The draft for the ninth season of the Pakistan Super League.
The draft will take place on December 13. The exact time is yet to be disclosed.
Following confirmation of the retentions, the PCB clarified the pick order for the PSL draft, with Multan Sultans selecting first from the platinum category.
They will be followed by Karachi Kings, who didn't retain a single player in the top bracket, followed by two picks for last season's sixth-place finishers Quetta Gladiators, either side of Peshawar Zalmi.
Defending champions Lahore Qalandars will then get successive picks in the platinum category before Islamabad United get their first selection.
The order is generally dictated by the finishing position of each of the six franchises in the previous season but is tinkered with once retentions are confirmed.
Kings were moved into the first position after Sultans and Gladiators traded Iftikhar Ahmed and Rilee Rossouw. Furthermore, Naseem Shah's move to United saw them swap a first-round pick with Quetta Gladiators' third pick.
Shan Masood's switch to Karachi Kings, saw their first-round Silver pick exchanged for Multan Sultans' fourth-round Silver pick. Imad Wasim's move to Islamabad United led to their first-round silver pick being exchanged with Karachi's second-round silver pick.
Kings and Gladiators will be required to pick a local player in the Platinum category.
While the selections are ongoing, each of the six sides will have the Right to Match Card that will allow them to pick any player released from their roster before the draft.
In the pre-determined order, teams will each have the opportunity to add to their squads until all 12 categories are complete.
PSL player draft order (PSL/Twitter)
Australia: Daniel Sams, Ashton Agar
Afghanistan: Fazalhaq Farooqi, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Hazratullah Zazai, Naveen-ul-Haq
England: Ben Duckett, Chris Jordan, David Willey, Dawid Malan, Luke Wood, Reece Topley, Tom Curran, Tymal Mills, Jamie Overton, Sam Billings, Saqib Mahmood, Tom Banton
Ireland: Josh Little
Nepal: Sandeep Lamichhane
New Zealand: James Neesham, Colin de Grandhomme
South Africa: Rassie van der Dussen, Imran Tahir, Dwaine Pretorius
Sri Lanka: Maheesh Theekshana, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka, Angelo Mathews, Kusal Mendis
West Indies: Kieron Pollard, Romario Shepherd, Brandon King, Sherfane Rutherford, Kyle Mayers, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Carlos Brathwaite, Evin Lewis, Keemo Paul, Obed McCoy
Imran Tahir is among the overseas players in the platinum category (ASIF HASSAN/AFP via Getty Images)
An international flavour will be added to the player draft courtesy of the 485 star names that have entered themselves across the various categories.
Currently, 46 players (26 named above) have entered the platinum category, with the remainder spread across the diamond, gold and silver sections. According to the PCB, 76 players are part of the secondary diamond category.
