Big Bash League 2024-25 preview: Schedule, format, dates, winners list, players to watch & how to follow on BBC
While most teams prioritize English talent, there are many more overseas players worth keeping an eye on.
The New Zealand batsman was at the top of the order for the Heat last year and impressed. Colin Munro has returned, while Scorchers has signed his fellow New Zealander find alan.
pace bowler Rocky Ferguson Picked up by the Thunder, while the goaltender Tim Seifert Renegades have signed a two-year contract as they look to improve on last season’s seventh-place finish.
Paine recruits West Indies spinners Fabian Allen For the Strikers, they will be hoping to go one step further this year after falling short at the Challengers in 2023-24. Shay Hope, Aqair Hussain and Shervan Rutherford Signed with the Hurricanes, 76ers and Thunder respectively.
Many Pakistani players have offered to participate in the draft, but it is confusing Usama Mir The only player to be picked, he returns to the Stars after taking five wickets in five games last season. Hassan Khan Already signed as replacements, Haris Rauf, Shadab Khan and Fakhar Zaman are among those who have missed out.
leg spinner Rishad Hussain He was originally going to be the second Bangladeshi player to play in the BBL, but he chose to play in the Bangladesh Premier League.
Australia’s Test players will only be available for the final stretch of the regular season as they face India in a five-match Test series that ends on January 7. This means that the group stage will take place in 10 days.
Australia embarks on a two-Test tour of Sri Lanka starting from January 29, so the players are unlikely to feature in the knockout matches.
kawadja Listed as captain of the Heat, while Nathan Lyon Signed with Renegades, Travis Hyde striker and Mitchell Marsh To the scorching one. Nathan McSweeney Promotion to the Test matches also deprived the Heat of one of their top-order batsmen.
Pat Cummins Signed as “supplemental” player for Thunder Mitchell Stark and Josh Hazlewood On the 76ers, all are “unlikely” to play but will “support off-court activities.”
white ball regulars Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stonis, Sean Abbott and Adam Zampa should be available throughout the process.
