BBL 2022-23 Squads: Full Teams List After First-Ever Big Bash League Draft

The squads for the Big Bash League (BBL) 2022-23 were assembled following the first-ever draft in BBL on Sunday (August 28), when Melbourne Renegades drafted in England all-rounder Liam Livingstone as the first pick of the platinum category.

Pick 2 of the BBL 2022-23 draft by Melbourne Stars for spinner Rashid Khan was denied by Adelaide Strikers, who retained the Afghanistan star. However, the Melbourne Stars were successful in landing New Zealand pacer Trent Boult.

England wicketkeeper-batter Sam Billings was drafted in by Brisbane Heat, while Pakistan spinner Shadab Khan was the first pick of Hobart Hurricanes. The Sydney teams picked England stars as Thunder chose pace David Willey and Sixer pick all-rounder Chris Jordan.

Here is a look at the overseas players drafted in during the BBL 2022/23 Draft:

Here is a look at the BBL 2022-23 squads of Adelaide Strikers, Brisbane Heat, Hobart Hurricanes, Melbourne Renegades, Melbourne Stars, Perth Scorchers, Sydney Sixers and Sydney Thunder:

Adelaide Strikers

Player	Country	Role
Chris Lynn	Australia	Batter
Ryan Gibson	Australia (uncapped)	Batter
Jake Weatherald	Australia (uncapped)	Batter
Travis Head (captain)	Australia	Batter
Adam Hose	England (uncapped)	Batter
Thomas Kelly	Australia (uncapped)	Batter
Ryan Gibson	Australia (uncapped)	Batter
Alex Carey (vice captain)	Australia	Wicketkeeper
Harry Nielsen	Australia (uncapped)	Wicketkeeper
Colin De Grandhomme	New Zealand	All-rounder
Matt Short	Australia (uncapped)	All-rounder
Rashid Khan	Afghanistan	Spinner
Cameron Boyce	Australia	Spinner
Henry Thorton	Australia (uncapped)	Pacer
Harry Conway	Australia (uncapped)	Pacer
Wes Agar	Australia	Pacer

Note: Overseas players drafted in are bolded.

Brisbane Heat

Player	Country	Role
Matt Renshaw	Australia	Batter
Usman Khawaja	Australia	Batter
Marnus Labuschagne	Australia	Batter
Max Bryant	Australia (uncapped)	Batter
Sam Heazlett	Australia (uncapped)	Batter
Ross Whiteley	England (uncapped)	Batter
Jimmy Peirson	Australia (uncapped)	Wicketkeeper
Sam Billings	England	Wicketkeeper
Colin Munro	New Zealand	All-rounder
Jack Wildermuth	Australia	All-rounder
James Bazley	Australia (uncapped)	All-rounder
Mitchell Swepson	Australia	Spinner
Matt Kuhnemann	Australia (uncapped)	Spinner
Michael Nesser	Australia	Pacer
Mark Steketee	Australia (uncapped)	Pacer
Xavier Barlett	Australia (uncapped)	Pacer

Note: Overseas players drafted in are bolded.

Hobart Hurricanes

Player	Country	Role
Caleb Jewell	Australia (uncapped)	Batter
Tim David	Australia (uncapped)	Batter
Asif Ali	Pakistan	Batter
Matthew Wade (captain)	Australia	Wicketkeeper
Ben McDermott	Australia	Wicketkeeper
D’Arcy Short	Australia	All-rounder
Mitchell Owen	Australia (uncapped)	All-rounder
Shadab Khan	Pakistan	Spinner
Will Parker	Australia (uncapped)	Spinner
Billy Stanlake	Australia	Pacer
Nathan Ellis	Australia	Pacer
Riley Meredith	Australia	Pacer
Faheem Ashraf	Pakistan	Pacer
Joel Paris	Australia	Pacer
Paddy Dooley	Australia (uncapped)	Pacer

Note: Overseas players drafted in are bolded.

