Men's side
The eight franchises were allowed to select one centrally-contracted Test player from their affiliated counties. In the case of the Invincibles, this gave them first refusal of any Kent or Surrey Test player, and led to the selection of Sam Curran. [1]
Then, once each team had chosen a Test player, any remaining Test player would be automatically allocated to his ‘home’ franchise, meaning Surrey's Rory Burns also joined the side. [2]
For the first season of the Hundred only, the franchises were also given first refusal to draft two "local icons": high-profile players who played for one of their affiliated counties. The Invincibles selected Surrey stars Jason Roy (£125,000) and Tom Curran (£75,000).
The Surrey contingent grew with the draft, with four additions bringing the total to eight. Fast bowler Reece Topley was signed for £60,000, opener Will Jacks followed in the £40,000 round and Laurie Evans was picked up in the £30,000 round. All-rounder Jordan Clark was drafted in February for an undisclosed amount. [3]
Kent were initially represented with the drafting of Alex Blake (£40,000) and Sam Billings (£100,000), who was named team captain. Then, shortly before the beginning of the tournament, a third Kent player, Jordan Cox, was added to the ranks as a wildcard, a secondary draft held shortly before the start of the tournament which gives teams the chance to select players who had impressed in the recent T20 Blast season.
The franchises were allowed to draft three overseas players. West Indies star Sunil Narine was, along with Jason Roy, the Invincibles' most expensive acquisition at £125,000.
In the initial 2019 draft, they selected Nepal's Sandeep Lamichhane and West Indies' Fabian Allen but neither ultimately played for the team. By the time the postponed season began, Colin Ingram had been drafted, [4] and he would later be joined by South African compatriot Tabraiz Shamsi, a late replacement for Lamichhane, who had had visa issues. [5]
- Bold denotes players with international caps.
Tom Moody 
Jonathan Batty 
Dane van Niekerk 
Sunil Narine 
