Notts players are snapped up in The Hundred auction
Josh Tongue was sold to Manchester Super Giants for £200,000 as six Nottinghamshire players earned contracts at The Hundred Auction this week.
After 12 players from The Blaze were signed up in the women’s Auction on Wednesday, a further half-dozen Outlaws followed them at the men’s Auction a day later.
Tongue was the leading wicket-taker in the men’s Hundred last summer for the then-named Manchester Originals, claiming 14 scalps in only six games at an average of just 11.07.
The 28-year-old will be joined on his return to Emirates Old Trafford by Tom Moores, who was snapped up by the Super Giants for £50,000.
Meanwhile, Joe Clarke will also return to his 2025 team after Birmingham Phoenix delivered the winning bid of £85,000 for his services.
SunRisers Leeds, the new guise of the former Northern Superchargers, were most active in acquiring Outlaws, signing Benny Howell for £50,000 and Liam Patterson-White for £31,000.
Finally, Olly Stone will be on the move from London Spirit, where he has spent the last two years, but his journey will be short after it was MI London who swooped on him for £50,000.
The six join Ben Duckett, who had already agreed to spend a summer at his home ground with Trent Rockets as a direct signing in January.
Elsewhere, Tammy Beaumont and Amy Jones led the way with contracts worth £70,000 apiece as The Blaze saw 13 players signed in The Hundred’s inaugural Auction.
Beaumont, who has represented Welsh Fire for the past four years, moved to Birmingham Phoenix, while Jones, herself a former Phoenix player, will play for London Spirit in 2026.
Spirit and Trent Rockets were the most active when it came to acquiring players from The Blaze, with both signing three apiece.
The Rockets kept a trio of players from The Blaze at their home ground, signing Emma Jones for £35,000, Georgia Elwiss for £27,500, and Charley Phillips for £15,000.
Jones will be joined at Lord’s by fellow Phoenix alumnus Marie Kelly, on £20,000, Lucy Higham, who won the trophy with Northern Superchargers in 2025 and was sold for £15,000, and Josie Groves, who was also secured for £15,000.
Elsewhere, Manchester Super Giants won the bidding for Grace Ballinger, also a 2025 winner, for £42,500, and secured the return of Kathryn Bryce to Emirates Old Trafford for £65,000.
The Superchargers - now operating as SunRisers Leeds - picked up Cassidy McCarthy for £65,000, while MI London - formerly Oval Invincibles - signed Kirstie Gordon for £55,000.
Sarah Bryce rounded out The Blaze’s involvement by returning to Welsh Fire, whom she has represented since 2022, for £25,000.