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Cricket enthusiasts and fans of the Big Bash League (BBL) are in for an exciting treat as Cricket Australia (CA) has officially unveiled the comprehensive list of nominations for the upcoming BBL Draft. With anticipationꦑ building up, this announcement sets the stage for a significant event that is bounꦇd to shape the landscape of the upcoming BBL season.
As the BBL Draft fervor intensifies, cricket fans are eagerly marking their calendars for the event’s commencement. The BBL Draft is scheduled to kick off at 4:30 pm AEST on Sunday, promising to bring forth an array of suspense and strategic selections.
A Studded Line-Up
An impressive and diverse contingent of cricket talent has stepped forward to participate in the BBL Draft. A grand total of 376 players hailing from an impressive 29 countries have thrown their hats into the ring for consideration. This global representation underlines the league’s stature and appeal, showcasing the international allure of the BBL.
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The list of nominations feature some of the game’s most celebrated names, including Rashid Khan, the dynamic leg-spinner; Quinton de Kock, the explosive South African wicketkeeper-batsman; and Mohammad Rizwan, the talented Pakistani wicketkeeper-batter.
Further elevating the star quotient are renowned players like Faf du Plessis, the experienced campaigner from South Africa, and Nicholas Pooran, the West Indies’ electrifying batter. Young prospects are also vying for their shot, with talents like Harry Brook showcasing their ambition.
Big Bash League Draft Nominations, Complete List:
- Tom Abell, England
- Ali Abid, Pakistan
- Colin Ackermann, Netherlands
- Mark Adair, Ireland
- Noor Ahmad, Afghanistan
- Qais Ahmad, Afghanistan
- Sultan Ahmad, Pakistan
- Abrar Ahmed, Pakistan
- Fayyaz Ahmed, Pakistan
- Iftikhar Ahmed, Pakistan
- Mukhtar Ahmed, Pakistan
- Raees Aahmed, Pakistan
- Rehan Ahmed, England
- Sarfaraz Ahmed, Pakistan
- Zia Ur Rehman Akbar, Afghanistan
- Muhammad Akhlaq, Pakistan
- Zaman Akhter, England
- Kamran Akmal, Pakistan
- Umar Akmal, Pakistan
- Ammad Alam, Pakistan
- Zaid Alam, Pakistan
- Toby Albert, England
- Salman Ali Agha, Pakistan
- Asif Ali, Pakistan (Hurricanes)
- Haider Ali Pakistan
- Hassan Ali, Pakistan
- Kashif Ali, England
- Noman Ali, Pakistan
- Fabian Allen, West Indies
- Tom Alsop, England
- Corey Anderson, New Zealand
- Munis Ansari, Oman
- Nauman Anwar, Pakistan
- Vriitya Aravind, UAE
- Faheem Ashraf, Pakistan (Hurricanes)
- Sharafuddin Ashraf Afghanistan
- Umaid Asif, Pakistan
- Alick Athanaze, West Indies
- Gus Atkinson, England
- Azan Awaisl, Pakistan
- Saim Ayub, Pakistan
- Hammad Azam, Pakistan
- Danish Aziz, Pakistan
- Harmeet Singh Baddhan, USA
- Jake Ball, England
- Abdul Wahid Bangalzai, Pakistan
- Tom Banton, England (Heat)
- Edward Barnard, England
- Ronsford Beaton, West Indies
- George Bell, England
- Daniel Bell-Drummond, England
- Chris Benjamin, England
- Luc Benkenstein, England
- Dom Bess, England
- Jacob Bethell, England
- Sam Billings, England (Heat)
- Joshua Bishop, West Indies
- Nkrumah Bonner, West Indies
- James Bracey, England
- Carlos Brathwaite, West Indies (Sixers)
- Danny Briggs, England
- Harry Brook, England
- Henry Brookes, England
- Shamarh Brooks, West Indies
- Pat Brown, England
- Soloman Budinger, England
- Nandre Burger, South Africa
- Amad Butt, Pakistan
- Eddie Byrom, Ireland
- Curtis Campher, Ireland
- Yannic Cariah, West Indies
- Kiran Carlson, England
- Jaden Carmichael, West Indies
- Brydon Carse, England
- Matthew Carter, England
- Dinesh Chandimal, Sri Lanka
- Zak Chappell, England
- Johnson Charles, West Indies
- Ben Charlesworth, England
- Roston Chase, West Indies
- Jafer Chohan, England
- Graham Clark, England
- Jordan Clark, England
- Tom Clark, England
- Joe Clarke, England (Stars)
- Sachindu Colombage, Sri Lanka
- Rahkeem Cornwall, West Indies
