England‘s all-time main wicket-taker James Anderson has entered into the Big Bash draft.
Earlier this month, seamer Anderson, 42, performed his first T20 match for 11 years and took three wickets as Lancashire beat Durham of their Vitality Blast North Group fixture at Chester-le-Avenue.
Anderson – who retired from Test cricket final summer time having taken 704 wickets, essentially the most profitable tempo bowler within the format – turns 43 on the finish of July.
He went unsold within the public sale for the 2025 Indian Premier League throughout November and was not picked up within the Hundred draft throughout March.
If chosen in Thursday’s Huge Bash draft by one of many eight golf equipment, Anderson could be the oldest abroad participant to function within the Australian match and the second oldest of all time behind Brad Hogg.
England paceman Jofra Archer has additionally put himself into the draft, together with Sam Curran.
Zak Crawley and Liam Livingstone have a nominated availability of between 4 and 6 video games over the course of the match, which runs from December 21 by to the tip of January 2026.
Pakistan‘s T20 skills Mohammad Rizwan and Shaheen Afridi are additionally up for public sale.
New Zealander Kane Williamson, although, is simply accessible for a most of three Huge Bash video games.
“The standard of the pool definitely vindicates our resolution to carry this yr’s draft ahead to permit golf equipment to get a quick begin on locking in abroad stars so that they have certainty earlier than they use the opposite mechanisms to construct their groups,” Cricket Australia‘s government common supervisor Alistair Dobson stated on www.cricket.com.au.
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