Airdate: BBL Draft

FOX Cricket will Live broadcast Sunday’s inaugural BBL Draft.

All eight clubs will join FOX Cricket hosts Kath Loughnan and Mark Howard plus cricket legends Mike Hussey and Darren Lehmann.

“It should be a fascinating Draft but a very important one in giving teams the best chance of success in this edition of the BBL,” said Mike Hussey.

“We all expect the Adelaide Strikers to retain Rashid Khan however it will be very interesting to see which players are retained from the other clubs. With the calibre of players in this year’s international Draft combined with some of the Aussie test players joining the back end of BBL season, it is set to be of the biggest yet.”

Alistair Dobson, Cricket Australia’s General Manager, Big Bash Leagues, said: “Sunday night’s KFC BBL 12 Draft is the first must-see event of the Big Bash summer.

“We love the hype, anticipation and speculation the Draft has created throughout the winter months. Now it is over to our Clubs to build their lists from a selection of the best players in the world.

“We encourage all fans of the Big Bash to tune in to FOX Cricket, follow on social and share their thoughts throughout the evening.”

Headlining the new nominees is New Zealand great Ross Taylor, England Test opener Zak Crawley and current Pakistan players Abdullah Shafique, Yasir Shah and Imam Ul Haq.

Sunday, August 28 from 6.30pm on FOX Cricket.