Diamond: Adam Lyth, Adam Rossington, Asif Ali, Azmatullah Omarzai, Ben McDermott, Benny Howell, Bjorn Fortuin, Brydon Carse, Chad Bowes, Chadwick Walton, Chamika Karunaratne, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Charith Asalanka, Chris Green, Cole McConchie, Corbin Bosch, Dan Lawrence, Daniel Bell-Drummond, Delano Potgieter, Dilshan Madushanka, Duan Jansen, , Dushmantha Chameera, Fabian Allen, George Linde, Gus Atkinson, Hayden Walsh, Jack Taylor, Jacob Duffy, Jacobus, Leus du Plooy, James Fuller, James Seymour, Johnson Charles, Jordan Cox, Karim Janat, Kashif Ali, Kennar Lewis, Kieran Powell, Laurie Evans, Liam Dawson, Litton Kumar Das, Lungi Ngidi, Martin Guptill, Matthew Potts, Max O'Dowd, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Michael James, Grattan Rippon, Migael Pretorius, Mohammad Mahmudullah, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Nabi, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Shahzad, Muhammad Waseem, Mushfiqur Rahim, Nandre Burger, Nkrumah Bonner, Obus Pienaar, Ollie Pope, Olly Stone, Oshane Thomas, Rahkeem Cornwall, Reeza Hendricks, Richard Gleeson, Roston Chase, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Sam Hain, Shadrack Descarte, Shai Hope, Shamar Springer, Shamarh Brooks, Simon Harmer, Sisanda Magala, Tamim Iqbal Khan,Taskin Ahmed, Tim Seifert, Tom Bruce, Wasim Akram, Wayne Parnell, Zahir Khan
Gold: D'Arcy Short, Adam Hose, Joe Denly, Paul Walter, Dhananjaya De Silva, Lahiru Kumara, Niroshan Dickwella, Aftab Alam, Gulbadin Naib, Izharulhaq Naveed, Najibullah Zadran, Shafiqullah Ghafari, Wagar Salamkheil, Alex Ross, Arjun Nair, Ben Cutting, Fawad Ahmed, Josh Brown, Liam Bowe, Nick Hobson, Nikhil Chaudhary, Patrick Dooley, Peter Hatzoglou, George GartonAfif Hossain Dhrubo, Grant Stewart, Md Shoriful Islam, Henry Brookes, Muktar Ali, Jake Ball, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Jamal Richards, Nasum Ahmed, James Robert Bracey, Towhid Hridoy, Jamie Mcllroy, Nitish Kumar, Jamie Smith, Adam Finch, Jordan Clark, Alex Davies, Jordan Thompson
Alex Lees, Lewis David Mcmanus, Archie Lenham, Lewis Gregory, Ben Allison, Luke Wells, Ben Geoffrey Charlesworth, Matt Critchley, Ben Green, Matt Parkinson, Ben Raine, Miles Arthur Hammond, Callum Parkinson, Nathan Sowter, Chris Benjamin, Oliver James Hannon-Dalby, Danial Kashif Ibrahim, Rehan Ahmed, Daniel Mousley, Rishi Patel, Dom Bess, Ross Whiteley, Feroze Khushi, Sam Cook, Aqib Ilyas, Dunith Wellalage, Sam Northeast, Bilal Khan, Nuwan Thushara, Samit Patel, Jatinder Singh, Sachindu Colombage, Sean Robert Dickson, Brandon McMullen, Tillakaratna Isuru Udana, Shane Snater, Chris Greaves, Ethan Carl D'Souza, Stephen Eskinazi, Chris Sole, Said Khalid Shah, Thomas Taylor, George Munsey, Sanchit Mohan Sharma, Thomas Smith, Cameron Delport, Usman Khan, Tom Hartley, Carmi Le Roux, Zawar Farid, Tom Helm, Christian Jonker, Ali Khan, Wayne Madsen, Daryn Dupavillon, Ashley Nurse, Zaman Akhter, Evan Jones, Ashmead Nedd, Curtis Campher, Grant Roelofson, Johann Layne, George Dockrell, Jacques Snyman, Kadeem Alleyne, Lorcan Tucker, Junaid Dawood, Kevin Wickham, Mark Adair, Junior Dala, Leonardo Julien, Paul Stirling, Shane Dadswell, Raymon Reiferm, Jan Nicolaas Frylinck, Avishka Fernando, Ronsford Beaton, Jonathan Smit, Binura Fernando, Blessing Muzarabani, Gulshan Kumar Jha, Kasun Rajitha, Lance Tanaka Chivanga, George Worker, Danushka Gunathilake, Sean Williams, Nathan Smith, Dinesh Chandimal,
