Cricket Australia has disclosed the comprehensive list of nominations for the upcoming Big Bash League Draft and the inaugural Women’s Big Bash League Draft taking place this weekend.
Nearly 500 cricket players, including global stars Rashid Khan and Deepti Sharma, have thrown their names into the hat for Sunday’s Draft. Meanwhile, 122 female players from 19 countries and 376 players from 29 countries are in the running for the WBBL and BBL drafts respectively.
Alistair Dobson, Cricket Australia’s General Manager of Big Bash Leagues, expressed excitement over the overwhelming response, highlighting the international appeal and high-quality nominations that underscore the league’s reputation for showcasing top-tier talent and exceptional entertainment.
Dobson also mentioned the increased player payment pools this season, with top international players expected to earn more than ever before, illustrating the league’s dedication to fostering a world-class competition. He extended gratitude to players, agents, and supporters globally for their involvement in the drafts and the Big Bash Leagues.
The WBBL Draft is set to begin at 3pm AEST on Sunday, followed by the BBL Draft at 4.30pm.
Big Bash League Draft Nominations 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
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
Women’s Big Bash League Draft Nominations
Georgia Adams, England
Jahanara Alam, Bangladesh
Aiman Anwar, Pakistan
Emily Arlott, England
Hollie Armitage, England
Kaia Arua, Papua New Guinea
Chamari Athapaththu, Sri Lanka (Renegades)
Hannah Baker, England
Suzie Bates, New Zealand (Direct nomination)
Tammy Beaumont, England (Direct nomination)
Lauren Bell, England
Bernadine Bezuidenhout, New Zealand
Yastika Bhatia, India
Harmanpreet Kaur, India (Renegades)
Anneke Bosche, South Africa
Maia Bouchier, England
Tazmin Brits, South Africa
Alice Capsey, England (Stars)
Eden Carson, New Zealand
Kary Chan, Hong Kong
Shamilia Connell, West Indies
Kate Cross, England
Nida Dar, Pakistan
Naomi Dattani, England
Freya Davies, England
Nadine de Klerk, South Africa (Heat)
Laura Delany, Ireland
Harleen Deol, India
Annerie Dercksen, South Africa
Sophie Devine, New Zealand (Scorchers)
Deandra Dottin, West Indies (Strikers)
Mignon du Preez, South Africa
Sophia Dunkley, England
Kate Ebrahim, New Zealand
Afy Fletcher, West Indies
Hurley Gala, India
Katie George, England
Richa Ghosh, India
Dani Gibson, England
Sarah Glenn, England
Kirstie Gordon, England
Maddy Green, New Zealand (Scorchers)
Bess Heath, England (Stars)
Chinelle Henry, West Indies
Shabnim Ismail, South Africa (Renegades)
Sinalo Jafta, South Africa
Iram Javed, Pakistan
Hayley Jensen, New Zealand (Hurricanes)
Xara Jetly, New Zealand
Sibona Jimmy, Papua New Guinea
Fran Jonas, New Zealand
Amy Jones, England
Eve Jones, England (Renegades)
Qiana Joseph, West Indies
Sterre Kallis, Netherlands
Marizanne Kapp, South Africa (Scorchers)
Mannat Kashyap, India
Leigh Kasperek, New Zealand
Amanjot Kaur, India
Marie Kelly, England
Amelia Kerr, New Zealand (Heat)
Jessica Kerr, New Zealand (Heat)
Michaela Kirk, South Africa
Masbata Klaas, South Africa
Heather Knight, England (Thunder)
Veda Krishnamurthy, India
Emma Lamb, England
Lizelle Lee, South Africa (Direct nomination)
Katie Levick, England
Gaby Lewis, Ireland
Sune Luus, South Africa
Rosemary Mair, New Zealand
Abtaha Maqsood, Scotland
Eliz-Mari Marx, South Africa
Hayley Matthews, West Indies (Renegades)
Nonkululeko Mlaba, South Africa
Anisa Mohammed, West Indies
Kalea Moore, England
Fi Morris, England
Mary-Anne Musonda, Zimbabwe
Kelis Ndhlovu, Zimbabwe
Tara Norris, USA
Esha Oza, UAE
Shikha Pandey, India
Nensi Patel, New Zealand
Shreyanka Patil, India
Molly Penfold, New Zealand
Orla Prendergast, Ireland
Karishma Ramharack, West Indies
Sneh Rana, India
Jemimah Rodrigues, India (Stars)
Tanya Ruma, Papua New Guinea
Meghana Sabbineni, India
Fatima Sana Pakistan
Theertha Satish, UAE
Grace Scrivens, England
Robyn Searle, South Africa
Shakera Selman, West Indies
Syeda Aroob Shah, Pakistan
Deepti Sharma, India
Meghna Singh, India
Seren Smale, England
Sophia Smale, England
Bryony Smith, England
Linsey Smith, England
Lea Tahuhu, New Zealand (Thunder)
Stafanie Taylor, West Indies (Strikers)
Renuka Thakur, India
Eleanor Threlkeld, England
Isabel Toua, Papua New Guinea
Chloe Tryon, South Africa (Thunder)
Faye Tunnicliffe, South Africa
Dane van Niekerk, South Africa
Pooja Vastrakar, India (Heat)
Mady Villiers, England
Jess Watkin, New Zealand
Lauren Winfield-Hill, Englan (Stars)
Jane Winster, South Africa
Laura Wolvaardt, South Africa (Strikers)
Issy Wong, England (Hurricanes)
Danni Wyatt, England (Heat)
Radha Yadav, India