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<\/p>\n 12m ago<\/p>\n Dan Lawrence joins SunRisers Leeds for \u00a3210,000<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 23m ago<\/p>\n James Coles joins London Spirit for \u00a3390,000<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 1h ago<\/p>\n Usman Tariq joins Birmingham Phoenix for \u00a3140,000<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 1h ago<\/p>\n Gus Atkinson joins Manchester Super Giants for \u00a370,000<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 1h ago<\/p>\n Tom Curran joins MI London for \u00a3260,000<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 2h ago<\/p>\n Saqib Mahmood joins Birmingham Phoenix for \u00a3150,000<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 2h ago<\/p>\n Sonny Baker joins Manchester Super Giants for \u00a395,000<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 2h ago<\/p>\n Luke Wood joins Southern Brave for \u00a3130,000<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 2h ago<\/p>\n Josh Tongue joins Manchester Super Giants for \u00a3200,000<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 2h ago<\/p>\n Zak Crawley joins SunRisers Leeds for \u00a3180,000<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 2h ago<\/p>\n Ryan Rickelton joins SunRisers Leeds for \u00a3150,000<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 2h ago<\/p>\n Finn Allen joins Trent Rockets for \u00a3160,000<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 2h ago<\/p>\n Aiden Markram joins Manchester Super Giants for \u00a3200,000<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 2h ago<\/p>\n David Miller joins Southern Brave for \u00a3110,000<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 2h ago<\/p>\n Jonny Bairstow joins London Spirit for \u00a3160,000<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 2h ago<\/p>\n James Vince joins MI London for \u00a3190,000<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 2h ago<\/p>\n Jordan Cox joins Welsh Fire for \u00a3300,000<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 3h ago<\/p>\n Adil Rashid joins Southern Brave for \u00a3250,000<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 3h ago<\/p>\n Joe Root joins Welsh Fire for \u00a3240,000<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 3h ago<\/p>\n Preamble<\/p>\n <\/a>Show key events only<\/p>\n Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature<\/p>\n Nathan Sowter\u2019s leggies helped Oval Invincibles to three titles in a row so it\u2019s no surprise that MI London want him back. Trent Rockets want in on the action but Sowter can keep his spot in the Oval dressing room. MI London buy him for \u00a3130k.<\/p>\n Tom Hartley joins Manchester Super Giants for \u00a335k. Keshav Maharaj is spelt as Kehav Maharaj on the big screen and the Hundred website. Anyway, he\u2019s unsold.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Dan Lawrence joins SunRisers Leeds for \u00a3210,000<\/p>\n Lewis Gregory rejoins Trent Rockets \u2013 he captained them to the title in 2022 \u2013 for \u00a355k. Dan Lawrence, classed as an all-rounder in this auction because of those funky off-breaks, is in demand as his price rockets past \u00a3100k. He\u2019s never starred in the Hundred, averaging 18 with the bat after five seasons, but his price moves past \u00a3200k. He\u2019s going to Leeds for \u00a3210k.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Australia\u2019s Ben Dwarshuis goes unsold, as does Pakistan Saim Ayub.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>James Coles joins London Spirit for \u00a3390,000<\/p>\n James Coles, the England Lions all-rounder, is bound to get plenty of attention. His price flies quickly past \u00a3100k, with Phoenix and the Super Giants bidding against one another. Phoenix take the price to \u00a3170k, the Super Giants outbid them \u2026 before Trent Rockets rock up at \u00a3190k. Phoenix re-emerge at \u00a3200k \u2026 but SunRisers are up at \u00a3220k. The price goes beyond \u00a3250k \u2026 and London Spirit put their paddle up \u2026 we\u2019re past \u00a3300k. Coles, 21 and uncapped, is the most expensive buy of the day.<\/p>\n SunRisers eventually say no to the man who won the SA20 with their affiliate team in that comp \u2013 he goes to London Spirit for \u00a3390k.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a008.38 EDT<\/p>\n Olly Stone has a base price of \u00a350k \u2013 no team makes a bid.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n David Payne, player of the match in the Big Bash League final in January, is off to Trent Rockets for \u00a3130,000. He\u2019s the first fast bowler to join them. The Rockets bid for Matt Potts, too, but the England quick joins SunRisers Leeds for \u00a375k.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Chris Jordan, who has played a whopping 431 T20s, goes for \u00a3160,000 \u2013 Southern Brave are the victors.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Time for some quicks, with a New Zealand great on show. MI London bid for Trent Boult at \u00a3100k. They\u2019re unchallenged and the left-armer is off to the Oval.