Silver: Abdul Rahman, Burhan Niaz, Eddie Byrom, Matthew Quinn, Virandeep Singh, Abdul Wasi, Delray Rawlins, Edward Leonard, Max Holden, Bernard Scholtz, Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar, Aaron Johnson, Frederick Heldreich, Michael Jones, Aarif Sheikh, Amir Hamza Hotak, Hamza Tariq, George Bell, Michael Pepper, Aasif Sheikh, Dawlat Zadran, Harsh Thaker, George Drissel, Oliver Carter, Arjun Saud, Farid Malik, Kaleem Sana Ur Rehman, George Scrimshaw, Oliver George Robinson, Dev Khanal, Ibrahim Zadran, Rayyan Khan Pathan, Graham Clark, Oliver Gibson, Dipendra Singh Airee, Imran Mir, Saad Bin Zafar, Henry Cullen, Pat Brown, Kushal Bhurtel, Mohammadullah Hamkar, Ajeet Dale, Ishaan Kaushal, Rehaan Edavalath, Kushal Malla, Nangeyalia Kharotai, Alfie Ogborne, Jack Davies, Robert Yates, Sompal Kami, Rahmat Shah, Alistair Orr, Jack Leaning, Robin Das, Anil Teja Nidamanuru, Samiullah Shinwari, Augustus Miller, Jaden Carmichael, Roman Walker, Aryan Dutt, Shahidullah Kamal, Ben Cox, Jafer Chohan, Ruaidhri Smith, Brandon Glover, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Ben Mike, Jake Lintott, Ryan Higgins, Freddie Klaassen, Wafadar Momand, Benjamin Gibbon, James Hayes, Saif Zaib, Paul van Meekeren, Zia ur Rehman Akbar, Brad Wheal, James Wharton, Sean Hunt, Scott Edwards, Jack Prestwidge, Bradley Currie, Jaskaran Singh, Solomon Budinger, Dale Phillips, Jack Wood, Brett D'Oliveira, Joe Cracknell, Tawanda Muyeye, Dane Cleaver, Jonathan Wells, Brooke Guest, Joe Weatherley, Timm Van Der Gugten, Jayden Lennox, Md Anamul Haque Bijoy, Calvin Harrison, Joseph Phillips, Toby Albert, Katene Clarke, Mohammad Mithun, Cameron Steel, Josh Davey, Tom Bevan, Llewellyn Cullen Johnson, Musaddek Hossain Saikat, Che Simmons, Kasey Aldridge, Tom Lammonby, Nick Kelly, Nurul Hasan Sohan, Chris Wood, Kiran Carlson, William Root, Peter Younghusband, Ripon Mondol, Conor McKerr, Louis Kimber, Zak Chappell, Mehran Khan, Sabbir Rahman Roman, Craig Miles, Luc Benkenstein, Andrew Balbirnie, Hamza Tahir, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Dan Douthwaite, Luis Reece, Barry McCarthy, Mark Watt, Soumya Sarkar, Dillon Pennington, Mason Crane, Gareth Delaney, Michael Leask, Ziaur Rahaman, Dom Kelly, Matthew Carter, Harry Tector, Safyaan Sharif, Bamanye Xenxe, Caleb Saleka, Codi Yusuf, Connor Esterhuizen, Michael Booth, Tony de Zorzi, Asitha Fernando, Dhananjaya Lakshan, Jeffrey Vandersay, Kevin Koththigoda, Koralegedera Ashen Bandara, Lahiru Madushanka,m Lasith Croospulle, Malsha Tharupathi, Munasinghe Ishara Hemantha, Nipun Ranshika, Nuwan Pradeep, Pinnaduwage Chaturanga de Silva, Pramod Madushan, Ramesh