James Anderson registers for The Hundred draft on March 12 | Cricket News

England’s all-time leading Test wicket-taker James Anderson has registered for The Hundred draft later this month.

Anderson has never featured in the competition but is continuing his playing career after his international retirement last July.

The seamer, who will turn 43 shortly before the 2025 edition of The Hundred starts on August 5, has already signed a new one-year deal with Lancashire to play in County Championship and T20 cricket.

Anderson will now hope to land a Hundred contract on March 12 after going unsold in the Indian Premier League auction in late 2024.

The fast bowler has not played competitively since his final Test against West Indies at Lord’s last year, a game in which he took three wickets to increase his career haul in the format to 704 wickets in 188 matches.

Anderson – who has not figured in a white-ball game since 2019 and last played T20 cricket over a decade ago – has been working with England as a bowling mentor including at the Champions Trophy.

Speaking last year, Anderson said about The Hundred: “Seeing the ball swing around, it makes me feel like I could do a job there.”

A host of capped England players are up for grabs, including Jason Roy, Dawid Malan, Rehan Ahmed, Zak Crawley and Dan Lawrence, while there could be interest in rising stars like Rocky Flintoff, Archie Vaughan and Ben McKinney.

For those registered in the draft but unsuccessful this time, there is another chance to be picked up as a wildcard signing later in the season.

Hundred squads for 2025 so far

Overseas players in bold

Birmingham Phoenix Women

Ellyse Perry (Australia), Amy Jones, Emily Arlott, Megan Schutt (Australia), Hannah Baker, Charis Pavely, Sterre Kalis, Ailsa Lister

Birmingham Phoenix Men

Liam Livingstone, Ben Duckett, Trent Boult (New Zealand), Jacob Bethell, Benny Howell, Adam Milne (New Zealand), Dan Mousley, Tim Southee (New Zealand), Will Smeed, Chris Wood, Aneurin Donald

London Spirit Women

Grace Harris (Australia), Danielle Gibson, Sarah Glenn, Charlie Dean, Deepti Sharma (India), Georgia Redmayne (Australia), Eva Gray, Cordelia Griffith, Tara Norris, Sophie Munro

London Spirit Men

Jamie Smith, Liam Dawson, Daniel Worrall, Kane Williamson (New Zealand), Richard Gleeson, Olly Stone, Ollie Pope, Keaton Jennings

Manchester Originals Women

Amelia Kerr (New Zealand), Sophie Ecclestone, Beth Mooney (Australia), Lauren Filer, Mahika Gaur, Evelyn Jones, Kathryn Bryce, Fi Morris, Danielle Gregory

Manchester Originals Men

Jos Buttler, Phil Salt, Heinrich Klaasen (South Africa), Matthew Hurst, Scott Currie, Josh Tongue, Tom Hartley, Sonny Baker, Tom Aspinwall

Northern Superchargers Women

Phoebe Litchfield (Australia), Annabel Sutherland (Australia), Georgia Wareham (Australia), Kate Cross, Bess Heath, Linsey Smith, Hollie Armitage, Alice Davidson-Richards, Grace Ballinger, Davina Perrin

Northern Superchargers Men

Harry Brook, Adil Rashid, David Miller (South Africa), Mitchell Santner (New Zealand), Brydon Carse, Matthew Potts, Ben Dwarshuis (Australia), Graham Clark, Pat Brown, Tom Lawes

Oval Invincibles Women

Marizanne Kapp (South Africa), Alice Capsey, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Amanda-Jade Wellington (Australia), Meg Lanning (Australia), Tash Farrant, Ryana MacDonald-Gay, Sophia Smale, Jo Gardner, Rachel Slater

Oval Invincibles Men

Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Tom Curran, Jordan Cox, Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), Saqib Mahmood, Sam Billings, Gus Atkinson, Nathan Sowter, Donovan Ferreira (South Africa), Tawanda Muyeye

Southern Brave Women

Laura Wolvaardt (South Africa), Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Maia Bouchier, Lauren Bell, Freya Kemp, Georgia Adams, Tilly Corteen-Coleman, Rhianna Southby

Southern Brave Men

James Vince, Jofra Archer, Tymal Mills, Chris Jordan, Faf du Plessis (South Africa), Leus Du Plooy, Craig Overton, Laurie Evans, Finn Allen (New Zealand), Danny Briggs, James Coles

Trent Rockets Women

Ash Gardner (Australia), Nat Sciver-Brunt, Alana King (Australia), Heather Graham (Australia), Bryony Smith, Grace Scrivens, Kirstie Gordon, Alexa Stonehouse, Natasha Wraith, Cassidy McCarthy

Trent Rockets Men

Joe Root, Marcus Stoinis (Australia), Tom Banton, John Turner, Sam Cook, Sam Hain, Tom Alsop, Calvin Harrison

Welsh Fire Women

Hayley Matthews (West Indies), Tammy Beaumont, Jess Jonassen (Australia), Shabnim Ismail (South Africa), Sarah Bryce, Georgia Elwiss, Freya Davies, Georgia Davis, Emily Windsor, Beth Langston

Welsh Fire Men

Steve Smith (Australia), Jonny Bairstow, Chris Woakes, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Tom Abell, Luke Wells, Stephen Eskinazi

Watch the 2025 edition of The Hundred live in full on Sky Sports from August 5-31, or stream no contract with NOW.