The Hundred: 67 Pakistan players signed up for the auction but Ben Stokes not included

In total, 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 a 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 leading run-scorer Jordan Cox – all of whom were not retained by their franchises.

Stokes has not played in the competition since 2024, having opted out last year to manage his workload.

Mark Wood, who is recovering from a knee injury after the Ashes, is not in the list, nor is experienced bowler James Anderson.

Foreign names include South African internationals Quinton de Kock, David Miller and Aiden Markram, along with West Indies internationals Jason Holder, Sherfane Rutherford and Shimron Hetmyer.

Pakistan’s Saim Ayub, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz and Naseem Shah have also registered at the highest male reserve price of £100,000. Pakistan’s mystery spinner Usman Tariq is also on this list.

Teams will be composed of 16 to 18 players, and there is a salary collar as well as a salary cap – a minimum amount of money teams must spend.

The salary pot in the men’s competition has increased by 45% to £2.05 million per side for 2026, and the fund for women’s teams has increased by 100% to £880,000.

England internationals M. Arlott, Amy Jones, Danielle Gibson, Sarah Glenn and Lynsey Smith are among the women’s players to enter the draft at a reserve price of £50,000.

Davina Perrin, who scored a century at the age of 18 in last year’s Eliminator, has set her 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 women players in the highest bracket. India captain Harmanpreet Kaur was a notable absentee.

There is no Indian in the men’s list.

Current Indian men’s international players are not allowed to play in franchise leagues other than the Indian Premier League, but England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Richard Thompson has said it is “only a matter of time” before they are included in The Hundred.