Mendis, Sahan Arachchige, Samarakoon Lahiru Samarakoon, Seekkuge Prasanna, Shevon Daniel, Subasinghe Ashan Priyanjan, Vishen Halambage, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Siraje Nsubuga, Adithya Shetty, Gudakesh Motie, Akif Raja, Jair McAllister, Ali Naseer, Jeavor Royal, Aryan Lakra, Joshua Bishop, Aryansh Sharma, Junior Sinclair, Asif Khan, Keacy Carty, Basil Hameed, Kevlon Anderson, Fahad Nawaz, Kirk McKenzie, Haider Ali, Mark Deyal, Jash Giyanani, Matthew Nandu, Junaid Siddique, McKenny Clarke, Karthik Meiyappan, Nyeem Young, Love Preet Singh Bajwa, Roshon Primus, Mati Ullah, Shamar Joseph, Muhammad Irfan, Shaqkere Parris, Muhammad Uzair Khan, Sheldon Cottrell, Nilansh Keswani, Teddy Bishop, Sabir Ali, Yannic Cariah, Sultan Ahmed, Craig Ervine, Vriitya Aravind, Neville Madziva, Zahoor Khan, Richard Ngarava, Andries Gous, Richmond Mutumbami, Jaskaran Malhotra, Ryan Burl, Nosthush Kenjige, Taiwanashe Marumani, Abhijai Mansingh, Akeem Jordan, Alick Athanaze, Amari Goodridge, Greaves Justin,
Silver: Aamer Azmat, Ali Shan, Ayaz Tasawwar, Ghulam Raza, Irfanullah Shah, Aamir Ali, Ali Usman, Azam Khan, Gohar Ali, Israr ul Haq, Aamir Sohail, Ali Waqas, Azan Tariq, Gohar Faiz, Israrullah, Aarish Ali Khan, Ali Zaryab, Azaz Khan, Gulfam Aziz, Jalat Khan, Abdul Samad, Ammad Alam, Bahadur Ali, Habib Ullah, Jamal Anwar, Abdur Rahman, Ammad Butt, Bakhtiar Shah, Haider Abbas, Jawad Ali, Abid Ali, Anees Azam, Basit Ali, Hamayun Altaf, Junaid Ali, Abubakar Khan, Aqib Junaid, Bilawal Iqbal, Hamesh Kumar, Kamran Afzal, Adeel ur Rehman, Aqib Khan, Bismillah Khan, Hammad Butt, Kashif Ali, Adil Amin, Aqib Shah, Bohir Azam, Hammad Siddiqui, Kashif Bhatti, Afaq Ahmed, Arif Yaqoob, Danesh Kumar, Hamza Nazar, Khalid Usman, Aftab Ahmed, Arsal Sheikh, Daniyal Allah Ditta, Hanan Achakzai, Lateefullah Ahmed Bashir, Arsalan Ajmal, Daniyal Hussain Rajput, Haris Hassan, Maaz Khan, Ahmed Daniyal, Arshadullah, Dawood Khan, Haroon, Majid Ali, Ahmed Safi Abdullah, Asad Ali Jnr, Dilbar Hussain, Hasan Mohsin, Majid Asghar, Ahsan Hafeez Bhatti, Asad Malik, Fahad Hussain, Hasan Raza, Malhar Rasool, Aitzaz Habib Khan, Asad Raza, Fahad Iqbal, Hasan Rizwan, Mehran Ibrahim, Akbar-ur-Rehman, Asadullah, Fahad Jamil, Hashim Ibraheem, Mehrooz Rasheed, Akif Javed, Asadullah Hamza, Faizan Khan, Hazrat Wali, Mehroz Ali, Ali Ahsan, Asfand Mehran, Faizan Riaz, Hidayatullah, Mohammad Afzal, Ali Asghar, Ashfaq Ahmed, Faizan Saleem, Husnain Shameer, Mohammad Amir Khan, Ali Haider, Ashiq Ali, Faraz Aziz, Ibrar Amin, Mohammad Ageel, Ali Imran, Ashir Mehmood, Farhan Khan, Imran Dogar, Mohammad Arham, Ali Imran, Ashir Qureshi, Farhhan Sarfraz, Imran Khan, Mohammad Arif, Ali Majid, Asif Afridi, Farmanullah Khan, Imran Rafiq, Mohammad Asghar, Ali Manzoor, Asif Ali, Fayyaz Khan, Imran Shah, Mohammad Azeem Ghumman, Ali Sarfraz, Awais Akram Minhas, Fazal Subhan, Imtiaz Legari, Mohammad Basit, Ali Shafique, Awais Zafar, Ghulam Mudassar, Irfan Ali Memon, Mohammad Bilal, , PSLE, Mohammad Deen, Mohammad Sudais, Nisar Ahmad, Sarwar