Platinum stars for inaugural WBBL: A who’s who of global superstars have been unveiled as the ‘platinum’ level players for Sunday’s inaugural Weber WBBL|09 Draft.
Of the 116 players who nominated to be part of the WBBL draft, 25 have been given platinum status, including New Zealand captain Sophie Devine, South Africa great Marizanne Kapp and India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur.
Under the WBBL Draft rules, only those 25 platinum players are eligible to be picked in the first round, while platinum or gold level players can be taken in the second round.
Those taken in the first round of the draft at the platinum level will pocket A$110,000, while gold tier players will earn A$90,000.
Players nominated for the draft across three tiers; gold, silver ($65,000) and bronze ($40,000), before league officials elevated select players who they determined the most enticing draft prospects to the platinum tier.
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Of the 25 platinum nominees, seven come from England, six from South Africa, five from India, two from New Zealand, three from West Indies, one each from Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
Seventeen of the 25 are eligible for retention by a club they have previously played for.
Chamari Athapaththu, Lauren Bell, Tazmin Brits, Alice Capsey, Kate Cross, Nida Dar, Sophie Devine, Deandra Dottin, Richa Ghosh, Sarah Glenn, Shabnim Ismail, Marizanne Kapp, Harmanpreet Kaur, Amelia Kerr, Heather Knight, Hayley Matthews, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Stafanie Taylor, Chloe Tryon, Pooja Vastrakar, Laura Wolvaardt, Issy Wong, Danni Wyatt
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