Shabnim Ismail ruled out of WBBL due to knee injury

They replace England's Heather Knight and Tammy Beaumont who are unavailable as the Thunder chase back-to-back WBBL titles

Exciting Lancashire quick joins Alex Hales and Sam Billings under new Thunder head coach Trevor Bayliss

Sydney Thunder allrounder also believes some of the rules would work well in T20

There is now greater incentive for teams to top the regular-season table

Englishman keen to push for a BBL title after missing out last season but his availability will depend on England selection

"I know when to deliver a message that is serious and when we can be a little more relaxed"

He has scored more than 1000 runs across the last two seasons in the BBL

The allrounder remains hopeful of finding a place in the T20 World Cup squad

Clubs can start building their lists for the tournament which will begin on December 5