Afridi, Umaid Asif, Mohammad Faiq, Mohammad Suleman, Obaid Ullah, Shadab Majeed, Umair Afridi, Mohammad Faizan, Mohammad Taha, Qutabuddin, Shahbaz Khan, Umair Khan, Mohammad Ghaus, Mohammad Taha Mehmood, Raees Ahmed, Shahzaib Bhatti, Umair Masood, Mohammad Hammad Khan, Mohammad Tariq Khan, Raja Farhan Khan, Shakib Ali, Umar Siddiq, Mohammad Hamza Akbar, Mohammad Umair, Rameez Alam, Sharoon Siraj, Umar Waheed, Mohammad Hasan, Mohammad Umar, Rameez Aziz, Shayan Khalil, Umer Khan, Mohammad Huraira, Mohammad Usman, Rao Sajid Ali, Shayan Sheikh, Usama Basharat, Mohammad Ibrahim, Mohammad Waheed, Rasool Bakhsh, Shehzad Gul, Usama Khalil, Mohammad Idrees, Mohammad Wasim, Rehan Afridi, Shehzad Gul, Usman Khalid, Mohammad Ikram, Mohammad Wasim Khan, Rehman Khan, Sher Afzal, Usman Maroof, Mohammad Ilyas, Mohammad Yasir, Rizwan Ali, Sheran Malik, Usman Tariq, Mohammad Imran, Mohammad Zahid, Rizwan Hussain, Shiraz Khan, Usman Yousaf, Mohammad Imran Jnr, Mohsin Ali, Rohan Qadri, Shoaib Ahmed, Wagar Ahmed, Mohammad Irfan, Mohsin Raza, Saad Khan, Shoaib Akhtar, Waqar ul Hasan, Mohammad Irfan Khan, Mohsin Riaz, Sadaqat Ali, Sohaibullah, Waqas Ahmed, Mohammad Javed, Moinuddin, Sahil Yousaf, Syed Faraz, Yousaf Babar, Mohammad Junaid, Momin Waqar, Saifullah Bangash, Syed Khizar Shah, Zahoor Ahmed, Mohammad Nadeem, Mujtaba Ghayas, Saim Ayyaz, Syed Khurram Ali Shah, Zaid Alam, Mohammad Naeem snr, Mushtaq Ahmed, Sajjad Ahmed, Syed Muzammil Shah, Zain Abbas, Mohammad Naveed, Mustafa Nasir, Sajjad Ali jnr, Syed Rafaiy, Zaki Shaz Khan, Mohammad Naveed Yousaf, Nabeel Ahmed, Sajjad Ibraheem, Syed Waleed Azeem, Zeeshan Ahmad, Mohammad Nisar Afridi, Nabi Gul, Salahuddin, Syed Zainullah, Zeeshan Ashraf, Mohammad Ramiz Jnr, Nadeem Ahmed, Saleem Mal, Taimoor Sultan, Zeeshan Malik, Mohammad Sadam, Nadeem Khalil, Sameen Gul, Taimur Ali, Zeeshan Tahir, Mohammad Saleem jnr, Najeeb Ullah, Sami Hasan, Taimur Khan, Zeeshan Zamir, Mohammad Shahid, Najeebullah Achakzai, Samiullah inr, Taj Wali, Zubair Khan, Mohammad Shahid, Nasir Khan, Sanaullah Khan, Tariq Jameel, , Mohammad Shahzad, Najeebullah Achakzai, Sagib Khan, Tariq Nawaz, , Mohammad Sheharyar, Nasir Khan, Sarmad Bhatti, Tayyab Ali Shah
Emerging: Aaliyan Mahmood, Arham Nawab, Javed Khan, Mohammad Riaz Ullah, Samiullah, Aamir Ali Taheem, Asif Ali, Kashif Ali, Mohammad Rohid, Abbas Al, Asif Ali Jnr, Kashif Noor, Mohammad Tayyab Arif, Shahid Aziz, Abdul Faseeh, Asim Ali, Khawaja Mohammad Nafay, Mohammad Umar, Shahzaib Khan, Abdul Hadi, Asim Jutt, Khayam Khan, Mohammad Uzair Khan, Shamyl Hussain, Abdul Rauf, Aun Shehzad, Khubaib Khalil, Mohammad Waleed, Shawaiz Irfan, Abdul Rehman Khan Niazi, Azan Awais, Maaz Sadaqat, Mohammad Zeeshan, Shayaan Saad, Abdul Wahid Bangalzai, Basit Ali, Makhmoor Ali Dahani, Muhammad Abiss, Shoaib Khan, Abdullah Fazal, Fahad Munir, Mansoor Ali, Muhammad Adil, Shoaib Manzoor, Abu Huraira, Faheem Rasheed, Mehran Mumtaz, Muhammad Saad Asif, Sikandar Tajwar, Abubakar, Fardeen Sheikh, Mohammad Ammar, Muhammad Shahzad, Sirajuddin, Abubakar, Faris