Shaheen Afridi, Jemimah Rodrigues, and Kusal Perera are among over 600 international talents in the Big Bash drafts

Shaheen Afridi, Jemimah Rodrigues, and Kusal Perera are among over 600 international talents in the Big Bash drafts

Source: Cricket Australia – CA Multicultural Media (eLanka)

Pakistan superstar Shaheen Afridi is among an impressive array of players available for the KFC BBL|15 and Weber WBBL|11 Overseas Player Draft on June 19 when the first lists of nominations were revealed today.

Afridi is certain to cause huge interest among BBL clubs with Brisbane Heat holding the number one pick and having the first chance to take the fast-bowling sensation.

Afridi’s fellow Pakistan stars Mohammad Rizwan, Haris Rauf and Shadab Khan are other high-profile players who have put their names forward for selection for KFC BBL|15.

Former England captain Heather Knight and countrywomen Sophie Ecclestone, Lauren Bell and Danni Wyatt-Hodge are up for grabs for Weber WBBL|11, while Pakistan captain Fatima Sana, a bowling all-rounder, has put herself forward for the first time.

Nominations announced today for the BBL|15 and WBBL|11 Drafts are below:

KFC BBL|15 Draft first nominations:

• Shamar Joseph (West Indies)
• Lockie Ferguson (New Zealand)
• Sam Curran (England)
• Kusal Perera (Sri Lanka)
• Alex Hales (England)
• Shaheen Afridi (Pakistan)
• Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan)
• Tim Southee (New Zealand)
• Haris Rauf (Pakistan)
• Shadab Khan (Pakistan)

Weber WBBL|11 Draft first nominations:

• Heather Knight (England)
• Deandra Dottin (West Indies)
• Shabnim Ismail (South Africa)
• Sophie Ecclestone (England)
• Shikha Pandey (India)
• Jemimah Rodrigues (India)
• Lauren Bell (England)
• Danni Wyatt-Hodge (England)
• Chloe Tryon (South Africa)
• Fatima Sana (Pakistan)

The full list of nominations including availability status will be released before the draft via the Big Bash App. There will also be further announcements about international pre-signings.

This season’s draft has been brought forward to June to provide club’s more certainty about player selection as they use the available recruiting mechanisms to build their lists for the season to come.

With nominations now closed, more than 600 overseas players have put their names forward to be part of the WBBL and BBL seasons.

A nomination for the Draft indicates a player has not been pre-signed by any club.

Despite not being pre-signed, players eligible for retention may still be selected with their previous club’s retention pick in the Drafts.

These nominations follow the announcement of 14 pre-signed players to date across the clubs, with the remaining two to be announced soon.

Alistair Dobson, Cricket Australia’s General Manager Big Bash Leagues, said:

“We are very excited by the nominations for the Big Bash Leagues drafts including some global superstars who will add enormous intrigue as the clubs compete for the best available talent.

“Having household names such as Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Rizwan, Heather Knight and Sophie Ecclestone nominate demonstrates the continuing appeal of the Big Bash Leagues to some of the world’s best players.

“Bringing the draft forward will provide more certainty for the clubs as they build their lists and give fans an early insight into the stars who will wear their team’s colours.

“We’re grateful to our partners Seven and Fox Sports who will ensure the draft is broadcast across multiple platforms keeping Big Bash fans engaged and entertained.

“We will have more exciting announcements in the weeks ahead as we reveal the full list of nominations and more pre-signed international players who will help light up the Big Bash Leagues this summer.”

How to watch the Drafts

The Drafts will be broadcast live across The Seven Network, 7plus, FOX SPORTS and Kayo Sports on June 19.

The WBBL|11 Draft will begin at 4pm AEST, with the BBL|15 Draft to follow.

How the Drafts work:

Both the BBL|15 and WBBL|10 Drafts consist of four rounds, with all clubs receiving one pick in each round.

Clubs can select a player who has made themselves available to be drafted in one of four overseas player salary bands: Platinum (Round 1 or 2), Gold (Round 2 or 3), Silver (Round 3 or 4) or Bronze (Round 4 only).

Clubs must use at least three picks including pre-signed players and can pass once.

Players contracted before the Draft under the new pre-signing mechanism will not appear on the nominations list. Pre-signed players must be selected by their club during the Draft with a pick that matches the salary band of their playing contract.

The order of selections for both Drafts was confirmed via the Draft Lotteries, with the third round to be conducted in reverse order.

The Draft orders are below.

KFC BBL|15 Draft Order:

• Brisbane Heat
• Adelaide Strikers
• Melbourne Renegades
• Perth Scorchers
• Hobart Hurricanes
• Sydney Sixers
• Melbourne Stars
• Sydney Thunder

Weber WBBL|11 Draft Order:

• Sydney Sixers
• Adelaide Strikers
• Melbourne Stars
• Perth Scorchers
• Hobart Hurricanes
• Sydney Thunder
• Melbourne Renegades
• Brisbane Heat

ENDS

 

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ඔස්ට්‍රේලියාවේ ක්‍රිකට් ආයතනය විසින් 2025 BBL සහ WBBL තේරීම් සැලසුම් සඳහා ලියාපදිංචි කර තිබෙන විදේශීය ක්‍රීඩකයින් 600 දෙනෙකුගෙන් යුත් පළමු ලැයිස්තුව අද නිකුත් කරන ලදී.

