Ahead of the player draft for next year's Pakistan Super League, The Cricketer explains who's involved and how it will work
The draft for the eighth season of the Pakistan Super League.
The draft will take place on December 15 from 5pm PST (midday GMT).
Defending champions Lahore Qalandars will make the first pick. The order was decided through a draw at the Pakistan Cricket Board offices.
Quetta Gladiators and Multan Sultans will have the second and third picks. The fourth and fifth picks will belong to Karachi Kings and Islamabad United.
The order for the next 17 rounds was decided by a special tool.
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Australia: Aaron Finch
England: Adil Rashid, Alex Hales, Dawid Malan, Moeen Ali, Reece Topley, Saqib Mahmood, Tom Curran, Tymal Mills
West Indies: Akeal Hosein, Evin Lewis, Nicholas Pooran, Odean Smith, Rahkeem Cornwall
Sri Lanka: Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga
New Zealand: Colin de Grandhomme, Jimmy Neesham, Martin Guptill
Afghanistan: Mohammad Nabi, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rashid Khan
South Africa: David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Rassie van der Dussen, Tabraiz Shamsi
Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan
Multan Sultans will have the third pick in this year's draft (Arif Ali/AFP via Getty Images)
Four hundred and ninety-three players, of which 29 are in the platinum category (above) 81 in diamond, 150 in gold and 243 in silver (all below), from full member and associate nations, have entered the player draft.
The maximum number of foreign players to register are from England (140). Sixty have entered from Sri Lanka, 43 from Afghanistan, 38 from West Indies, 28 from Bangladesh, 25 from South Africa, 14 from Australia, 11 from Zimbabwe and nine from Ireland.
Diamond: Adam Hose, Andre Fletcher, Andrew Tye, Angelo Mathews, Avishka Fernando, Bas de Leede, Ben Mike, Benjamin Cutting, Bjorn Fortuin, Brandon King, Cameron Delport, Carlos Brathwaite, Chadwick Walton, Charith Asalanka, Craig Overton, Daniel Sams, Daniel Worrall, David Wiese, Dominic Drakes, Dushmantha Chameera, Dwaine Pretorius, Evan Jones, Fabian Allen, Fazalhaq Farooqi, George Dockrell, Gulbadin Naib, Hayden Walsh, Hazratullah Zazai, Imran Tahir, Jacques Snyman, James Bracey, James Fuller, James Vince, Jamie Overton, Janneman Malan, Jason Roy, Johnson Charles, Josh Little, Keemo Paul, Kevin Sinclair, Kieran Powell, Kusal Mendis, Kusal Perera, Laurie Evans, Lendl Simmons, Lewis Gregory, Lewis McManus, Liam Dawson, Liam Norwell, Luke Wood, Maheesh Theekshana, Mahmudullah Riyad, Marchant De Lange, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Michael Rippon, Migael Pretorius, Mushfiqur Rahim, Najibullah Zadran, Nkrumah Bonner, Ollie Pope, Olly Stone, Oshane Thomas, Patum Nissanka , Paul Walter, Qais Ahmad, Rehan Ahmed, Richard Gleeson, Rilee Rossouw, Roelof van der Merwe, Roston Chase, Ryan Gibson, Shai Hope, Shane Dadswell, Sherfane Rutherford, Sikandar Raza, Tamim Iqbal, Taskin Ahmed, Thisara Perera, Thomas Kaber Phillip, Wayne Parnell, Will Jacks