Melbourne Renegades

Player	Country	Role
Aaron Finch	Australia	Batter
Jake Fraser-McGurk	Australia (Uncapped)	Batter
Mackenzie Harvey	Australia (Uncapped)	Batter
Nic Maddinson (captain)	Australia	Batter
Shaun Marsh (vice captain)	Australia	Batter
Jonathan Wells	Australia (Uncapped)	Batter
Sam Harper	Australia	Wicketkeeper
Liam Livingstone	England	All-rounder
Mujeeb Ur Rahman	Afghanistan	Spinner
Akeal Hosein	West Indies	Spinner
Zak Evans	Australia (Uncapped)	Pacer
Kane Richardson	Australia	Pacer
Tom Rogers	Australia (Uncapped)	Pacer

Note: Overseas players drafted in are bolded.

Melbourne Stars

Player	Country	Role
Joe Burns	Australia	Batter
Beau Webster	Australia (uncapped)	Batter
Nick Larkin	Australia (uncapped)	Batter
Joe Clarke	England (uncapped)	Wicketkeeper
Glenn Maxwell (captain)	Australia	All-rounder
Marcus Stoinis	Australia	All-rounder
Hilton Cartwright	Australia	All-rounder
Clint Hinchcliffe	Australia (uncapped)	All-rounder
Nathan Coulter-Nile	Australia	All-rounder
Luke Wood	England (uncapped)	All-rounder
Adam Zampa	Australia	Spinner
Trent Boult	New Zealand	Pacer
Liam Hatcher	Australia (uncapped)	Pacer
Brody Couch	Australia (uncapped)	Pacer

Note: Overseas players drafted in are bolded.

Perth Scorchers

Player	Country	Role
Laurie Evans	England	Batter
Cameron Bancroft	Australia	Batter
Phil Salt	England	Batter
Nick Hobson	Australia (uncapped)	Batter
Josh Inglis	Australia	Wicketkeeper
Mitch Marsh	Australia	All-rounder
Cameron Green	Australia	All-rounder
Ashton Turner	Australia	All-rounder
Aaron Hardie	Australia (uncapped)	All-rounder
Cooper Connolly	Australia (uncapped)	All-rounder
Ashton Agar	Australia	Spinner
Peter Hatzoglou	Australia	Spinner
Tymal Mills	England	Pacer
Jason Behrendorff	Australia	Pacer
Andrew Tye	Australia	Pacer
Jhye Richardson	Australia	Pacer
Matthew Kelly	Australia (uncapped)	Pacer
Lance Morris	Australia (uncapped)	Pacer

Note: Overseas players drafted in are bolded.

Sydney Sixers

Player	Country	Role
Kurtis Patterson	Australia	Batter
Jordan Silk	Australia (uncapped)	Batter
James Vince	England	Batter
Daniel Hughes	Australia	Batter
Josh Philippe	Australia	Wicketkeeper
Moises Henriques (captain)	Australia	All-rounder
Dan Christian	Australia	All-rounder
Sean Abbott	Australia	All-rounder
Hayden Kerr	Australia (uncapped)	All-rounder
Chris Jordan	England	All-rounder
Nathan Lyon	Australia	Spinner
Steve O'Keefe	Australia	Spinner
Izharulhaq Naveed	Afghanistan (uncapped)	Spinner
Jackson Bird	Australia	Pacer
Ben Dwarshuis	Australia	Pacer

Note: Overseas players drafted in are bolded.

Sydney Thunder

Player	Country	Role
David Warner	Australia	Batter
Alex Hales	England	Batter
Alex Ross	Australia (uncapped)	Batter
Jason Sangha	Australia (uncapped)	Batter
Rilee Rossouw	South Africa	Batter
Ollie Davies	Australia (uncapped)	Batter
Matthew Gilkes	Australia (uncapped)	Wicketkeeper
Baxter Holt	Australia (uncapped)	Wicketkeeper
David Willey	England	All-rounder
Nathan McAndrew	Australia	All-rounder
Daniel Sams	Australia	All-rounder
Chris Green	Australia	Spinner
Tanveer Sangha	Australia (uncapped)	Spinner
Brendan Doggett	Australia (uncapped)	Pacer

Note: Overseas players drafted in are bolded.