Live - WBBL and BBL drafts

Quite a lot to take in from those two drafts which we'll starting sorting through over the next day or so. Some very interesting selections.

"He’s worked a lot with Adil Rashid’s brother, Amar. 17 Blast wickets for Yorkshire this season but a surprise pick-up given he’s never played a game in the Hundred. Bowls leggies but not a huge turner of the ball, mainly topspinners/googlies."

Melbourne Stars: Ben Duckett, Tom Curran (pre-signed), Usama Mir
Melbourne Renegades: Laurie Evans, Jacob Bethell, Tim Seifert (pre-signed)
Sydney Thunder: Lockie Ferguson, Sam Billings (pre-signed), Sherfane Rutherford
Hobart Hurricanes: Shai Hope, Chris Jordan (pre-signed), Rishad Hossain
Adelaide Strikers: Jamie Overton, Ollie Pope (pre-signed), Fabian Allen
Brisbane Heat: Colin Munro (pre-signed), Paul Walter
Perth Scorchers: Finn Allen (pre-signed), Matthew Hurst, Keaton Jennings
Sydney Sixers: James Vince (retained), Akeal Hosein (pre-signed), Jafer Chohan

Another left-field selection to wrap things up. An English legspinner.

The left-handed opener is another surprise call

Another young England player gets the nod

Strikes happy with their day's work

The Bangladesh legspinner gets a call-up. An interesting call from Ricky Ponting and his group

And Thunder are finished as well

And they leave that one alone

Stars are done and dusted

Here's Matt Roller on the most left-field signing so far:
"20-year-old keeper-batter who has had a breakthrough season with Lancashire. Opened the batting with Phil Salt in the Hundred after Jos Buttler’s injury and no doubt would head to Scorchers with recommendation from Simon Katich, his Manchester Originals coach."

The Pakistan legspinner is back

And that's their pre-signing. Could be good value.

The powerful West Indian left hander.

Another pass in this round

The West Indian allrounder gets into Tim Paine's plans

And it's another pass

The young keeper-batter from England. Bit left-field from Scorchers

Left alone by Sixers

Adelaide Strikers: Ollie Pope (pre-sign)
Brisbane Heat: Paul Walter
Hobart Hurricanes: Chris Jordan (pre-sign)
Melbourne Renegades: Jacob Bethell
Melbourne Stars: Tom Curran (pre-sign)
Perth Scorchers: Pass
Sydney Sixers: Akeal Hosein (pre-sign)
Sydney Thunder: Sam Billings (pre-sign)

And that's Sixers' pre-signed rubberstamped

Scorchers have ignored this round. Their salary cap is tight.

'Tall Paul' returns to the defending champions

A bit more paperwork completed with Thunder's pre-sign

That's their pre-sign. The England allrounder.

The stand-in England captain was their pre-sign

One of England's recently-selected white-ball players. Interesting.

That's there pre-signing slotting in

Scorchers coach Adam Voges confirms it was the salary cap that prevented them retaining Laurie Evans at platinum once they went for Finn Allen

Adelaide Strikers: Jamie Overton
Brisbane Heat: Colin Munro (pre-sign)
Hobart Hurricanes: Shai Hope
Melbourne Renegades: Laurie Evans
Melbourne Stars: Ben Duckett
Perth Scorchers: Finn Allen (pre-sign)
Sydney Sixers: James Vince (retained)
Sydney Thunder: Lockie Ferguson

Their big signing gets allocated the first round

Their pre-signed goes in the first round

The England allrounder is back. Was excellent last season. Hasn't bowled much of late.

The West Indian gets picked by Ricky Ponting

Big pick from Thunder. The New Zealand quick

Will Perth Scorchers retain? No, they haven't!

Will Sydney Sixers retain? Yes, they will

The England opener gets selected to start things off

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Will be a quick turnaround into the BBL draft, so stick around with us. Lots of interesting stories from the WBBL.

Here's how it played out

Hobart Hurricanes: Danni Wyatt, Chloe Tryon, Lizelle Lee
Sydney Sixers: Sophie Ecclestone, Amelia Kerr, Hollie Armitage
Melbourne Renegades: Deandra Dottin, Hayley Matthews, Alice Capsey
Melbourne Stars: Deepti Sharma, Marizanne Kapp, Yastika Bhatia
Sydney Thunder: Heather Knight, Shabnim Ismail, Chamari Athapaththu, Georgia Adams
Adelaide Strikers: Laura Wolvaardt, Smriti Mandhana, Orla Prendergast
Brisbane Heat: Jemimah Rodrigues, Shikha Pandey, Nadine de Klerk
Perth Scorchers: Sophie Devine, Amy Jones, D Hemalatha

Adelaide Strikers: Orla Prendergast
Brisbane Heat: Nadine de Klerk
Hobart Hurricanes: Pass
Melbourne Renegades: Pass
Melbourne Stars: Pass
Perth Scorchers: Hemalatha Dayalan
Sydney Sixers: Holly Armitage
Sydney Thunder: Georgia Adams

And that's that

And that's pre-signed locked in at the last

Renegades are done

And Thunder have gone for a fourth pick. Handy utility player.

