The Hundred Draft: Babar Azam, Rizwan go unsold – Know Players List, Player Selections, Big Omissions
The squads for the eight teams were all but finalized at a draft on Thursday, with The Hundred set to begin on August 1, shortly after England’s home Ashes series against Australia. Moreover, the Trent Rockets and Oval Invincibles set to defend their respective titles.
Teams had already chosen which players will be retained and released, and on Thursday the teams had a chance to fill out their squads.
The Hundred Draft: Babar Azam’s Omission
Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan may be the prime batters for Pakistan in T20Is, but the duo failed to find any takers at the Hundred Draft. Shaheen Afridi was in huge demand as Welsh Fire brought the left-arm pacer for £100,000. Not only Shaheen but even Haris Rauf will also play for Fire in The Hundred.
Former West Indies captain Kieron Pollard and New Zealand left-arm pacer Trent Boult also were unsold.
Harmanpreet Kaur sets a deal with Trent Rockets
Before the men’s squads were finalised, the first women’s player draft in UK professional sport took place.
India superstar Kaur was picked up by Trent Rockets while her deputy Smriti Mandhana will turn out for Southern Brave in this year’s The Hundred cricket tournament. Moreover, Manchester Originals signed South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt.
Welsh Fire picked up Sophia Dunkley while her England team-mate Kate Cross secured a deal with Northern Superchargers.
The Hundred Draft 2023: Full list of players selected by each team
Welsh Fire: Jonny Bairstow, Tom Abell, David Willey, Shaheen Afridi, Joe Clarke, Glenn Phillips, Ollie Pope, Haris Rauf, David Payne, Roelof van der Merwe, Jake Ball, Stephen Eskinazi, Dan Douthwaite, George Scrimshaw.
Women: Sophia Dunkley, Shabnim Ismail, Tammy Beaumont, Hayley Matthews, Georgia Elwiss, Freya Davies, Laura Harris, Alex Hartley.
London Spirit: Mark Wood, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Olly Stone, Nathan Ellis, Liam Dawson, Dan Lawrence, Zak Crawley, Jordan Thompson, Mason Crane, Adam Rossington, Chris Wood, Ravi Bopara, Michael Pepper.
Women: Grace Harris, Heather Knight, Sarah Glenn, Amelia Kerr, Sophie Munro, Charlie Dean, Sophie Luff, Danielle Gibson.
Manchester Originals: Jos Buttler, Wanindu Hasaranga, Phil Salt, Laurie Evans, Ashton Turner, Jamie Overton, Tom Hartley, Richard Gleeson, Paul Walter, Josh Tongue, Josh Little, Wayne Madsen, Tom Lammonby, Mitchell Stanley.
Women: Laura Wolvaardt, Sophie Ecclestone, Amanda Jane-Wellington, Deandra Dottin, Kathryn Bryce, Emma Lamb, Katie George and Ellie Threlkeld.
Northern Superchargers: Ben Stokes, Adil Rashid, Harry Brook, Reece Topley, Tom Banton, Michael Bracewell, Adam Lyth, Adam Hose, Brydon Carse, Matthew Potts, David Wiese, Bas de Leede, Wayne Parnell, Callum Parkinson.
Women: Kate Cross, Alyssa Healy, Georgia Wareham, Heather Graham, Alice Davidson-Richards, Linsey Smith, Hollie Armitage, Bess Heath.
Birmingham Phoenix: Chris Woakes, Ben Duckett, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Shadab Khan, Adam Milne, Benny Howell, Will Smeed, Kane Richardson, Jamie Smith, Tom Helm, Miles Hammond, Chris Benjamin, Dan Mousley.
Women: Sophie Devine, Amy Jones, Ellyse Perry, Issy Wong, Hannah Baker, Eve Jones, Katie Levick, Emily Arlott.
Trent Rockets: Joe Root, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Rashid Khan, Dawid Malan, Alex Hales, Lewis Gregory, Luke Wood, Colin Munro, Sam Cook, Daniel Sams, Samit Patel, Sam Hain, Brad Wheal, Matt Carter.
Women: Harmanpreet Kaur, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Katherine Sciver-Brunt, Alana King, Lizelle Lee, Bryony Smith, Kirstie Gordon, Grace Potts.
Southern Brave: Jofra Archer, Tim David, Leus du Plooy, James Vince, Chris Jordan, Devon Conway, Tymal Mills, Rehan Ahmed, Craig Overton, Finn Allen, George Garton, James Fuller, Alex Davies, Joe Weatherley.
Women: Danni Wyatt, Smriti Mandhana, Anya Shrubsole, Chloe Tryon, Maitlan Brown, Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier, Freya Kemp.
Oval Invincibles: Sam Curran, Sunil Narine, Will Jacks, Jason Roy, Tom Curran, Sam Billings, Saqib Mahmood, Heinrich Klaasen, Ross Whiteley, Jordan Cox, Gus Atkinson, Ihsanullah Khan, Danny Briggs, Nathan Sowter.
Women: Suzie Bates, Marizanne Kapp, Alice Capsey, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Dane van Niekerk, Tash Farrant, Mady Villiers, Paige Scholfield.
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