The Hundred 2026: London Spirit announce eight new signings

The Hundred 2026: London Spirit announce eight new signings


England trio Liam Livingstone, Jamie Overton and Charlie Dean are among the many new signings made by London Spirit for the 2026 Hundred season.

Spirit, who’re based mostly at Lord’s, have made eight signings in complete, with Australia leg-spinner Adam Zampa and big-hitting South Africa batter Dewald Brevis additionally becoming a member of the boys’s crew.

Australia’s Grace Harris stays on the franchise alongside Dean, whereas seamer Mahika Gaur and South Africa legend Marizanne Kapp have additionally been added to the ladies’s squad which can be led by ex-England head coach Jon Lewis.

Kapp, 36, joins from Oval Invincibles, for whom she was named participant of the match within the 2022 ultimate of The Hundred. She has taken 46 wickets in The Hundred, the fourth-highest tally within the competitors’s historical past.

“It’s good to have the ability to name upon gamers of such calibre within the ladies’s sport,” stated Lewis.

“I’m delighted London Spirit followers will see the return of two favourites in Charlie and Grace, and I do know Mahika and Marizanne will present actual talent and expertise to our bowling assault.”

All Hundred groups are allowed to straight signal or retain 4 gamers earlier than the public sale – a brand new addition for this season – which is about to happen in March.

Brevis, 22, holds the best particular person T20 rating in South Africa after he smashed 161 from 57 balls within the CSA T20 Problem in 2022. He can be making his debut in The Hundred.

Livingstone strikes from Birmingham Phoenix, having been named as the boys’s participant of the match in 2021, whereas Overton will get the possibility to construct on the 2025 season when he completed as Spirit’s main wicket-taker.

Zampa has taken 30 wickets at a median of 13.13 in The Hundred. No participant has taken extra wickets at a decrease common.

Elsewhere, Southern Courageous has retained England quick bowler Jofra Archer whereas New Zealand spinner Mitchell Santner and Australia seamer Kim Garth have change into Trent Rockets’ ultimate two direct signings.

Left-armer Santner, 33, has taken greater than 250 shortest-format wickets at a median of simply 23.96, and has been his nation’s white-ball captain since December 2024.

Alongside him, 29-year-old Garth is about for a second stint in The Hundred, after beforehand turning out for Manchester Originals (now Manchester Tremendous Giants) in 2024.

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