Faisal, Mohammad Awais Anwar, Muhammad Tahir, Sudais Ulfat, Abuzar Tariq, Fawad Ali, Mohammad Ayaz, Muneeb Wasif, Syed Ali Nasar, Adil Naz, Ghazi Ghouri, Mohammad Faizan, Munir Riaz, Syed Faridoun Mahmood, Afaq Khan, Habibullah, Mohammad Faizan Zafar, Najab Khan, Syed Hashim Shah, Afnan Khan, Hamza Nawaz, Mohammad Farhan, Naveed Ahmed Khan, Taha Mehmood, Aftab Ibrahim, Haris Khan, Mohammad Farooq, Niaz Khan, Tahir Hussain, Ahmed Hussain, Haroon Arshad, Mohammad Haider, Noman Ali, Taimur Mustafa, Ahmed Khan, Hasan Nawaz, Mohammad Hamza, Rehman Fageer, Ubaid Shah, Aimal Khan, Haseeb Khan, Mohammad Huzaifa, Rizwan Ahmed, Umar Khalid, Akbar Khan, Hamza Khan, Mohammad Ibrahim snr, Rizwan Mehmood, Wahaj Riaz, Akhtar Shah, Hasnain Majid, Mohammad Ibtisam, Saad Baig, Yasir Khan, Ali Asfand, Hunain Shah, Mohammad Ismail, Saad Masood, Zain Ishaq, Ali Raza, Ishfaq Ahmed, Mohammad Junaid, Sabit Ali, Zain Khan, Ameer Hamza, Israr Hussain, Mohammad Moeez Khan, Salman Aslam, Ziaullah, Amir Hassan, Jahandad Khan, Mohammad Rafi, Salman Khan, Aqib Liaqat, Jahanzaib Sultan, Mohammad Raza-ul-Mustafa, Salman Khan, Arbaz Khan, Jalat Khan, Mohammad Riaz, Salman Khan jnr, Ameer Hamza, Israr Hussain, Mohammad Moeez Khan, Salman Aslam, Ziaullah, Amir Hassan, Jahandad Khan, Mohammad Rafi, Salman Khan, Aqib Liaqat, Jahanzaib Sultan, Mohammad Raza-ul-Mustafa, Salman Khan, Arbaz Khan, Jalat Khan, Mohammad Riaz, Salman Khan jnr
Lahore Qalandars are bidding for a three-peat in 2024 (AAMIR QURESHI/AFP via Getty Images)
Islamabad United: Shadab Khan, Naseem Shah (both Platinum), Imad Wasim, Azam Khan (both Diamond), Faheem Ashraf (Brand Ambassador), Alex Hales, Colin Munro (all Gold), Rumman Raees (Silver)
Karachi Kings: James Vince, Hasan Ali (Diamond), Shan Masood (Brand Ambassador), Shoaib Malik (Mentor), Tabraiz Shamsi (all Gold), Mir Hamza, Muhammad Akhlaq (both Silver), Muhammad Irfan Khan (Emerging)
Lahore Qalandars: Shaheen Shah Afridi (Platinum), Haris Rauf (Brand Ambassador), David Wiese (both Diamond), Sikandar Raza, Abdullah Shafique, Zaman Khan (all Gold), Mirza Tahir Baig, Rashid Khan (both Silver)
Multan Sultans: Mohammad Rizwan, Iftikhar Ahmed (both Platinum), Khushdil Shah, Usama Mir (both Diamond), Abbas Afridi (Gold), Ihsanullah (Brand Ambassador, Silver), Faisal Akram (Emerging)
Peshawar Zalmi: Babar Azam, Rovman Powell (both Platinum), Saim Ayub, Tom Kohler-Cadmore (all Diamond), Mohammad Haris (Brand Ambassador) and Aamir Jamal (both Gold), Khurram Shahzad (Silver), Haseebullah (Emerging)
Quetta Gladiators: Rilee Rossouw (Platinum), Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Jason Roy and Wanindu Hasaranga (all Diamond), Sarfaraz Ahmed (Brand Ambassador) Abrar Ahmed and Mohammad Hasnain (all Gold), Will Smeed (Silver)
Shan Masood has moved to Karachi Kings (ARIF ALI/AFP via Getty Images)
The PSL draft can be watched on the Pakistan Super League YouTube channel
The 2024 has a tentative start date of February 8, running to the final on March 24 - but these dates have not been confirmed.