India opener Smriti Mandhana and all-rounder Deepti Sharma are all set to play for Sydney Thunder in the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) 2021. Smriti will represent her third franchise in WBBL, whereas Deepti Sharma will play her debut season in WBBL which begins on October 14 in Australia.

Sam Billings has been re-signed by Sydney Thunder ahead of the Big Bash League 2021-22, and will be reuniting with fellow countryman Alex Hales once again. The wicket-keeper batsman enjoyed a productive run last season, aggregating 260 runs from 10 innings at an impressive strike-rate of 142.

The Big Bash League (BBL), today, confirmed that the proposed draft has been pushed back by a year due to logistical complications, and revealed that the 11th season will be headlined by a plethora of English and Afghanistan players. Sixers and Stars will kick-off BBL 11 at the SCG on December 5.

Legendary Australian pacer Brett Lee believes the Big Bash League (BBL) needs to bring in tier 1 superstars like Virat Kohli to move forward, and thereby stressed on the need for the private ownership of franchises. The franchises, as things stand, are currently owned by state associations.