Melbourne
\nAustralia\u2019s Big Bash League (BBL) and Women\u2019s Big Bash League (WBBL) have wrapped up their drafts with only one cricketer from Pakistan being picked up for the leagues.
\nLeg-spinner Usama Mir is the sole Pakistani player, who has been selected for the BBL despite the availability of 69 men and 11 women cricketers for the franchises.
\nThe Melbourne Stars picked Usama in the third round of the BBL drafts. The cricketer has played for the franchise in the previous edition of the league \u2014 2023-24.
\nThe BBL, set to start on December 15, 2024 and end on January 27, 2025, preferred foreign players who would be available for the complete season without issues related to No Objection Certificates (NOCs).
\nPakistan\u2019s players are bound by their national team commitments and their participation in leagues is often uncertain regarding NOCs
\nFirst-round picks: Ben Duckett (Melbourne Stars) , James Vince (Sydney Sixers \u2014 retention), Laurie Evans (Melbourne Renegades), Lockie Ferguson (Sydney Thunder), Shai Hope (Hobart Hurricanes), Jamie Overton (Adelaide Strikers \u2014 retention), Colin Munro (Brisbane Heat \u2014pre-signed player), Finn Allen (Perth Scorchers \u2014 pre-signed player)
\nSecond-round picks: Tom Curran (Melbourne Stars \u2014 pre-signed player), Jacob Bethell (Melbourne Renegades), Ollie Pope (Adelaide Strikers \u2014pre-signed player), Chris Jordan (Hobart Hurricanes \u2014 pre-signed player), Sam Billings (Sydney Thunder \u2014 pre-signed player), Paul Walter (Brisbane Heat), Passed \u2014 Perth Scorchers, Akeal Hosein (Sydney Sixers \u2014 pre-signed player)
\nThird-round picks: Passed \u2014 Sydney Sixers, Matthew Hurst (Perth Scorchers), Passed \u2014 Brisbane Heat, Fabian Allen (Adelaide Strikers), Passed \u2014 Hobart Hurricanes, Sherfane Rutherford (Sydney Thunder), Tim Seifert (Melbourne Renegades \u2014 pre-signed player), Usama Mir (Melbourne Stars)
\nFourth-round picks: Passed \u2014 Melbourne Stars, Passed \u2014 Melbourne Renegades, Passed \u2014 Sydney Thunder, Rishad Hossain (Hobart Hurricanes), Passed \u2014 Adelaide Strikers, Tom Alsop (Brisbane Heat), Keaton Jennings (Perth Scorchers), Jafer Chohan (Sydney Sixers)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Melbourne Australia\u2019s Big Bash League (BBL) and Women\u2019s Big Bash League (WBBL) have wrapped up their drafts with only one cricketer from Pakistan being picked up for the leagues. Leg-spinner Usama Mir is the sole Pakistani player, who has been selected for the BBL despite the availability of 69 men and 11 women cricketers for …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":69732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69712"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69735,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69712\/revisions\/69735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}