All Pakan players snubbed in The Hundred draft; James Anderson, Andrew Flintoff’s son too find no takers

Imad Wasim, Hassan Ali, Saud Shakeel, Salman Ali Agha, Naseem Shah and Mohammad Amir were among the 45 Pakan cricketers who enled their names for the draft of The Hundred and were snubbed all the eight franchises on Wednesday. Five female Pakan cricketers also found no takers in the women’s draft on Wednesday.
The Hundred’s draft saw 270 domestic and 350 overseas cricketers throw their hats in the ring to be picked for the upcoming season, which starts on August 5. It must be noted that the eight teams are still able to add two more players to their squads in May’s wildcard draft.
One of the reasons for this snub was that each of the franchise was able to add only limited overseas players in the draft in their ranks.
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The snub comes after Indian owners bought stakes in four of the eight teams. Mumbai Indians have a stake worth Rs 650 crore in Oval Invincibles, Sanjeev Goenka of Lucknow SuperGiants is a majority owner of Manchester Originals (with a stake of Rs 885 crore), IT magnet Sanjay Govil has invested about Rs 437 crore in Welsh Fire and the Sun Group, which owns IPL team Sunrisers Hyderabad, has a significant stake in the Northern Superchargers franchise for about Rs 1,093 crore.
Besides this, Indian origin owners also have invested in the other four franchises.
It must be noted that all the six teams in South Africa’s SA20 league are co-owned IPL franchises. Consequently, none of them pick up Pakani players.
Earlier, England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chief executive Richard Gould had tried to allay fears that Indian owners coming on board would affect Pakan players getting picked in teams.Story continues below this ad
“We’re aware of that (Pakani players being snubbed in franchise leagues) in other regions,” Gould was quoted as saying ESPNCricinfo. “But that won’t be happening here.”
James Anderson snubbed
Also ignored in the draft were England pace legend James Anderson and Rocky Flintoff, the 16-year-old son of former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff.
Anderson will turn 43 during the 2025 edition of The Hundred. He does have a one-year deal with Lancashire to play in County Championship. However, he was also snubbed the IPL in the auction.
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