Here’s everything you need to know about how to follow The Hundred 2026 auction live on TV and digital platforms.
When will The Hundred 2026 auction start?
The Hundred moves on from the draft system to auctions for the first time, with over 400 players possibly going under the hammer. The Women’s Hundred auction will be held on Wednesday, March 11, while the men’s auction will take place on Thursday. The auction coverage is scheduled to start at 9.45am GMT (3.15pm IST) on both days.
Also Read: The Hundred 2026 auction rules explained
The Hundred 2026 auction: Where to watch live?
Where to watch in the United Kingdom
Fans in the UK can watch the live telecast of the auction on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket. A free live stream of the event will also be available on The Hundred YouTube channel.
Where to watch in the rest of the world
Fans from around the world can live stream the auction for free on The Hundred YouTube channel.
Also read: The Hundred 2026 auction: Full list of players with base price
The Hundred 2026 auction: Direct signings and retentions
All eight franchises were allowed to sign a maximum of three players directly, and retain a fourth from last year’s team, with the men’s squad having a salary cap of £2.05m, and the women's sides capped at £880,000.
All men’s teams directly signed/retained four players each, and saw £950,000 chipped off their salary caps as a result. The women’s teams with four pre-auction signings had £360,000 taken off their budget, while the remaining four sides signed/retained three and had £310,000 deducted from their auction pot.
Trent Rockets
Women: Sophia Dunkley (direct signing), Ash Gardner (retained), Kim Garth (direct signing), Nat Sciver-Brunt (retained).
Men: Tom Banton (retained), Tim David (direct signing), Ben Duckett (direct signing), Mitchell Santner (direct signing).
Southern Brave
Women: Lauren Bell (retained), Maia Bouchier (retained), Jemimah Rodrigues (direct signing), Laura Wolvaardt (retained).
Men: Jofra Archer (retained), Jamie Smith (direct signing), Marcus Stoinis (direct signing), Tristan Stubbs (direct signing).
London Spirit
Women: Charlie Dean (retained), Mahika Gaur (direct signing), Grace Harris (retained), Marizanne Kapp (direct signing).
Men: Dewald Brevis (direct signing), Liam Livingstone (direct signing), Jamie Overton (retained), Adam Zampa (direct signing).
Birmingham Phoenix
Women: Alice Capsey (direct signing), Lauren Filer (direct signing), Lucy Hamilton (direct signing), Ellyse Perry (retained).
Men: Rehan Ahmed (direct signing), Jacob Bethell (retained), Donovan Ferreira (direct signing), Mitchell Owen (direct signing).
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Manchester Super Giants
Women: Sophie Ecclestone (retained), Meg Lanning (direct signing), Smriti Mandhana (direct signing).
Men: Noor Ahmad (retained), Jos Buttler (retained), Liam Dawson (direct signing), Heinrich Klaasen (retained).
MI London
Women: Melie Kerr (direct signing), Hayley Matthews (direct signing), Danni Wyatt-Hodge (direct signing).
Men: Sam Curran (retained), Will Jacks (retained), Rashid Khan (retained), Nicholas Pooran (direct signing).
Sunrisers Leeds
Women: Kate Cross (retained), Phoebe Litchfield (retained), Annabel Sutherland (retained).
Men: Harry Brook (retained), Brydon Carse (retained), Nathan Ellis (direct signing), Mitchell Marsh (direct signing).
Welsh Fire
Women: Freya Kemp (direct signing), Georgia Voll (direct signing), Georgia Wareham (direct signing).
Men: Marco Jansen (direct signing), Rachin Ravindra (direct signing), Phil Salt (direct signing), Chris Woakes (retained).
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Rebecca Tyson SOLD for £15k to Manchester Super Giants
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Fi Morris SOLD for £20k to Welsh Fire
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Charis Pavely SOLD for £85k to London Spirit
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Tara Norris SOLD for £35k to MI London
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Shabnim Ismail UNSOLD again!
The South Africa great returned to the auction table, but went unsold again!
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Jemima Spence SOLD for £37.5k to Birmingham Phoenix
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Rebecca Odgers SOLD for £15k to Southern Brave
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Phoebe Brett SOLD for £27.5k to Birmingham Phoenix
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Emma Jones SOLD for £35k to Trent Rockets
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Cassidy McCarthy SOLD for £65k to Sunrisers Leeds
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Natasha Wraith SOLD for £15k to Manchester Super Giants
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Second round of ranked players now
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How the teams look so far
Trent Rockets: Sophia Dunkley (direct signing), Ash Gardner (retained), Kim Garth (direct signing), Nat Sciver-Brunt (retained), Beth Mooney, Ailsa Lister, Bess Heath, Millicent Taylor.
