The Men's Hundred 2026 auction, live updates: Players sold, unsold, latest purse and complete squads

Mar 12, 2026 2 minute read News

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The player auction for The Men's Hundred will be held on March 12 - here’s all the live updates, latest news and full squads for each team.

The first-ever Women's Hundred auction was held on March 11, which saw players getting massive paydays. Dani Gibson became the most expensive England player ever in the Women's Hundred, while Beth Mooney and Sophie Devine secured the joint-highest bids of £210,000 each.

You can find the list of the ten most expensive players from the Women's Hundred 2026 auction here.

Also read: The Hundred Women’s 2026 squads: Complete team lists after first-ever auction

The Men's Hundred 2026 auction: When and where will it be held?

Following on from the women's event, the first-ever Men's Hundred auction will be held on Thursday (March 12). It will take place at the same venue as the women's auction, the Piccadilly Lights in central London.

The Men's Hundred auction will start at 10 am local time (3:30 pm India time, 3 pm Pakistan time).

Also Read: The Hundred 2026 auction rules explained

How do the teams stack up ahead of The Men's Hundred auction?

Birmingham Phoenix: Jacob Bethell (retained), Rehan Ahmed (direct signing), Mitch Owen (direct signing), Donovan Ferreira (direct signing).

London Spirit: Jamie Overton (retained), Liam Livingstone (direct signing), Adam Zampa (direct signing), Dewald Brevis (direct signing).

MI London: Sam Curran (retained), Will Jacks (retained), Rashid Khan (retained), Nicholas Pooran (direct signing).

Manchester Super Giants: Jos Buttler (retained), Noor Ahmad (retained), Heinrich Klaasen (retained), Liam Dawson (direct signing).

Southern Brave: Jofra Archer (retained), Jamie Smith (direct signing), Marcus Stoinis (direct signing), Tristan Stubbs (direct signing).

Sunrisers Leeds: Harry Brook (retained), Brydon Carse (retained), Mitchell Marsh (direct signing), Nathan Ellis (direct signing).

Trent Rockets: Tom Banton (retained), Ben Duckett (direct signing), Tim David (direct signing), Mitchell Santner (direct signing).

Welsh Fire: Chris Woakes (retained), Phil Salt (direct signing), Rachin Ravindra (direct signing), Marco Jansen (direct signing).

Also read: The Hundred 2026 auction: Full list of players with base price for men's and women's auctions

Where to watch The Men's Hundred 2026 auction?

Fans around the world can watch the auction live and for free on The Hundred YouTube channel. In the UK, the event will be telecast live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket.

Also read: The Hundred 2026 auction, where to watch live: TV channels, live streaming and start time

The Men's Hundred 2026 auction, live updates

26 seconds ago

Wanindu Hasaranga UNSOLD

1 minute ago

Thomas Rew SOLD for £80k to Southern Brave

4 minutes ago

Ben Kellaway SOLD for £37.5k to Welsh Fire

6 minutes ago

Tom Alsop SOLD for £31k to Sunrisers Leeds

7 minutes ago

Tom Lawes SOLD for £40k to Sunrisers Leeds

9 minutes ago

Tom Moores SOLD for £50k to Manchester Super Giants

9 minutes ago

Dan Worrall UNSOLD

10 minutes ago

Jordan Thompson SOLD for £60k to Birmingham Phoenix

16 minutes ago

Craig Overton SOLD for £120k to Trent Rockets

19 minutes ago

Benjamin Howell SOLD for £50k to Sunrisers Leeds

20 minutes ago

Tim Seifert SOLD for £100k to Manchester Super Giants

21 minutes ago

Ben McKinney SOLD for £45k to Southern Brave

22 minutes ago

Jordan Clark UNSOLD

23 minutes ago

Hope we're good to go now, and no more strategic timeouts - let's keep that for the actual on-field action.

26 minutes ago

Ranked players will be coming up next.

...but they have now decided to take a strategic time out!

29 minutes ago

All eight teams have taken their seats, and we're good to go now.

32 minutes ago

Here's how the teams look so far

Birmingham Phoenix: Jacob Bethell (retained), Rehan Ahmed (direct signing), Mitch Owen (direct signing), Donovan Ferreira (direct signing), Saqib Mahmood, Usman Tariq, Joe Clarke, Will Smeed.

London Spirit: Jamie Overton (retained), Liam Livingstone (direct signing), Adam Zampa (direct signing), Dewald Brevis (direct signing), Jonny Bairstow, David Willey, James Coles, Mason Crane.

Manchester Super Giants: Jos Buttler (retained), Noor Ahmad (retained), Heinrich Klaasen (retained), Liam Dawson (direct signing), Aiden Markram, Josh Tongue, Sonny Baker, Gus Atkinson, Leus Du Plooy, Tom Hartley.

MI London: Sam Curran (retained), Will Jacks (retained), Rashid Khan (retained), Nicholas Pooran (direct signing), James Vince, Tom Curran, Trent Boult, Nathan Sowter.

Southern Brave: Jofra Archer (retained), Jamie Smith (direct signing), Marcus Stoinis (direct signing), Tristan Stubbs (direct signing), Adil Rashid, David Miller, Luke Wood, Chris Jordan.

Sunrisers Leeds: Harry Brook (retained), Brydon Carse (retained), Mitchell Marsh (direct signing), Nathan Ellis (direct signing), Ryan Rickelton, Zak Crawley, Matthew Potts, Dan Lawrence, Abrar Ahmed.

Trent Rockets: Tom Banton (retained), Ben Duckett (direct signing), Tim David (direct signing), Mitchell Santner (direct signing), Finn Allen, David Payne, Lewis Gregory.

Welsh Fire: Chris Woakes (retained), Phil Salt (direct signing), Rachin Ravindra (direct signing), Marco Jansen (direct signing), Joe Root, Jordan Cox, Tom Kohler-Cadmore.

42 minutes ago

Before the auction resumes, here's each team's remaining purse

Birmingham Phoenix: £597,000

London Spirit: £326,000

Manchester Super Giants: £307,000

MI London: £347,000

Southern Brave: £377,000

Sunrisers Leeds: £222,000

Trent Rockets: £682,000

Welsh Fire: £407,000

44 minutes ago

The resumptions shouldn't take too long, I hope!

58 minutes ago

The biggest story from today's auction so far

58 minutes ago

1 hour ago

We'll be back after a short break.

1 hour ago

Overseas player signed

Every team can have a maximum of 4 overseas players in their squad.

Birmingham Phoenix: 3/4

London Spirit: 2/4

Manchester Super Giants: 3/4

MI London: 3/4

Southern Brave: 3/4

Sunrisers Leeds: 4/4

Trent Rockets: 3/4

Welsh Fire: 2/4

1 hour ago

Number of players signed so far

Every team needs to have at least 14, and a maximum of 16, players by the end of today's auction.

Birmingham Phoenix: 8/16

London Spirit: 8/16

Manchester Super Giants: 10/16

MI London: 8/16

Southern Brave: 8/16

Sunrisers Leeds: 9/16

Trent Rockets: 7/16

Welsh Fire: 7/16

1 hour ago

Remaining purse for each team

Birmingham Phoenix: £597,000

London Spirit: £326,000

Manchester Super Giants: £307,000

MI London: £347,000

Southern Brave: £377,000

Sunrisers Leeds: £222,000

Trent Rockets: £682,000

Welsh Fire: £407,000

1 hour ago

How the teams look after the marquee round