පකිස්තානේ ශාහීන් ආෆ්‍රීඩී, මුහම්මද් රිස්වාන්, හාරිස් රෞෆ් සහ ශඩාබ් ඛාන් BBL|15 සඳහා නාමය ඉදිරිපත් කළ විශිෂ්ට ක්‍රීඩකයින් වන අතර

BBL 15 සහ WBBL 11 සඳහා විදේශීය ක්‍රීඩක ඩ්‍රාෆ්ට් ක්‍රියාවලිය ජූලි 19 වන දින පැවැත්වෙනු ඇත

BBL 15 සඳහා නිකුත් කළ පළමු ලැයිස්තුවේ වෙස්ට් ඉන්ඩීස්වල ශමාර් ජෝසප්, නවසීලන්තයේ ලොකි ෆර්ගසන් සහ ටිම් සවුති ඇතුළත්ය

ඉංග්‍රන්තියේ සෑම් කරන්, ඇලෙක්ස් හේල්ස්, සහ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ කුසල් පෙරේරා ද මෙම ලැයිස්තුවේ සිටින ප්‍රමුඛ ක්‍රීඩකයින් වේ

WBBL 11 සඳහා නාමය ලියාපදිංචි කර ඇති ක්‍රීඩිකාවන් ලෙස හීදර් නයිට්, සෝෆි එකල්ස්ටන්, ලෝරන් බෙල්, සහ ඩැනී වයට් (ඉංග්ලන්තය) නම් කර ඇත

භාරතයේ ජෙමීමා රොඩ්රිග්ස් සහ ෂිකා පන්ඩේ, පකිස්තානයේ නායකත්වය දරන ෆාතිමා සනා, දකුණු අප්‍රිකාවේ ෂබ්නිම් ඉස්මයිල් සහ ක්ලෝයි ට්‍රයොන්, සහ වෙස්ට් ඉන්ඩීස්වල ඩියැන්ඩ්රා ඩොටින් ද WBBL 11 තේරීම් සඳහා නාමය ඉදිරිපත් කර ඇත

ක්‍රීඩකයින්ගේ සම්පූර්ණ ලැයිස්තුව සහ ඔවුන්ගේ ලබාදිය හැකි දිනයන් සදහන් විස්තර Big Bash යෙදුම හරහා ඉතාම ඉක්මනින් නිකුත් කෙරේ

ශාහීන් ආෆ්‍රීඩී, මුහම්මද් රිස්වාන්, හීදර් නයිට් සහ සෝෆි එකල්ස්ටන් වැනි නාමයන් පෙන්වන්නේ BBL සහ WBBL ලෝකයේ ඉහළම ක්‍රීඩකයින්ටත් ආකර්ෂණීය බවයි,” යැයිද ඔහු වැඩිදුරටත් සඳහන් කළේය.

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ஆஸ்திரேலிய கிரிக்கெட் வாரியம் நடத்திய BBL மற்றும் WBBL டிராஃப்ட்டிற்காக, 600 வெளிநாட்டு வீரர்கள் தங்களது பெயர்களை பதிவு செய்துள்ளனர். இந்த பட்டியலின் முதல் பகுதி இன்று வெளியிடப்பட்டது.

பாகிஸ்தான் வீரர்கள் ஷாஹீன் ஆப்ரிடி, முகம்மது ரிஸ்வான், ஹாரிஸ் ராஃப் மற்றும் ஷடாப் கான் ஆகியோர் BBL 15 டிராஃப்ட்டில் இடம்பெற்றுள்ளனர்.

BBL 15 மற்றும் WBBL 11 டிராஃப்ட்கள் ஜூன் 19 ஆம் தேதி நடைபெறவுள்ளன.

BBL 15 இற்கான முதல் பட்டியலில், வெஸ்ட் இண்டீஸின் ஷமார் ஜோசப், நியூசிலாந்தின் லாக்கி பெர்குசன் மற்றும் டிம் சவ்தி ஆகியோர் உள்ளனர்.

இங்கிலாந்தின் சாம் கரன், அலெக்ஸ் ஹெயில்ஸ், இலங்கையின் குசால் பெரேரா ஆகியோரும் இந்த பட்டியலில் இடம் பெற்றுள்ளனர்.

WBBL 11 டிராஃப்ட்டில், இங்கிலாந்தின் ஹீதர் நைட், சோபி எகில்ஸ்டோன், லாரன் பெல் மற்றும் டேன்னி வயட் உள்ளிட்ட பலர் இடம்பெற்றுள்ளனர்.

இந்தியாவின் ஜெமிமா ரோட்ரிக்ஸ் மற்றும் ஷிகா பாண்டே, பாகிஸ்தானின் கேப்டன் பாதிமா சனா, தென்னாபிரிக்காவின் ஷப்நிம் இஸ்மாயில் மற்றும் குளோய் ட்ராயன், வெஸ்ட் இண்டீஸின் டியாண்ட்ரா டாட்டின் ஆகியோரும் இதில் உள்ளனர்.

டிராஃப்ட்டிற்கான முழு பட்டியல் மற்றும் வீரர்களின் கிடைப்புத்தகவல் விரைவில் Big Bash செயலியில் வெளியிடப்படும்.

“உலக தரமான இந்த வீரர்களின் பங்கேற்பு, பிக் பாஷ் லீக்கை மேலும் வலுப்படுத்தும்,” என கூறினார் பிக் பாஷ் லீக்குகளின் பொது மேலாளர் அலிஸ்டர் டாப்சன்.

“ஷாஹீன் ஆப்ரிடி, முகம்மது ரிஸ்வான், ஹீதர் நைட் மற்றும் சோபி எகில்ஸ்டோன் போன்ற முன்னணி வீரர்கள், BBL மற்றும் WBBL உலகம் முழுவதும் பிரபலமான லீக்குகள் என்பதை தெளிவாக காட்டுகின்றனர்,” எனவும் அவர் கூறினார்.