England Test captain Ben Stokes has been retained by Northern Superchargers for this yr’s version of The Hundred after lacking final yr’s occasion on account of a heavy workload.

Jonny Bairstow and Jofra Archer may also stay with the Welsh Fire and Southern Brave, respectively, on their return after lacking The Hundred 2022 on account of harm.

The eight Hundred franchises confirmed their retained checklist on Thursday with a draft to make up the rest of their squads set for March 23.

Teams within the males’s competitors have been capable of retain 10 gamers whereas the ladies’s franchises might preserve 4 of their 2022 group.

Smriti Mandhana, who was the most costly participant ultimately week’s inaugural Indian Women’s Premier League public sale, is retained by the Southern Brave.

England one-day captain Jos Buttler stays with the Manchester Originals and Moeen Ali is hoping to go one higher as Birmingham Phoenix captain after ending runner-up in 2021.

“We’re really excited about having retained 10 players ahead of the third year of the competition,” stated Ali.

“We’ve seen across short-form competitions around the world that keeping a core squad together can make a real difference and hopefully it’ll help us win the Hundred this year. We’ve got a lot of talented players and it’s a great group, so we can’t wait to get out in front of the Edgbaston crowd again.”