- Sheldon Cottrell, West Indies
- Ben Cox, England
- Jordan Cox, England
- Mason Crane, England
- Zak Crawley, England (Hurricanes)
- Matt Critchley, England (Renegades)
- Tom Curran, England (Sixers)
- Shane Dadswell, South Africa
- Ajeet Dale, England
- Ahmed Danyal, Pakistan
- Josh Davey, England
- Alex Davies, England
- Liam Dawson, England
- Colin de Grandhomme, New Zealand (Strikers)
- Quinton de Kock, South Africa
- Marchant de Lange, England
- Bas de Leede, Netherlands
- Joe Denly, England
- Shadrack Descarte, West Indies
- Tajinder Dhillon, India
- Sean Dickson, England
- George Dockrell, Ireland
- Dominic Drakes, West Indies
- Faf du Plessis, South Africa (Scorchers)
- Leus du Plooy, England
- Stevie Eskinazi, England (Scorchers)
- Brad Evans, Zimbabwe
- Laurie Evans, England (Scorchers)
- Joey Evison, England
- Fazalhaq Farooqi, Afghanistan (Thunder)
- Matthew Fisher, England
- Andre Fletcher, West Indies
- Matthew Forde, West Indies
- Bjorn Fortuin, South Africa
- James Fuller, England
- George Garton, England
- Emilio Gay, England
- Ben Geddes, England
- Shafiqullah Ghafari, Afghanistan
- Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar, Afghanistan
- Kamran Ghulam, Pakistan
- Ben Gibbon, England
- Richard Gleeson, England
- Brandon Glover, Netherlands
- Zafar Gohar, Pakistan
- Justin Greaves, West Indies
- Ben Green, England
- Lewis Gregory, England
- Sameen Gul, Pakistan
- Martin Guptill, New Zealand (Renegades)
- Mohammad Hafeez, Pakistan
- Sam Hain, England (Heat)
- Alex Hales, England (Thunder)
- Haseeb Hameed, England
- Miles Hammond, England
- Oliver Hannon-Dalby, England
- Mohammad Haris, Pakistan
- Simon Harmer, South Africa
- Calvin Harrison, England
- Tom Hartley, England
- Muhammad Hasnain, Pakistan
- Amir Hassan, Pakistan
- Jack Haynes, England
- Freddie Heldreich, England
- Tom Helm, England
- Dushan Hemantha, Sri Lanka
- Chandrapaul Hemraj, West Indies
- Beuran Hendricks, South Africa
- Ryan Higgins, England
- Max Holden, England
- Jason Holder, West Indies
- Shai Hope, West Indies
- Adam Hose, England (Strikers)
- Akeal Hosein, West Indies (Renegades)
- Amir Hamza Hotak, Afghanistan
- Benny Howell, England
- Mohammad Imran, Pakistan
- Muhammad Irfan, Pakistan
- Waqarullah Ishaq, Afghanistan
- Taijul Islam, Bangladesh
- Will Jacks, England
- Aamer Jamal, Pakistan
- Kofi James, West Indies
- Amir Jangoo, West Indies
- Akif Javed, Pakistan
- Shehan Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka
- Keaton Jennings, England
- Aaron Jones, USA
- Chris Jordan, England (Sixers)
- Leonardo Julron, West Indies
- Waseem Junior, Pakistan
- Shahidullah Kamal, Afghanistan
- Ari Karvelas, Greece
- Nilansh Keswani, UAE
- Ali Khan, USA
- Asif Khan, UAE
- Azam Khan, Pakistan
- Haseebullah Khan, Pakistan
- Junaid Khan, Pakistan
- Mehran Khan, Oman
- Mubasir Khan, Pakistan
- Rashid Khan, Afghanistan (Strikers)
- Shadab Khan, Pakistan (Hurricanes)
- Umer Khan, Pakistan
- Zaman Khan, Pakistan
- Dev Khanal, Nepal
- Nangeyelia Kharote, Afghanistan
- Feroze Khushi, England
- Freddie Klaassen, Netherlands
- Tom Kohler-Cadmore, England
- Milind Kumar, India
- Sandeep Lamichhane, Nepal (Hurricanes)
- Tom Lammonby, England
- Tom Lawes, England
- Daniel Lawrence, England
- Jack Leaning, England
- Michael Leask, Scotland
- Alex Lees, England
- Archie Lenham, England
- Evin Lewis, West Indies
- Kennar Lewis, West Indies
- Jake Lintott, England
- Josh Little, Ireland
- David Lloyd, England
- Adam Lyth, England (Scorchers)
- Wayne Madsen, England
- Naville Madziva, Zimbabwe
- Saqib Mahmood, England
- Dawid Malan, England
- Farid Malik, Afghanistan
- Sohaib Maqsood, Pakistan
- Shan Masood, Pakistan
- Brandon Mavuta, Zimbabwe
- Jair McAllister, West Indies
- Barry McCarthy, Ireland
- Jamie McIlroy, England
- Conor McKerr, England
- Lewis McManus, England
- Zahid Mehmood, Pakistan
- Karthik Meiyappan, UAE
- Ben Mike, England
- Craig Miles, England
- Tymal Mills, England (Scorchers)