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Will Smeed, top-order blaster at Somerset, hit the first hundred in the Hundred back in 2022. He\u2019s back at Birmingham Phoenix for \u00a355k.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Tom Kohler-Cadmore gets a bid from Manchester Super Giants but is off to Welsh Fire for \u00a380k. That\u2019s their first buy since spending big on Jordan Cox.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Somerset veteran Tom Abell is up \u2013 he goes unsold at \u00a331k. <\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Leus Du Plooy is in the middle of a bidding war between Welsh Fire and Manchester Super Giants. The latter take him for \u00a3120k.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Time for the \u2018Tier 2\u2019 section of players in the auction. Nottinghamshire\u2019s Joe Clarke, who has already played for three Hundred teams, is going back to Birmingham Phoenix \u2013 where he played last year \u2013 for \u00a385k.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n It\u2019s Tom Curran\u2019s birthday. Tidy time to get a \u00a3260,000 contract.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Sean Clayton writes in:<\/p>\n double quotation markAdmittedly, I\u2019m not a Hundred fan at the best of times but why have the new owners rebadged the franchise as SunRisers Leeds, rather than, say, Northern SunRisers? That rebranding is not going to attract many new fans within the supposed franchise catchment area from Sheffield, Newcastle, Hull, etc…<\/p>\n They\u2019re all quite silly, aren\u2019t they? Also don\u2019t get the rogue capital letter. That being said, it could be worse \u2013 at least they\u2019ve not gone for \u2018SunRiserz\u2019 to get down with the kidz.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n West Indies left-arm tweaker Akeal Hosein is unsold at \u00a3100,000.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Bangladesh\u2019s Rishad Hossain is unsold, his base price at \u00a375k.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Usman Tariq joins Birmingham Phoenix for \u00a3140,000<\/p>\n Here\u2019s Pakistan\u2019s Usman Tariq \u2026 and he\u2019s got a bid from Birmingham Phoenix at his base price of \u00a3100k. Trent Rockets are in competition with him. A reminder: both teams are not IPL-affiliated. His price flies to \u00a3140k \u2026 and he\u2019s off to Edgbaston.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Yorkshire\u2019s Jafer Chohan, a product of the South Asian Cricket<\/a> Academy, is unsold at \u00a331k.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n David Willey is on the move to London Spirit for \u00a3120k. Next up, some spinners.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Afghanistan\u2019s Azmatullah Omarzai is ignored as well.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Pakistan\u2019s Shadab Khan goes unsold.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Gus Atkinson joins Manchester Super Giants for \u00a370,000<\/p>\n The England quick joins an attack featuring Josh Tongue, Sonny Baker and Liam Dawson.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Tom Curran joins MI London for \u00a3260,000<\/p>\n We\u2019re looking at the top all-rounders now. Tom Curran is in demand; he was a key part of the Oval Invincibles team that won three titles in a row. MI London (the new Invincibles) want him back, taking the bidding to \u00a3200,000. Curran\u2019s price continues to climb \u2013 he\u2019s going to end up as one of the day\u2019s biggest earners \u2026 MI London take him for \u00a3260,000.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Saqib Mahmood joins Birmingham Phoenix for \u00a3150,000<\/p>\n Saqib Mahmood, previously part of Oval Invincibles, is off to Edgbaston. Birmingham Phoenix have their first signing of the day.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Sonny Baker joins Manchester Super Giants for \u00a395,000<\/p>\n Sonny Baker played for Manchester Originals last year. And he\u2019s playing for Manchester Super Giants this year. Again, all this faff to end up in the same place.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Luke Wood joins Southern Brave for \u00a3130,000<\/p>\n Luke Wood, that nippy left-armer, will share the new ball with Jofra Archer.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Josh Tongue joins Manchester Super Giants for \u00a3200,000<\/p>\n Josh Tongue, a standout for England during the Ashes, hasn\u2019t played much short-form cricket. But he\u2019s got wheels and impressed last year for Manchester Originals. Birmingham Phoenix really need to start buying some players and they\u2019re in a bidding war with Manchester Super Giants. Phoenix pull out at \u00a3200k though and Tongue is staying at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.20 EDT<\/p>\n Tim Seifert, despite his pyrotechnics at the T20 World Cup, goes unsold.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Zak Crawley joins SunRisers Leeds for \u00a3180,000<\/p>\n Zak Crawley had a very decent time of it at Northern Superchargers last year. And he\u2019s getting plenty of love around the tables, several teams enchanted by those straight drives. He climbs from a base price of \u00a331k to \u00a3180km, joining SunRisers. After all that faff, he\u2019s staying at Headingley.