Gold: Aayan Khan, Adam Rossington, Afsar Zazai, Alex Davies, Ali Abid, Ali Khan, Anderson Phillip, Andy Balbirnie, Asela Gunaratne, Ashan Priyanian, Ashen Bandara, Ashmead Nedd, Asitha Fernando, Avishka Perera, Ben Allison, Ben Cox, Ben Dunk, Ben Green, Ben Raine, Benny Howell, Beuran Hendricks, Binod Bhandari, Binura Fernando, Blessing Muzarabani, Brad Evans, Brad Wheal, Brandon Glover, Brydon Carse, Chris Benjamin, Chris Green, Christian Jonker, Christopher Bobby, Craig Ervine, Curtis Campher, Daniel Lawrence, Danishka Gunathilaka, Danny Briggs, David Lloyd, David Payne, Dawlat Zadran, Denesh Ramdin, Devendra Bishoo, Dhananiaya De Silva, Dilshan Madushanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Dinesh Chandimal, Dom Bess, Ebadot Hossain, Elton Chigumbura, Frederick Heldreich, Gareth Delany, George Garton, George Linde, George Munsey, Grant Stewart, Gus Atkinson, Hamilton Masakadza, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Ian Cockbain, Ibrahim Zadran, Imrul Kayes, Ishan Jayaratne, Isuru Udana, 1zharulhag Naveed, Jack Campbell, Jack Taylor, Jake Ball, Jake Lintott, Janith Liyanage, Javelle Glen, Jeffrey Vandersay, Jerome Taylor, Joe Denly, John Simpson, Jonathan Carter, Jordan Clark,Jordan Cox, Jordan Thompson, Josh Cobb, Junior Dala, Karim Janat, Karthik Meiyappan, Kasun Raitha, Kennar Lewis, Khaled Ahmed, Kushal Bhurtel, Lahiru Kumara, Lahiru Samarakoon, Lakshan Sandakan, Leonardo Julien, Liam Trevaskis, Litton Kumar Das, Lorcan Tucker, Mahela Udawatte, Malinda Pushpakumara, Mark Adair, Mark Watt, Matheesha Pathirana, Matt Critchley, Matthew Carter, Matthew Forde, Matthew Parkinson, Matthew Potts, Matthew Quinn, Michael Jones, Miles Hammond, Minod Bhanuka, Mitchell Stanley, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mohammad Shahzad, Muhammad Waseem, Munim Shahriar, Nandre Burger, Noor Ahmad, Nuwan Tushara, Nyeem Young, Peter Hatzoglou, Pinnaduwage Chaturanga, Preston McSween, Promod Madushan, Prosper Utseya, Pulina Tharanga, Ramesh Mendis, Ravi Rampaul, Ronsford Beaton, Ross Whiteley, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Sam Cook, Sam Northeast, Samit Patel, Sam Hain, Sean Williams, Shamarh Brooks, Shane Snater, Shannon Gabriel, Sheldon Cottrell, Sonny Baker, Temba Bavuma, Timm Van Der Gugten, Tom Bailey, Tom Cooper, Tom Hartley, Tom Lammonby, Tom Moores, Tom Tavlor, Upul Tharanga, Usman Ghani, Yasir Mohammad, Zahir Khan, Ziaur Rahman
