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The first-ever draft in the Big Bash League took place on Sunday, which saw Melbourne Renegades getting England all-rounder Liam Livingstone as the first pick from the platinum category. The BBL 2022-23 is scheduled to take place from December 13, 2022 with the final set to be played on February 4, 2023.
The BBL 2022-23 draft featured 12 overseas players from the platinum list as clubs took turns to pick from a pool of available international players to play for their team. Out of the 12 platinum players, five cricketers including West Indies trio of Kieron Pollard, Andre Russell, and Dwayne Bravo, former South Africa skipper Faf du Plessis and England's Jason Roy remain undrafted.
Melbourne Stars picked Rashid Khan in the second choice but the Afghanistan spinner was retained by Adelaide Strikers, however, Stars picked New Zealand pacer Trent Boult. Perth Scorchers were the only team to not pick any player from the platinum category while Brisbane Heat drafted England wicketkeeper-batter Sam Billings.
Apart from them, Sydney clubs roped in England stars as Sixers picked Chris Jordan while Thunder chose David Willey. Hobart Hurricanes picked Pakistan spinner Shadab Khan in their first pick.
Here is the list of full BBL 2022-23 tea m squads:
Adelaide Strikers: Wes Agar, Cameron Boyce, Alex Carey, Harry Conway, Ryan Gibson, Travis Head, Henry Hunt, Thomas Kelly, Chris Lynn, Harry Nielsen, Matt Short, Jake Weatherald, Henry Thorton.
Draft Picks: Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), Colin De Grandhomme (New Zealand) , Adam Hose (England)
Brisbane Heat: Xavier Bartlett, James Bazley, Max Bryant, Sam Heazlett, Usman Khawaja, Matthew Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Michael Neser, Jimmy Peirson, Matthew Renshaw, Mark Steketee, Mitchell Swepson, Jack Wildermuth.
Draft Picks: Sam Billings (England), Colin Munro (New Zealand), Ross Whiteley (England)
Hobart Hurricanes : Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Caleb Jewell, Ben McDermott, Riley Meredith, Mitch Owen, Joel Paris, Wil Parker, D’Arcy Short, Matthew Wade.
Draft Picks: Shadab Khan (Pakistan), Asif Ali (Pakistan), Faheem Ashraf (Pakistan)
Melbourne Renegades: Zak Evans, Aaron Finch, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Sam Harper, Mackenzie Harvey, Nic Maddinson (c), Shaun Marsh, Kane Richardson, Tom Rogers, Jon Wells.
Draft Picks: Liam Livingstone (England), Akeal Hosein (West Indies), Mujeeb ur Rahman (Afghanistan).
Melbourne Stars: Joe Burns, Hilton Cartwright, Brody Couch, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Liam Hatcher, Clint Hinchliffe, Nick Larkin, Glenn Maxwell (c), Billy Stanlake, Marcus Stoinis, Beau Webster, Adam Zampa.
Draft Picks: Trent Boult (New Zealand), Joe Clarke (England), Luke Wood (England).
Perth Scorchers: Ashton Agar, Cameron Bancroft, Jason Behrendorff, Cooper Connolly, Aaron Hardie, Peter Hatzoglou, Nick Hobson, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kelly, Mitch Marsh, Lance Morris, Jhye Richardson, Ashton Turner, Andrew Tye.
Draft Picks: Laurie Evans (England), Phil Salt (England), Tymal Mills (England).
Sydney Sixers: Sean Abbott, Jackson Bird, Dan Christian, Ben Dwarshuis, Moises Henriques, (c), Daniel Hughes, Hayden Kerr, Nathan Lyon, Steve O’Keefe, Kurtis Patterson, Josh Philippe, Jordan Silk.
Draft Picks: Chris Jordan (England), James Vince (England), Izharulhaq Naveed (Afghanistan).
Sydney Thunder: Oliver Davies, Brendan Doggett, Matthew Gilkes, Chris Green, Baxter Holt, Nathan McAndrew, Alex Ross, Daniel Sams, Jason Sangha, Tanveer Sangha, David Warner.
Draft Picks: David Willey (England), Alex Hales (England) , Rilee Rossouw (South Africa).