- Arafat Minhas, Pakistan
- Usama Mir, Pakistan
- Ripon Mondol, Bangladesh
- Tom Moores, England
- Sufyan Moqim, Pakistan
- Gudakesh Motie, West Indies
- Dan Mousley, England
- Yasir Muhammad, USA
- Mehran Mumtaz, Pakistan
- Colin Munro, New Zealand (Heat)
- George Munsey, Scotland
- Sufiyan Muqeem, Pakistan
- Richmond Mutumbami, Zimbabwe
- Tawanda Muyeye, England
- Mohammad Nabi, Afghanistan (Renegades)
- Izharulhaq Naveed, Afghanistan (Sixers)
- Mohammad Nawaz, Pakistan
- Ashmead Nedd, West Indies
- Jimmy Neesham, New Zealand (Hurricanes)
- Richard Ngarava, Zimbabwe
- Max O’Dowd, Netherlands
- Azmatullah Omarzai, Afghanistan
- Craig Overton, England
- Jamie Overton, England
- Zahir Khan Pakten, Afghanistan
- Ronak Panoly, UAE
- Callum Parkinson, England
- Matt Parkinson, England
- Wayne Parnell, South Africa
- Monank Patel, USA
- Rishi Patel, England
- Samit Patel, England
- Smit Patel, USA
- Keemo Paul, West Indies
- Pavel Florin, Romania
- David Payne, England (Scorchers)
- Dillon Pennington, England
- Michael Pepper, England
- Nicholas Pooran, West Indies
- Ollie Pope, England
- Matthew Potts, England
- Kieran Powell, West Indies
- Dwaine Pretorius, South Africa
- Migael Pretorius, South Africa
- Tom Price, England
- Roshon Primus, West Indies
- Usman Qadir, Pakistan (Thunder)
- Rumman Raees, Pakistan
- Abdul Rahman, Afghanistan
- Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Afghanistan
- Shubham Ranjane, India
- Haris Rauf, Pakistan (Stars)
- Sikandar Raza, Zimbabwe
- Ray Reiror, West Indies
- Matty Revis, England
- Ryan Rickelton, South Africa
- Mohammad Rizwan, Pakistan
- William Root, England
- Adam Rossington, England
- Rilee Rossouw, South Africa (Thunder)
- Sherfane Rutherford, West Indies
- Waqar Salamkheil, Afghanistan
- Phil Salt, England (Scorchers)
- Lahiru Samarakoon, Sri Lanka
- Bilal Sami, Afghanistan
- Arjun Saud, Nepal
- Bernard Scholtz, Namibia
- George Scrimshaw, England
- Jayden Seales, West Indies
- Nirant Sethia, USA
- Abdullah Shafique, Pakistan
- Khushdil Shah, Pakistan
- Naseem Shah, Pakistan
- Yasir Shah, Pakistan
- Ahmed Shahzad, Pakistan
- Muhammad Shahzad, Afghanistan
- Saud Shakeel, Pakistan
- Adbul Shakoor, Pakistan
- Tabraiz Shamsi, South Africa
- Sanchit Sharma, UAE
- Aarif Sheikh, Nepal
- Aasif Sheikh, Nepal
- Adhitya Shetty, UAE
- Samiullah Shinwari, Afghanistan
- Usman Shinwari, Pakistan
- Ramon Simmonds, West Indies
- John Simpson, England
- Kevin Sinclair, West Indies
- Lovepreet Singh, UAE
- Will Smeed, England
- Jamie Smith, England
- Ruaidhri Smith, England
- Tom Smith, England
- Shane Snater, England
- Haris Sohail, Pakistan
- Chris Sole, Scotland
- Nathan Sowter, England
- Shamar Sprinror, West Indies
- Mitchell Stanley, England
- Cameron Steel, England
- Grant Stewart, England
- Paul Stirling, Ireland
- Olly Stone, England
- Imran Tahir, South Africa
- Hussain Talat, Pakistan
- Jack Taylor, England
- Tom Taylor, England
- Harry Tector, Ireland
- Oshane Thomas, West Indies
- Jordan Thompson, England
- Josh Tongue, England
- Reece Topley, England
- Lorcan Tucker, Ireland
- Imam ul Haq, Pakistan
- Ihsan Ullah, Pakistan
- Muhammad Usman, UAE
- Rassie van der Dussen, South Africa
- Timm van der Gugten, Netherlands
- Roelof van der Merwe, Netherlands
- Dane Vilas, South Africa
- James Vince, England (Sixers)
- Roman Walker, England
- Chadwick Walton, West Indies
- Hayden Walsh Jr, West Indies
- Paul Walter, England
- Muhammad Waseem, UAE
- Imad Wasim, Pakistan
- Mark Watt, Scotland
- Joe Weatherley, England
- Luke Wells, England
- Ross Whiteley, England (Heat)
- Kevin Wickham, West Indies
- David Wiese, Namibia
- Chris Wood, England
- Luke Wood, England (Stars)
- Dan Worrall, England
- Bamanye Xenxe, South Africa
- Amir Yamin, Pakistan
- Robert Yates, England
- Nyeem Young, West Indies
- Dawlat Zadran, Afghanistan
- Shapoor Zadran, Afghanistan
- Saif Zaib, England
- Fakhar Zaman, Pakistan
- Zeeshan Zameer, Pakistan
- Saqib Zulfiqar, Netherlands