English legend James Anderson has gone unselected for the men's Hundred 2025.

James Anderson James Anderson put his name for the draft of the Hundred. Also he signed up a one-year contract with Lancashire for the upcoming season. James Anderson retired from international cricket back in 2024 at the Lord's against the West Indies and since then he joined the England's coaching staff as a pace bowling mentor. Anderson also put his name in the IPL 2025 mega auction last year and went onto being unselected as his failure continues in the franchise Cricket.

On the contrary Afghanistan new left-arm wrist spinning sensation Noor Ahmad and New Zealand allrounder Michael Bracewell were the big winners, each securing £200,000 deals. Noor Ahmed will join Manchester Originals. While Michael Bracewell will join the last edition's runners-up Southern Brave.

Veteran Aussie opener David Warner also earned his first deal in the Hundred. He was selected by London Spirit at £120,000. Warner is one of five Australians - along with Ashton Turner (Spirit), Riley Meredith, Chris Green (both Welsh Fire) and Jason Behrendorf (Oval Invincibles) - to take up the 10 remaining overseas player slots.

While 45 Pakistani players registered their names for the draft but they all omitted from the draft. Naseem Shah and Shaheen Shah Afridi was sure to play this edition. but neither ended up participating. Shaheen chose to play in the Global T20 Canada, while Naseem wasn't granted an NOC by the PCB.