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Six more past Sydney Sixers players have nominated for the inaugural KFC BBL overseas player draft.
Shadab Khan and Chris Jordan, who both played for the Sixers last summer in BBL|11, have been named amongst twelve world-class players given Platinum status by Cricket Australia today.
That pair are joined by fellow former Sixers stars, Sam Billings, who played for the Sydney Thunder last season, Jason Roy and Dwayne Bravo.
Also among the new nominations are title winning Sixers players Carlos Brathwaite and Tom Curran. They join James Vince and Jake Ball who had previously signalled their intention to return by nominating for the Draft.
Total nominations for Sunday’s Draft, to be broadcast live and exclusive on Fox Cricket, available on Foxtel channel 501 and Kayo Sports from 6:30pm AEST, now stands at 279 players.
The Sixers have the fourth pick in Rounds 1 and 2 of the draft, with each club entitled to one Retention Pick to be used in any round of the Draft.
A player is eligible for retention if they have played a match for that Club the previous season.
For the Sixers, possible retention picks if they were to nominate for the Draft include Vince, Curran, Jordan and Khan.
The list is headlined by the 12 Platinum players, who themselves form an outstanding and balanced T20 squad. The Platinum players in ‘batting order’ are:
– Faf du Plessis (South Africa)
– Jason Roy (England)
– Liam Livingstone (England)
– Sam Billings (England)
– Kieron Pollard (West Indies)
– Andre Russell (West Indies)
– David Willey (England)
– Shadab Khan (Pakistan)
– Dwayne Bravo (West Indies)
– Rashid Khan (Afghanistan)
– Chris Jordan (England)
– Trent Boult (New Zealand)
The updated nominations list can be found here.
Following the Draft, Clubs will be able to sign unselected players as Overseas Replacement Players based on their nominated availabilities in the Draft.
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Sydney Thunder BBL|12 Squad
Head Coach: Greg Shipperd
Contracted Players: Moises Henriques (C), Sean Abbott, Jackson Bird, Dan Christian, Ben Dwarshuis, Daniel Hughes, Hayden Kerr, Nathan Lyon, Stephen O’Keefe, Kurtis Patterson, Josh Philippe, Jordan Silk
Sydney Sixers BBL|12 Home Fixtures
Thu 22 Dec | Sydney Sixers v Hobart Hurricanes | SCG | 7:15pm
Mon 26 Dec | Sydney Sixers v Melbourne Stars | SCG | 6:05pm
Wed 28 Dec | Sydney Sixers v Melbourne Renegades | SCG | 7:15pm
Wed 4 Jan | Sydney Sixers v Brisbane Heat | North Sydney Oval | 6:05pm
Sun 15 Jan | Sydney Sixers v Perth Scorchers | SCG | 7:15pm
Tue 17 Jan | Sydney Sixers v Adelaide Strikers | C.ex Coffs Int. Stadium | 7:15pm
Sat 21 Jan | Sydney Sixers v Sydney Thunder | SCG | 7:05pm
Name of Author: Sydney Sixers
The Sydney Sixers are an Australian professional Twenty20 cricket team competing in the Big Bash League (BBL). Based at the Sydney Cricket Ground, the Sixers, along with the Sydney Thunder, succeeded the New South Wales Blues from the now-defunct KFC Twenty20 Big Bash.