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.20 EDT<\/p>\n Ryan Rickelton joins SunRisers Leeds for \u00a3150,000<\/p>\n South Africa\u2019s batters are very much in demand. Ryan Rickelton is off to Headingley.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Finn Allen joins Trent Rockets for \u00a3160,000<\/p>\n Right then, here\u2019s Finn Allen, who slapped that 33-ball ton against South Africa at the World Cup. He has the Rockets, Super Giants and Spirit all going for him \u2026 and he\u2019s heading to Trent Bridge.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Something I failed to clock: Aiden Makram is part of the Super Giants teams in the IPL and SA20, too.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Phil Salt, Welsh Fire\u2019s captain, is looking fairly dapper at the auction. He\u2019s got quite a decent crew of teammates: Marco Jansen, Rachin Ravindra, Chris Woakes, Joe Root and Jordan Cox.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Welsh Fire, having spent big on Joe Root and Jordan Cox, have \u00a3487,000 left in their purse. Trent Rockets, SunRisers Leeds and Birmingham Phoenix are yet to sign a player today.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Aiden Markram joins Manchester Super Giants for \u00a3200,000<\/p>\n Aiden Markram, South Africa\u2019s T20 captain, is quickly in the middle of a bidding war between Trent Rockets and Manchester Super Giants. He\u2019ll join his compatriot Heinrich Klaasen at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>David Miller joins Southern Brave for \u00a3110,000<\/p>\n Now South Africa\u2019s David Miller, who does get a bid for \u00a3100,000 from Trent Rockets. Southern Brave want him, too, and they get him for \u00a3110,000.<\/p>\n The Southern Brave table discuss tactics. Photograph: John Phillips\/ECB\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.03 EDT<\/p>\n Here\u2019s Pakistan\u2019s Haris Rauf \u2026 his base price at \u00a3100,000. He, too, goes unsold.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Daryl Mitchell, a solid all-format operator for New Zealand, does not attract any bids. His base price was \u00a375,000.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The domestic marquee names are done. Time for the big overseas stars.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Jonny Bairstow joins London Spirit for \u00a3160,000<\/p>\n The Yorkshireman could be coming home \u2026 SunRisers Leeds have the paddle up. But London Spirit, quiet so far today, put their name in the ring. And he\u2019s off to Lord\u2019s for \u00a3160,000.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>James Vince joins MI London for \u00a3190,000<\/p>\n James Vince, very much on the T20 treadmill nowadays, finds love from MI London and Manchester Super Giants. Alec Stewart and Kieron Pollard, on the MI table, get their man for \u00a3190k.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Jordan Cox joins Welsh Fire for \u00a3300,000<\/p>\n Here\u2019s Cox, once of the Oval Invincibles. Trent Rockets and Birmingham Phoenix go at one another, before MI (Mumbai Indians) London and the Rockets start their battle.<\/p>\n SunRisers are late entrants \u2026 as are Southern Brave. The price goes to \u00a3270k and the Brave aren\u2019t that brave, pulling out. But now come Welsh Fire. The price goes to \u00a3300k and SunRisers pull out. Cox is off to Wales with Joe Root. They\u2019re spending big early.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Adil Rashid joins Southern Brave for \u00a3250,000<\/p>\n England\u2019s masterful leggie is up next. Southern Brave and Trent Rockets are raising their paddles, and SunRisers enter the mix, too. Southern Brave take it to \u00a3250k \u2013 Rashid is off to Southampton, joining forces with Jofra Archer.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Joe Root joins Welsh Fire for \u00a3240,000<\/p>\n Richard Madley welcomes us to this \u201chistoric\u201d auction. Joe Root is the first name up, his base price at \u00a375k. Manchester Super Giants open things up and are in competition with Southern Brave. The price balloons past \u00a3100k \u2026 the two teams tap out as Welsh Fire and SunRisers Leeds start going at each other. We\u2019re past \u00a3200k \u2026 and it\u2019s the Fire who get him for \u00a3240k. He\u2019s off to Cardiff, not Headingley.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Here are the \u201cmarquee\u201d names on the Hundred auction longlist: Jonny Bairstow, Adil Rashid, James Vince, Jordan Cox, Joe Root, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Haris Rauf and Daryl Mitchell.<\/p>\n I reckon Cox could be the most expensive: top run-scorer in last year\u2019s tournament, 25 years young and one to build your team around for the next few years.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Here\u2019s your guide for today. The key thing to note: each team has a salary cap of \u00a32.05m. There are only 16 overseas spots still available.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Here\u2019s Andy Bull\u2019s great piece on the women\u2019s auction yesterday.<\/p>\n