Silver: Abdul Rahmani, Abdul Shakoor, Abdul Wasi Noori, Abu Sayem, Afif Hossain, Aftab Alam, Ahmed Raza, Aizaz Khan, Akila Dhananjaya, Akshay Puri, Al-Amin Hossain, Alex Blake, Alex Lees, Ali Orr, Alick Athanaze, Alishan Sharafu, Allah Mohammad, Amir Hamza Hotak, Amir Jangoo, Amiad Khan Gull, Anamul Haque, Ansh Tandon, Arjun Nair, Arjun Saud, Arron Lilley, Aryan Dutt, Aryan Lakra, Asadullah Matani, Asif Khan, Atif Sheikh, Avishek Mitra, Azmatullah Omarzai, Babar Hayat, Bahar Ali Shinwari, Basil Hameed, Ben Aitchison, Blake Coburn, Brett D'Oliveira, Brooke Guest, Callum Parkinson, Cameron Steel, Chad Classen, C Wickramasingha, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Charles Jordan, Ewart Nicholson, Che Simmons, Fahad Nawaz, Christopher Wood, Farid Ahmed Malik, Chundangapoyil, Fateh Singh, Colin Ackermann, Fayyaz Ahmed, Colin Jr Kezron, Fazal Zazai, Conor McKerr, Feroze Khushi Craig Wallace, Fidel Edwards, Craig Miles, Frederick Klaassen, Darwish Rasooli, George Thomas, Delay Rawlins, Gerhard Erasmus, Devon Thomas, Graham Clark, Dhananjaya Lakshan Gudakesh Motie, Dillon Pennington, Guramar Singh Virdi, Dilon Heyliger, Hamid Hassan, Dinesh Nakrani, Hamza Tahir, Dominic Leech, Hamza Tariq, Dunith Wellalage, Harry Tector, Dushan Hemantha, Haseeb Hameed, Ed Pollock, Hassan Eisakhil, Eddie Byrom, lan Holland, Ehsan Khan, Ibrahim Masood, liaz Ahmadzai, Imran Mir, Jack Haynes, Jack Leaning, Jacob Bethell, Jamal Richards, Jaskaran Malhotra, Jatinder Singh, Jeavor Royal, Jesse Bootan, Joe Cracknell, Joe Weatherley, Joey Evison, Jon Russ Jaggesar, Jonathan Wells, Joshua Bishop, Joshua Davey, Joshua James, Joshua Kann, Jubair Hossain, Junaid Siddique, Junaid Siddiqui, Justin Greaves, Kadeem Alleyne, Kairav Sharma, Kaleem Sana, Kamau Sadiki, Kamil Mishara, Kamindu Mendis, Karima Gore, Kashif Ali, Kashif Daud, Kavian Naress, Kesrick Williams, Kevin Koththigoda, Khary Pierre, Kyle Phillip, Lahiru Dawattage, Luc Benkenstein, Luis Reece, Luke Fletcher, Luke Hollman, Luke Wells, Mark Deyal, Matthew Cross, Matthew Forde, Matthew Spoors, Matty Revis, Max O'Dowd, Mckenny Clarke, Md Rubel Hossain, Md Shoriful Islam, Mehran Khan, Michael Leask, Michael Pepper, Mohamed Rishwan, M Aadil Alam, M Mirttunjoy, Monir Hossain, Muhammad Azhar, Muhammad Faroog, Muhammad Usman, Munis Ansari, Musa Ahmed, Nadif Chowdhury, Nasum Ahmed, Nathan Edward, Nathan Sowter, Neil Rock, Nicholas Welch, Nick Hobson, Nilansh Keswani, Nipun Dhananjaya, Nipun Ranshika, Nitish Kumar, Nizakat Khan, Norman Vanua, Nuwanidu Fernando, Oli Carter, Olipa Rogers, Oliver Robinson, Oshada Fernando, Pat Brown, Paul van Meekeren, Pawan Sharraf, Prabath Jayasuria, Prem Sisodiya, Rafsan Al Mahmud, Rahim Mangal, Rahul Bhatia, Raja Akif Ullah, Ramon Simmonds, Ravi Bopara, Rayad Emrit, Rayan Khan Pathan, Richard Ngarava, Richie Berrington, Rob Yates, Ronak Panoly,Roshon Primus, Ruaidhri Smith, Ruvel Miah, Ryan Burl, Ryan Higgins, Ryan Rickelton, Saad Bin Zafar, Sabbir Rahman Roman, Safyaan Mohammed Sharif, Saif Zaib, Sami Sohail, Samiullah Shinwari, Sayed Shirzad, Scott Edwards, Seekkuge Prasanna, Shaaron Anthony Lewis, Shafiqullah