Complete List: 116 International players nominated for Overseas WBBL Draft

A whopping 116 international players from 19 countries have nominated themselves for the inaugural overseas players draft for Weber’s Women’s Big Bash League. Stars like Amelia Kerr, Sophie Devine, Harmanpreet Kaur, Hayley Matthews, Nida Dar, Issy Wong, Tammy Beaumont, and many more will be part of the draft.

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Several of these players can be retained by the teams if they fulfill any of the criteria mentioned by WBBL.

Earlier WBBL had announced the 4 categories the players will be split into – Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze. The salary of players will be different in each category. A player in platinum will earn AUD$110,000 (₹58,76,385), players in the gold category will earn AUD$90,000 (₹48,14,835) whereas the players in Silver and Bronze will earn AUD$65,000 (₹34,77,381) and AUD$40,000 (₹21,39,926) respectively.

A total of 25 players have been elevated to the Platinum list. The players in this list will be the only players who can be picked in the first round of the draft, whereas in the second round, players from the Platinum and Gold categories will be picked.

4 rounds will take place in the historic draft, and the teams will have to pick a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 3 players from the overseas draft. Eventually, teams will have to pass out in at least one round.

Players like Hayley Matthews, Chamari Athapaththu, Amelia Kerr, Heather Knight, Harmanpreet Kaur, Lea Tahuhu, and many more can be retained.

Following is the list of players nominated in the draft along with the teams they can be retained by –

Player	Country	Can be retained by
Georgia Adams	England	None
Emily Arlott	England	None
Hollie Armitage	England	None
Hannah Baker	England	None
Lauren Bell	England	None
Maia Bouchier	England	None
Alice Capsey	England	Melbourne Stars
Kate Cross	England	None
Naomi Dattani	England	None
Freya Davies	England	None
Katie George	England	None
Dani Gibson	England	None
Sarah Glenn	England	None
Kirstie Gordon	England	None
Bess Heath	England	Melbourne Stars
Eve Jones	England	Melbourne Renegades
Marie Kelly	England	None
Heather Knight	England	Sydney Thunder
Emma Lamb	England	None
Katie Levick	England	None
Kalea Moore	England	None
Fi Morris	England	None
Grace Scrivens	England	None
Seren Smale	England	None
Sophia Smale	England	None
Bryony Smith	England	None
Linsey Smith	England	None
Eleanor Threlkeld	England	None
Mady Villiers	England	None
Lauren Winfield-Hill	England	Melbourne Stars
Issy Wong	England	Hobart Hurricanes
Danni Wyatt	England	Brisbane Heat
Bernadine Bezuidenhout	New Zealand	None
Eden Carson	New Zealand	None
Sophie Devine	New Zealand	Perth Scorchers
Kate Ebrahim	New Zealand	None
Maddy Green	New Zealand	Perth Scorchers
Hayley Jensen	New Zealand	Hobart Hurricanes
Xara Jetly	New Zealand	None
Fran Jonas	New Zealand	None
Leigh Kasperek	New Zealand	None
Amelia Kerr	New Zealand	Brisbane Heat
Jessica Kerr	New Zealand	Brisbane Heat
Rosemary Mair	New Zealand	None
Nensi Patel	New Zealand	None
Molly Penfold	New Zealand	None
Lea Tahuhu	New Zealand	Sydney Thunder
Jess Watkin	New Zealand	None
Yastika Bhatia	India	None
Harmanpreet Kaur	India	Melbourne Renegades
Harleen Deol	India	None
Hurley Gala	India	None
Richa Ghosh	India	None
Mannat Kashyap	India	None
Amanjot Kaur	India	None
Veda Krishnamurthy	India	None
Shikha Pandey	India	None
Shreyanka Patil	India	None
Sneh Rana	India	None
Jemimah Rodrigues	India	Melbourne Stars
Meghana Sabbineni	India	None
Deepti Sharma	India	None
Meghna Singh	India	None
Renuka Thakur	India	None
Pooja Vastrakar	India	Brisbane Heat
Radha Yadav	India	None
Anneke Bosche	South Africa	None
Tazmin Brits	South Africa	None
Nadine de Klerk	South Africa	Brisbane Heat
Annerie Dercksen	South Africa	None
Shabnim Ismail	South Africa	Melbourne Renegades
Sinalo Jafta	South Africa	None
Marizanne Kapp	South Africa	Perth Scorchers
Michaela Kirk	South Africa	None
Masbata Klaas	South Africa	None
Sune Luus	South Africa	None
Eliz-Mari Marx	South Africa	None
Nonkululeko Mlaba	South Africa	None
Robyn Searle	South Africa	None
Chloe Tryon	South Africa	Sydney Thunder
Faye Tunnicliffe	South Africa	None
Dane van Niekerk	South Africa	None
Jane Winster	South Africa	None
Laura Wolvaardt	South Africa	Adelaide Strikers
Shamilia Connell	West Indies	None
Deandra Dottin	West Indies	Adelaide Strikers
Afy Fletcher	West Indies	None
Chinelle Henry	West Indies	None
Qiana Joseph	West Indies	None
Hayley Matthews	West Indies	Melbourne Renegades
Anisa Mohammed	West Indies	None
Karishma Ramharack	West Indies	None
Shakera Selman	West Indies	None
Stafanie Taylor	West Indies	Adelaide Strikers
Aiman Anwar	Pakistan	None
Nida Dar	Pakistan	None
Iram Javed	Pakistan	None
Fatima Sana	Pakistan	None
Syeda Aroob Shah	Pakistan	None
Jahanara Alam	Bangladesh	None
Kaia Arua	Papua New Guinea	None
Sibona Jimmy	Papua New Guinea	None
Tanya Ruma	Papua New Guinea	None
Isabel Toua	Papua New Guinea	None
Chamari Athapaththu	Sri Lanka	Melbourne Renegades
Kary Chan	Hong Kong	None
Laura Delany	Ireland	None
Gaby Lewis	Ireland	None
Orla Prendergast	Ireland	None
Sterre Kallis	Netherlands	None
Abtaha Maqsood	Scotland	None
Mary-Anne Musonda	Zimbabwe	None
Kelis Ndhlovu	Zimbabwe	None
Tara Norris	United States of America	None
Esha Oza	United Arab Emirates	None
Theertha Satish	United Arab Emirates	None

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The draft will take place on 3rd September in NEP Studios in South Melbourne at 5:30 PM Australian. Sydney Thunder, who finished in last place in the previous season, will get the right to pick the first player in this historic draft.

Cricket Australia’s General Manager of Big Bash Leagues, Alistair Dobson said “We are thrilled by the response to this year’s WBBL and BBL Drafts. The sheer volume and caliber of nominations for both Drafts speaks to the appeal of the Big Bash League for players from across the globe and reinforces the competition’s reputation for showcasing top-tier talent and providing unparalleled entertainment.”

The tournament will kick-start on 19th October with Sydney Sixers and Melbourne Stars playing the season opener. A total of 57 matches including finals will be played in the tournament.

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