Stars are done

Ireland star gets in! Has been in good form of late

Young English player gets selected

No fourth pick for Hurricanes

Any surprises to come?

Adelaide Strikers: Smriti Mandhana (pre-sign)
Brisbane Heat: Pass
Hobart Hurricanes: Lizelle Lee (pre-sign)
Melbourne Renegades: Alice Capsey
Melbourne Stars: Yastika Bhatia
Perth Scorchers: Hemalatha Dayalan
Sydney Sixers: Pass
Sydney Thunder: Chamari Athapaththu (pre-sign)

Their pre-sign is allocated

Leave this one alone

The India star is locked in. Excellent business. She will miss the first couple of matches on India duty

Another emerging India player gets selected

Their pre-sign is locked in

The England allrounder changes Melbourne sides. No retention from Stars

Through to the keeper. So Nadine de Klerk will be allocated in the final round

Interesting pick there from Scorchers

Some very interesting moves playing out. Looks like Strikers have done some very good business with Mandhana. Same with Thunder and Chamari.

Adelaide Strikers: Pass
Brisbane Heat: Shikha Pandey
Hobart Hurricanes: Chloe Tryon
Melbourne Renegades: Hayley Matthews (pre-sign)
Melbourne Stars: Marizanne Kapp (pre-sign)
Perth Scorchers: Amy Jones
Sydney Sixers: Amelia Kerr (pre-sign)
Sydney Thunder: Shabnim Ismail

The England wicketkeeper is back at the Scorchers

The India quick gets picked up

Another interesting move. Strikers have passed

They've gone for the South African quick. Interesting. Chamari Athapaththu not yet allocated a round

It's another pre-signed player. Kapp will be huge for Stars. Has a three-year deal

And their pre-sign is locked into round two

That's Sixers' pre-signed player

The South Africa allrounder was at Sydney Sixers last year

So that completes the first round. Some interesting stuff going on.

Adelaide Strikers: Laura Wolvaardt (retained)
Brisbane Heat: Jemimah Rodrigues
Hobart Hurricanes: Danni Wyatt
Melbourne Renegades: Deandra Dottin
Melbourne Stars: Deepti Sharma
Perth Scorchers: Sophie Devine (pre-sign)
Sydney Sixers: Sophie Ecclestone (retained)
Sydney Thunder: Heather Knight (retained)

So the pre-sign gets allocated in the opening round

Another India player joins the WBBL

The in-form India allrounder is off to Melbourne Stars

Joins her West Indies team-mate Hayley Matthews

Perth Scorchers can retain her...but they don't. So Wyatt's off to Hurricanes. Well, that was fun to start things off. Tactics at play

And now Adelaide Strikers retain! Hurricanes flushing out the retentions

Will Sydney Thunder retain her? Yes, they will! Hurricanes will need to go again

And Sydney Sixers have used their retention pick. So Hurricanes go again

We are almost ready to go. A reminder, Hobart Hurricanes will have the first WBBL pick

If you want to give yourself a last reminder of the 593 players available across the two drafts, we have the full lists here for you

Each team will have specific requirements they are trying to fill with their overseas players, and in the BBL especially availability is again something clubs will need to navigate.

Here's a rundown of how things shape up in the WBBL

And here's the BBL with some thoughts on decisions the clubs could make.

You can also vote for who you think is the best pre-signing in each competition:

This year, each club across both competitions was allowed to pre-sign one overseas player ahead of the draft, and on a multiyear deal if they wanted. Here's a reminder of who has gone where:

Adelaide Strikers: Smriti Mandhana, Ollie Pope
Brisbane Heat: Nadine de Klerk, Colin Munro
Hobart Hurricanes: Lizelle Lee, Chris Jordan
Melbourne Renegades: Hayley Matthews, Tim Seifert
Melbourne Stars: Marizanne Kapp, Tom Curran
Perth Scorchers: Sophie Devine, Finn Allen
Sydney Sixers: Amelia Kerr, Akeal Hosein
Sydney Thunder: Chamari Athapaththu, Sam Billings