Southern Brave: Lauren Bell (retained), Maia Bouchier (retained), Jemimah Rodrigues (direct signing), Laura Wolvaardt (retained), Sarah Glenn, Sophie Molineux, Lizelle Lee, Issy Wong, Tilly Corteen-Coleman, Jodi Grewcock.
London Spirit: Charlie Dean (retained), Mahika Gaur (direct signing), Grace Harris (retained), Marizanne Kapp (direct signing), Amy Jones, Nadine De Klerk, Deandra Dottin, Seren Smale.
Birmingham Phoenix: Alice Capsey (direct signing), Lauren Filer (direct signing), Lucy Hamilton (direct signing), Ellyse Perry (retained), Davina Perrin, Tammy Beaumont, Emma Lamb, Linsey Smith, Alana King, Cordelia Griffith, Eva Gray.
Manchester Super Giants: Sophie Ecclestone (retained), Meg Lanning (direct signing), Smriti Mandhana (direct signing), Grace Ballinger, Maitlan Brown, Kathryn Bryce, Richa Ghosh, Paige Scholfield, Grace Scrivens, Mady Villiers, Ryana MacDonald-Gay, Jo-Anne Gardner.
MI London: Melie Kerr (direct signing), Hayley Matthews (direct signing), Danni Wyatt-Hodge (direct signing), Chinelle Henry, Kirstie Gordon, Hollie Armitage, Nicola Carey, Alice-Davidson Richards, Alice Monaghan, Alexa Stonehouse, Kira Chathli.
Sunrisers Leeds: Kate Cross (retained), Phoebe Litchfield (retained), Annabel Sutherland (retained), Danielle Gibson, Deepti Sharma, Bryony Smith, Jess Jonassen, Hannah Baker, Lauren Winfield-Hill.
Welsh Fire: Freya Kemp (direct signing), Georgia Voll (direct signing), Georgia Wareham (direct signing), Sophie Devine, Sophia Smale, Em Arlott, Ella McCaughan, Sarah Bryce, Grace Potts, Heather Graham.
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Signings so far at The Hundred women's auction
Birmingham Phoenix: Davina Perrin, Tammy Beaumont, Emma Lamb, Linsey Smith, Alana King, Cordelia Griffith, Eva Gray
London Spirit: Amy Jones, Nadine De Klerk, Deandra Dottin, Seren Smale
Manchester Super Giants: Grace Ballinger, Maitlan Brown, Kathryn Bryce, Richa Ghosh, Paige Scholfield, Grace Scrivens, Mady Villiers, Ryana MacDonald-Gay, Jo-Anne Gardner
MI London: Chinelle Henry, Kirstie Gordon, Hollie Armitage, Nicola Carey, Alice-Davidson Richards, Alice Monaghan, Alexa Stonehouse, Kira Chathli
Southern Brave: Sarah Glenn, Sophie Molineux, Lizelle Lee, Issy Wong, Tilly Corteen-Coleman, Jodi Grewcock
Sunrisers Leeds: Danielle Gibson, Deepti Sharma, Bryony Smith, Jess Jonassen, Hannah Baker, Lauren Winfield-Hill
Trent Rockets: Beth Mooney, Ailsa Lister, Bess Heath, Millicent Taylor,
Welsh Fire: Sophie Devine, Sophia Smale, Em Arlott, Ella McCaughan, Sarah Bryce, Grace Potts, Heather Graham
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Jo-Anne Gardner SOLD for £17k to Manchester Super Giants
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Eva Gray SOLD for £30k to Birmingham Phoenix
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Heather Graham SOLD for £27.5k to Welsh Fire
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Lauren Winfield-Hill SOLD for £27.5k to Sunrisers Leeds
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Millicent Taylor SOLD for £27.5k to Trent Rockets
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Jodi Grewcock SOLD for £30k to Southern Brave
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Grace Potts SOLD for £15k to Welsh Fire
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Kira Chathli SOLD for £80k to MI London
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Alexa Stonehouse SOLD for £42.5k to MI London
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Alice Monaghan SOLD for £27.5k to MI London
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Cordelia Griffith SOLD for £27.5k to Birmingham Phoenix
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Bess Heath SOLD for £32.5k to Trent Rockets
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Ailsa Lister SOLD for £30k to Trent Rockets
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Sarah Bryce SOLD for £25k to Welsh Fire
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Ella McCaughan SOLD to Welsh Fire for £30k
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Ryana MacDonald-Gay SOLD to Manchester Super Giants for £75k
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First 15 players from the ranked list coming up now
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Ranked players, from the longlist, coming up next
Teams voted for the players they wanted in the next round of the auction, and those that received the most votes will come up first, and so on.
