The Hundred 2026 auction: Country-wise player list, rules, and where to watch

The Hundred has moved to an auction-based player acquisition model for the first time this season, with more than 400 players going under the hammer. The auction is scheduled to take place on March 11-12 at Piccadilly Lights. 

Women’s auction will go first, with the auction beginning at 10 am GMT and ending at 4 PM GMT.

Rules:

The auction begins with the Marquee players, who are divided into domestic and international groups, with the former auctioned first.

After the Marquee players, the auction will move to Tier One players and then Tier Two players, collectively making up the “Hero” player phase. Once those names have gone under the hammer, each side would shortlist up to 25 players, including players unsold in the Hero phase.

The players nominated the most times by the teams will become the “ranked players”, and teams will then bid for them.

After that stage, the nominated player round will begin, where teams select from the remaining player pool, with the order decided by a random draw.

This means not every player on the longlist will be brought up for sale, as those near the bottom of the list will only be auctioned if teams still have squad spots available. The allowed squad size for men's teams is 16-18 players and 15 for women's teams.

Where to Watch:

UK: The Hundred YouTube Channel, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket
Rest of the World: The Hundred YouTube Channel

Men’s Hundred country-wise longlist:

Pakistan:
Haris Rauf, Shaheen Afridi, Shadab Khan, Usman Tariq, Saim Ayub, Abrar Ahmed, Muhammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Muhammad Amir, Zaman Khan, Usama Mir, Imad Wasim, Akif Javed, Salman Mirza.

South Africa:
Aiden Markram, David Miller, Quinton de Kock, Ryan Rickelton, Keshav Maharaj, Anrich Nortje, Nandre Burger, Gerald Coetzee, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi, Ottneil Baartman, Jordan Hermann, Dian Forrester, Evan Jones, George Linde, Matthew Breetzke, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Migael Pretorius, Faf du Plessis

New Zealand:
Daryl Mitchell, Finn Allen, Tim Seifert, Trent Boult, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, William O'Rourke, Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Adam Milne, Bevon Jacobs, Tim Robinson, Jimmy Neesham.

Australia:
Ben Dwarshuis, Matthew Short, Peter Siddle, Xavier Bartlett, Jason Behrendorff, Aaron Hardie, Spencer Johnson, Riley Meredith, Matthew Renshaw, Ashton Turner, Ashton Agar, Hilton Cartwright, Nikhil Chaudhary, Jack Edwards, Liam Scott, Ben McDermott, Beau Webster, Jack Wildermuth

Afghanistan:
Azmatullah Omarzai, Allah Ghazanfar, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Waqar Salamkheil, Qais Ahmad, Arab Gul.

West Indies:
Sunil Narine, Akeal Hosein, Sherfane Rutherford, Gudakesh Motie.

Bangladesh:
Rishad Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman.

Sri Lanka:
Wanindu Hasaranga, Dasun Shanaka, Eshan Malinga, Binura Fernando.

Zimbabwe:
Sikandar Raza, Blessing Muzarabani, Richard Ngarava.

USA:
Hassan Khan.

Scotland:
Brandon McMullen, Mark Watt

UAE:
Khuzaima Bin Tanveer.

Nepal:
Sandeep Lamichhane.

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