Chafari, Shafiul Islam, Shahidullah Kamal, Shapoor Zadran, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Shariz Ahmad, Sheraz Ahmad, Shevon Daniel, Solomon Budinger, Sompal Kami, Soumya Sarkar, Stephen Eskinazi, Steven Mullaney, Steven Taylor, Subash Khakurel, Sultan Ahmad, Syed Abdullah, Syed Haider Shah, Terrance Hinds, Thanuka Dabare, Thilan Walallawita, Thomas Bevan, Thomas Rogers, Tion Webster, Tom Alsop, Umair Ali Khan, Umair Ali Khan, Usman Khan, Vikramiit Singh, Virandeep Singh, Vivian Kingma, Vriitya Aravind, Waqar Salamkheil, Wagarullah Ishag, Yamin Ahmadzai, Yannic Cariah, Zahoor Khan, Zain ul Hassan, Zak Chappell, Zia ur Rehman Akbar
Silver: Abdul Hanan, Abdul Rehman, Abdul Samad, Abrar Ahmed, Adil Amin, Aftab Ahmed, Ahmed Bashir, Ahmed Danlyal, Ahmed Safi, Ahsan Baig, Ahsan Hafeez, Aitizaz Habib, Akif Javed,Ali Imran, Ali Majid, Ali Sarfraz, Ali Shafig, Ali Usman, Ali Wagas, Ali Zaryab, Ameer Hamza, Ammad Alam, Arshadullah, Asad Raza, Ashfaq Ahmed, Ashig Ali, Asif Mehmood, Athar Mahmood, Ayaz Tasawwar, Azeem Ghumman, Bilawal labal, Bismillah Khan, Dawood Khan, Dilbar Hussain, Fahad labal, Faizan Riaz, Farhan Khan, Fazal-ur-Rehman, Ghulam Mudassar, Gohar Ali, Gohar Faiz, Gohar Hafeez Butt, Gulraiz Sadaf, Hamza Akbar, Hasan Raza, Haseeb-ur-Rehman, Hassan Khan, Hassan Mohsin, Hazrat Umar, Humayun Altaf, Imran Rafig, Imran Randhawa, Irfanullah Shah, Israrullah, Jahanzaib Aftab, Jalat Khan, Jalat Khan, Junaid Ali, Junaid llyas, Junaid Khan, Kaleemullah, Kamran Afzal, Kashif Bhatti, Kashif lgbal, Khalid Usman, Khurram Shahzad, M. Sharoon Siraj, Maaz Khan, Majid Ali, Mamoon Riaz, Mansoor Saleem, Magbool Ahmed, Mehran Ibrahim, Mirwais Tareen, Mirza Tahir Baig, Mohammad Afzal, Mohammad Akhlag, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Ali Khan, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Arham, Mohammad Asghar, Mohammad Bilal, Mohammad Faizan, Mohammad Ghaus, Mohammad Hasan, Mohammad Idrees, Mohammad llyas, Mohammad Imran, Mohammad Irfan Jr, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Ismail, Mohammad Javed, Mohammad Nisar, Mohammad Rameez, Mohammad Saad, Mohammad Sadagat, Mohammad Sarwar, Mohammad Shahid, Mohammad Sudais, Mohammad Tahir, Mohammad Umair, Mohammad Umar, Mohammad Waheed, Moin ud Din, Muhammad Adil, Muhammad Imran Jr, Muhammad Zahid, Nabi Gul, Naeem Khan, Najebullah Achakzai, Nasir Khan, Nasir Nawaz Nisar Ahmed, Omair Bin Yousuf, Rameez Alam, Rameez Aziz, Raza-ul-Hasan, Rehan Afridi, Rizwan Hussain, Rohail Nazir, Saad Khan, Sadagat Ali, Saif Badar, Saifullah Bangash, Salahuddin, Salim Mal, Salman Ali Mirza, Sameen Gul, Sana Ullah, Sanaullah, Sarmad Bhatti, Shadab Maieed, Shahrukh Ali, Shahzad Tareen, Wagas Ahmed, Shehbaz Khan, Yousaf Babar, Shehzar Mohammad Zaid Alam, Shoaib Ahmed, Zain Abbas, Sohail Akhtar, Zainullah, Sudais Khan, Zainullah, Syed Agib Shah, Zeeshan Ashraf, Syed Faraz Ali, Zeeshan Malik, Taimur Ali, Zubair Khan, Taimur Sultan, Tai Wali, Tayyab Abbas, Tayyab Tahir, Umaid Asif, Umair Masood, Umar Khan, Umar Siddiq Khan, Umar Waheed, Umer Khan, Usama Mir, Usman Khan, Usman Tariq, Wagar Hussain
