Harry Brook is an English international cricketer, a right‑handed top‑order batter who plays for England across formats and for Yorkshire in domestic cricket. Brook is about to join Sunrisers Leeds and will be paid around £470,000. Phil Salt is expected to earn about £450,000 from Welsh Fire. These big salaries come after the teams sold shares to private investors, which has increased the money they can pay players.
Why deals and figures
- New private investments and changes in who owns teams have made salary limits less strict. Now, auctions and market-based salaries allow players to get much bigger contracts.
- The highest salary level in The Hundred has increased a lot over the past two years. For example, it used to be around £125,000, but now the top pay is almost four times higher than that.
Competition and roaster change
Teams have kept some players or signed them directly before the auction. They are also making deals for several years and allowing more foreign players to join. This helps them attract better players and causes the top fees to go higher.
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Reported deals and figures
- Harry Brook: Sunrisers Leeds is expected to keep a player or staff member next year by paying them around £470,000.
- Phil Salt: Expected to get about £450,000 from Welsh Fire after a tough bidding process.
Top players like Harry Brook and Phil Salt have signed big contracts, so the league will bring in more talented players and become more exciting in the future.
