The Hundred Auction 2026: Date, Time, List, Rules, Live Streaming, Venue

The Hundred Auction 2026 (X.com)

With approximately 1,000 players from 18 countries registering for the first-ever The Hundred Auction 2026, nearly 400 got shortlisted to go under the hammer. The highly anticipated bidding war is set to take place at Piccadilly Lights in central London on 11 and 12 March.

Notably, international stars like Aiden Markram, Quinton De Kock, Sunil Narine, Haris Rauf, along with prominent women cricketers like Beth Mooney and Deandra Dottin, will be targeted by the 8 franchises, along with England Men's and Women's players not already recruited or retained as part of the direct signing process.  

That being said, let’s take a look at every detail about The Hundred Auction 2026, including date, venue, salary cap, and how the first-ever bidding war is set to unfold. 

The Hundred Auction 2026: Date, Time, and Venue 

• Date: The women’s auction will take place on Wednesday (March 11), the Hundred 2026 men’s auction is scheduled for Thursday (March 12).
• Venue: Piccadilly Lights in central London

The Hundred Auction 2026 Rules

In previous editions of The Hundred, the eight men’s and women’s franchises conducted drafts to develop their squads, but this year, the competition is switching to an IPL-like auction system.  

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In the auction, players will be listed one by one to the eight teams, with the highest bidder signing them for the upcoming season. 

Players are grouped into three tiers based on franchise interest:

• Hero
• Ranked
• Nominated

Hero players go first in the bidding, followed by Ranked and then Nominated.

Pre-auction Signings

However, it is important to note that not all players will be selected via the bidding war, with some teams already making up to four pre-auction signings. 

It is worth noting that many IPL team owners have also become investors in Hundred franchises before the season. 

Ahead of The Hundred Auction, each team were to submit a list of roughly 100-200 players they're most interested in signing, based on aggregated interest. Those collective names then formed a longlist of approximately 400, who'll go under the gavel on 11 and 12 March.

The Hundred Auction 2026 Purse Value

Following significant investment coming into the Hundred this, the salary cap and amount that players can earn has significantly increased.

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For the construction of their full teams, men's squads have a salary cap of £2.05m and women's sides have £880,000.

The Hundred 2026 Players List- Direct Signings and Retentions

Birmingham Phoenix

Men

1. Rehan Ahmed - direct signing
2. Jacob Bethell - retained
3. Donovan Ferreira - direct signing
4. Mitchell Owen - direct signing

£950k deducted from auction salary pot

Women

1. Alice Capsey - direct signing
2. Lauren Filer - direct signing
3. Lucy Hamilton - direct signing
4. Ellyse Perry - retained

£360k deducted from auction salary pot

London Spirit

Men

1. Dewald Brevis - direct signing
2. Liam Livingstone - direct signing
3. Jamie Overton - retained
4. Adam Zampa - direct signing

£950k deducted from auction salary pot

Women

1. Charlie Dean - retained
2. Mahika Gaur - direct signing
3. Grace Harris - retained
4. Marizanne Kapp - direct signing

£360k deducted from auction salary pot

Manchester Super Giants

Men

1. Noor Ahmad - retained
2. Jos Buttler - retained
3. Liam Dawson - direct signing
4. Heinrich Klaasen - retained

£950k deducted from auction salary pot

Women

1. Sophie Ecclestone - retained
2. Meg Lanning - direct signing
3. Smirti Mandhana - direct signing

£310k deducted from auction salary pot

MI London

Men

1. Sam Curran - retained
2. Will Jacks - retained
3. Rashid Khan - retained
4. Nicholas Pooran - direct signing

£950k deducted from auction salary pot

Women

1. Melie Kerr - direct signing
2. Hayley Matthews - direct signing
3. Danni Wyatt-Hodge - direct signing

£310k deducted from auction salary pot

Southern Brave

Men

1. Jofra Archer - retained
2. Jamie Smith - direct signing
3. Marcus Stoinis - direct signing
4. Tristan Stubbs - direct signing

£950k deducted from auction salary pot

Women

1. Lauren Bell - retained
2. Maia Bouchier - retained
3. Jemimah Rodrigues - direct signing
4. Laura Wolvaardt - retained

£360k deducted from auction salary pot

Sunrisers Leeds

Men

1. Harry Brook - retained
2. Brydon Carse - retained
3. Nathan Ellis - direct signing
4. Mitch Marsh - direct signing

£950k deducted from auction salary pot

Women

1. Kate Cross - retained
2. Phoebe Litchfield - retained
3. Annabel Sutherland - retained

£310k deducted from auction salary pot

Trent Rockets

Men

1. Tom Banton - retained
2. Tim David - direct signing
3. Ben Duckett - direct signing
4. Mitch Santner - direct signing

£950k deducted from auction salary pot

Women

1. Sophia Dunkley - direct signing
2. Ash Gardner - retained
3. Kim Garth - direct signing
4. Nat Sciver-Brunt - retained

£360k deducted from auction salary pot

Welsh Fire

Men

1. Marco Jansen - direct signing
2. Rachin Ravindra - direct signing
3. Phil Salt - direct signing
4. Chris Woakes - retained

£950k deducted from auction salary pot

Women

1. Freya Kemp - direct signing
2. Georgia Voll - direct signing
3. Georgia Wareham - direct signing
4. £310k deducted from auction salary pot

The Hundred Auction 2026: Live Streaming Details 

The live streaming details of the historic first-ever The Hundred players’ Auction 2026 on Wednesday and Thursday are as follows: 

India: Fans can watch the auction on the following YouTube channels: The Hundred and Sky Sports Cricket, AT 3:30 PM (IST). 

UK: In the UK, the men’s and women’s auction will be live on Sky Sports Cricket from 10am (GMT) and on the Sky Sports app.

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