England star Jason Roy has gone unsold at The Hundred Draft ahead of the latest season held on Wednesday. Roy had a reserve price of £100,000 but found no takers despite being one of England’s leading white-ball cricketers.
Roy was set to appear in the IPL 2024 where he was to represent Kolkata Knight Riders but pulled out days before the start of the season citing personal reasons. KKR replaced him with Phil Salt.
Roy played for the Oval Invincibles and was released following a couple of underwhelming seasons. Last year, he managed just one half-century and registered as many as three ducks while appearing in all matches for the Invincibles.
What may have prevented potential bidders from making a move is the fact that Roy also has signed a contract with Major League Cricket (MLC) this year which clashes with The Hundred.
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Australian David Warner also failed to find a bidder as did New Zealand’s Kane Williamson and Babar Azam of Pakistan.
England pacer Mark Wood was also ignored. England’s red-ball cricketers will miss the start of the season that gets underway from July 13 since it clashes with the third Test against West Indies.
The top-bracket picks were dominated by West Indies stars with Northern Superchargers coach Andrew Flintoff selecting Nicholas Pooran as the first signing of the draft.
Andre Russell and Shimron Hetmyer will represent London Spirit, Kieron Pollard will turn out for Southern Brave while Rovman Powell has joined Trent Rockets.
Here’s how The Hundred Squads Stack up
Birmingham Phoenix: Chris Woakes, Naseem Shah, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Ben Duckett, Benny Howell, Adam Milne, Jamie Smith, Will Smeed, Sean Abbott, Tom Helm, James Fuller, Dan Mousley, Jacob Bethell
London Spirit: Zak Crawley, Andre Russell, Shimron Hetmyer, Nathan Ellis, Dan Lawrence, Liam Dawson, Dan Worrall, Olly Stone, Adam Rossington, Richard Gleeson, Ollie Pope, Daniel Bell-Drummond, Matthew Critchley, Michael Pepper
Manchester Originals: Jos Buttler, Jamie Overton, Phil Salt, Sikandar Raza, Paul Walter, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Tom Hartley, Usama Mir, Wayne Madsen, Josh Tongue, Max Holden, Josh Hull, Fred Klaassen, Mitchell Stanley
Northern Superchargers: Ben Stokes, Nicholas Pooran, Adil Rashid, Harry Brook, Reece Topley, Daniel Sams, Matthew Short, Brydon Carse, Adam Hose, Tom Lawes, Matthew Potts, Graham Clark, Callum Parkinson, Ollie Robinson
Oval Invincibles: Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Will Jacks, Adam Zampa, Jordan Cox, Gus Atkinson, Sam Billings, Saqib Mahmood, Spencer Johnson, Dawid Malan, Nathan Sowter, Donovan Ferreira, Tom Lammonby, Tawanda Muyeye
Southern Brave: Jofra Archer, Kieron Pollard, James Vince, Chris Jordan, Tymal Mills, Laurie Evans, Leus du Plooy, Akeal Hosein, Rehan Ahmed, Craig Overton, Finn Allen, Danny Briggs, George Garton, Alex Davies
Trent Rockets: Joe Root, Rovman Powell, Rashid Khan, Imad Wasim, Alex Hales, Lewis Gregory, Luke Wood, Tom Banton, John Turner, Sam Hain, Sam Cook, Calvin Harrison, Jordan Thompson, Adam Lyth
Welsh Fire: Jonny Bairstow, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, David Willey, Shaheen Afridi, Joe Clarke, Haris Rauf, Tom Abell, Glenn Phillips, David Payne, Luke Wells, Roelof van der Merwe, Jake Ball, Stevie Eskinazi, Chris Cooke
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