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Seems like we are close to the restart.
All eight teams are back on their respective tables, and we should get going sooner rather than later (I hope).
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Wondering why Dani Gibson became the most expensive England player in women's Hundred history?
'Gibson has spent much of the last year out injured after suffering a stress fracture in her back. She featured in the latest WBBL as a batter only, scoring 170 runs in 11 matches.'
Read the full explainer right here.
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Costliest buys so far?
Beth Mooney (Trent Rockets) and Sophie Devine (Welsh Fire) fetched bids worth a massive £210k each, and they are likely to remain the costliest buys at The Hundred women's 2026 auction.
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We are back, but the stream isn't.
The auction was scheduled to restart at 1.30pm GMT, but we are just about two minutes past that time now, and there are no signs of a restart.
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We'll be back after a short break.
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How the teams look so far
Trent Rockets: Sophia Dunkley (direct signing), Ash Gardner (retained), Kim Garth (direct signing), Nat Sciver-Brunt (retained), Beth Mooney.
Southern Brave: Lauren Bell (retained), Maia Bouchier (retained), Jemimah Rodrigues (direct signing), Laura Wolvaardt (retained), Sarah Glenn, Sophie Molineux, Lizelle Lee, Issy Wong, Tilly Corteen-Coleman.
London Spirit: Charlie Dean (retained), Mahika Gaur (direct signing), Grace Harris (retained), Marizanne Kapp (direct signing), Amy Jones, Nadine De Klerk, Deandra Dottin, Seren Smale.
Birmingham Phoenix: Alice Capsey (direct signing), Lauren Filer (direct signing), Lucy Hamilton (direct signing), Ellyse Perry (retained), Davina Perrin, Tammy Beaumont, Emma Lamb, Linsey Smith, Alana King.
Manchester Super Giants: Sophie Ecclestone (retained), Meg Lanning (direct signing), Smriti Mandhana (direct signing), Grace Ballinger, Maitlan Brown, Kathryn Bryce, Richa Ghosh, Paige Scholfield, Grace Scrivens, Mady Villiers.
MI London: Melie Kerr (direct signing), Hayley Matthews (direct signing), Danni Wyatt-Hodge (direct signing), Chinelle Henry, Kirstie Gordon, Hollie Armitage, Nicola Carey, Alice-Davidson Richards.
Sunrisers Leeds: Kate Cross (retained), Phoebe Litchfield (retained), Annabel Sutherland (retained), Danielle Gibson, Deepti Sharma, Bryony Smith, Jess Jonassen, Hannah Baker.
Welsh Fire: Freya Kemp (direct signing), Georgia Voll (direct signing), Georgia Wareham (direct signing), Sophie Devine, Sophia Smale, Em Arlott.
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Signings so far at The Hundred women's auction
Birmingham Phoenix: Davina Perrin, Tammy Beaumont, Emma Lamb, Linsey Smith, Alana King
London Spirit: Amy Jones, Nadine De Klerk, Deandra Dottin, Seren Smale
Manchester Super Giants: Grace Ballinger, Maitlan Brown, Kathryn Bryce, Richa Ghosh, Paige Scholfield, Grace Scrivens, Mady Villiers
MI London: Chinelle Henry, Kirstie Gordon, Hollie Armitage, Nicola Carey, Alice-Davidson Richards
Southern Brave: Sarah Glenn, Sophie Molineux, Lizelle Lee, Issy Wong, Tilly Corteen-Coleman
Sunrisers Leeds: Danielle Gibson, Deepti Sharma, Bryony Smith, Jess Jonassen, Hannah Baker
Trent Rockets: Beth Mooney
Welsh Fire: Sophie Devine, Sophia Smale, Em Arlott
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Remaining purse for each team
Birmingham Phoenix: £235,000
London Spirit: £227,500
Manchester Super Giants: £172,500
MI London: £275,000
Southern Brave: £135,000
Sunrisers Leeds: £197,500
Trent Rockets: £310,000
Welsh Fire: £230,000
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Amanda-Jade Wellington (base price £15k) UNSOLD
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Rebecca Tyson (base price £15k) UNSOLD
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Lucy Higham SOLD for £15k to London Spirit
London Spirit signed the spinner for her base price.
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Samantha Bates (base price £15k) UNSOLD
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Hannah Baker SOLD for £18k to Sunrisers Leeds
Trent Rockets and Sunrisers started bidding for the spinner, and the latter soon won the race.
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Spinners next on the list.
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Alice Davidson-Richards SOLD for £30k to MI London
Trent Rockets started the bidding, and MI London soon joined in to sign the bowling all-rounder.
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