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Pakistan’s leg spinner Usama Mir and pacer Mohammad Hasnain are new entrants in the draft of the Big Bash League (BBL) season 15, scheduled to take place on June 19.
According to Cricket Australia, the new list features exciting talent from around the world, which adds to the increasing pool of more than 600 international cricketers registered for the draft.
Apart from Usama Mir and Mohammad Hasnain, the latest nominees are England’s Laure Evans and Afghanistan’s Waqar Salamkheil, while India’s Astika Bhatia has also registered for the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) draft.
BBL 15 Latest nominees:
– Laurie Evans (England)
– Usama Mir (Pakistan)
– Mohammad Hasnain (Pakistan)
– Yastika Bhatia (India)
– Waqar Salamkheil (Afghanistan)
Earlier, Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Rizwan, Shadab Khan and Haris Rauf were among the Pakistani players who had registered for the upcoming draft of the BBL season 15.
Alongside the Pakistani player, the draft list also features England’s Sam Curran and Alex Hales, New Zealand duo Lockie Ferguson and Tim Southee, Sri Lanka’s Kusal Perera, and West Indies fast bowler Shamar Joseph.
This year’s BBL draft is set to be one of the most competitive yet, with over 600 overseas players putting their names forward. The full list of nominations will be announced in the lead-up to the draft.
It is pertinent to mention that Pakistan’s gap in the ICC Future Tours Programme (FTP) from November to February provides their top cricketers a window of opportunity to participate in the BBL 15.
Brisbane Heat hold the No. 1 pick for the men’s draft and will have the first chance to pick from a star-studded pool.
The women’s draft for WBBL 11 will run parallel, and Pakistan women’s captain Fatima Sana is part of the nomination list.
Other big names include England’s Heather Knight, Sophie Ecclestone, Lauren Bell, and Danni Wyatt-Hodge; India’s Jemimah Rodrigues and Shikha Pandey; South Africa’s Shabnim Ismail and Chloe Tryon; and West Indies all-rounder Deandra Dottin.
