chris Woakes
Auction buys – Jordan Cox, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Joe Root, Ben Kellaway, Lockie Ferguson, Asa Tribe, Tom Aspinwall, Matt Short, Sam Cook, Jaffer Chohan
Birmingham Phoenix
Retained/Direct signings – Rehan Ahmed, Donovan Ferreira, Mitchell Owen, Jacob Bethell
Auction buys -Joe Clarke, Saqib Mahmood, Usman Tariq, Will Smeed, Jordan Thompson, Scott Currie, Laurie Evans, Chris Wood, Ethan Brookes, Mustafizur Rahman
Sunrisers Leeds
Retained/Direct signings – Nathan Ellis, Mitchell Marsh, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse
Auction buys – Abrar Ahmed, Benny Howell, Daniel Lawrence, Tom Lawes, Matthew Potts, Tom Alsop, Zak Crawley, Ryan Rickelton, Liam Patterson-White, Ed Barnard, Reece Topley
Manchester Super Giants
Retained/Direct signings – Noor Ahmad, Jos Buttler, Heinrich Klaasen, Liam Dawson
Auction buys – Gus Atkinson, Sonny Baker, Leus du Plooy, Tom Hartley, Aiden Markram, Josh Tongue, Tim Seifert, Tom Moores, Max Holden, Tawanda Muyeye, George Scrimshaw, Paul Walter
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Uncapped England all-rounder James Coles became the most expensive signing in the first-ever The Hundred 2026 Auction Men after being acquired by London Spirit. On the other hand, Proteas batter Aiden Markram became the highest-paid overseas player in The Hundred Men 2026 Auction as he joined the Manchester Super Giants for £200k.
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James Coles is the most expensive player in The Hundred Men 2026 Auction.
A total of 242 players went under the hammer in The Hundred Men 2026 Auction.
All eight franchises of the tournament can acquire a minimum of 14 players with a maximum of 16 across their men’s and women’s squads.
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