Emerging: Aamer Azmat, Abbas Ali, Abdul Basit, Abdul Faseeh, Abdul Haseeb, Abdul Moiz, Abdul Rehman, Abdul Saboor, Abdul Wahid, Abdullah Amin, Abdullah, Abu Bakar, Abu Bakar Khan, Abu Huraira, Abu Murshad, Abuzar Hashim, Adil Naz, Adnan labal, Adnan Shahid, Afaq Ahmed, Afaq Khan, Affan Ishag, Afkar Durrani, Afnan Khan Aftab Ahmed, Aftab Ibrahim, Afzal Manzoor, Ahmed Bilal, Ahmed Hasan, Ahmed Hussain, Ahmed Khan, Ahsanullah, Aimal Khan, Akash Hayat, Akhtar Altaf, Ali Abbas, Ali Asfand, Ali Dilshad Butt, Ali Hassan, Ali Hassan, Ali Ishag, Ali Raza, Ali Razzaa, Ali Shan, Ali Zoraiz Asif, Aliyan Mehmood, Amir Ali, Amir Hassan, Agib Liagat, Arafat Minhas, Arbab Shabbir, Arbaz Khan, Arbaz Khan, Arham Nawab, Arish Ali Khan, Aseer Mughal, Ashar Qureshi, Asif Ali Inr, Asim Shehzad, Awais Raheem, Ayaz Khan, Ayub Khan, Azan Awais, Azan Kabir, Basit Ali, Bilal Ahmed, Daud Nazar, Duniya Khan, Ehtisham ul Haq, Fahad Amin, Fahad Hussain, Fahad Munir, Faisal Akram, Faraz Ahmed, Faraz Khan, Farhan Yousaf, Ghazi Khan, Ghulam Ashraf, Habibullah, Hafiz Usman, Hameed Kareem, Hammad Liagat, Hamza Nadir, Hamza Nawaz, Hamza Nazar, Hamza Qureshi, Harib Moeen, Haris Khan, Haroon Arshad, Hasan Ali Jnr, Haseeb Javed, Haseeb Khan, Haseeb Nazim, Haseeb Ullah, Haseeb-ur-Rehman, Hasnain Maid, Hasnain Nadeem, Hassan labal, Hassan Nawaz, Hazrat Wali, Hidayatullah, Hikmatullah, Hilal Ahmed, Hunain Shah, Huzaifa Ayub, Huzaifa Gul liaz Ahmed, Ikramullah Tareen, Inamullah, Irfan Khan Niazi, Ismail Khan, Israrullah, Jahangir Khan, Jahanzaib Sultan, Jamshed Ali, Jawad Ali, Mohammad Awais, Mohammad Shahid, Kabir Raj, Mohammad Basit, Mohammad Shahzad, Kaif Ali, Mohammad Danish, Mohammad Shan, Kashif Ali, Mohammad Farooa, Mohammad Shoaib, Kashif Fareed, Mohammad Hanif, Mohammad Shoaib Inr, Khubaib Khalil, Mohammad Huraira, Mohammad Siddiq, Maaz Habib Khan, Mohammad Ibraheem, Mohammad Suleman, Maaz Khurram, Mohammad Ibrahim Sr. Mohammad Taha, Maaz Sadaqat, Mohammad Ibtisam, Mohammad Tahir, Majid Asghar, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Tayyab Arif, Mansoor Ali Khoso, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Uzair, Mehran Mumtaz, Mohammad Ismail, Mohammad Wagas, Moazzam Alvi, Mohammad Jahangir, Mohammad Yousaf, Mohammad Abdullah, Mohammad Junaid, Mohammad Zahid, Mohammad Abubakar, Mohammad Junaid, Mohammad Zeeshan, Mohammad Aftab, Mohammad Maaz, Mohammad Zubair, Mohammad Ali Tai, Mohammad Maooz, Mohammad Zubair Jnr, Mohammad Ammar, Mohammad Mohsin, Mohammad Zulkifal, Mohammad Ammar, Mohammad Nabeel, Moheer Saeed, Mohammad Ammar, Mohammad Naveed, Mohsin Ali, Mohammad Aqdas, Mohammad Qaiser, Mohsin Riaz, Mohammad Agib, Mohammad Qasim, Moiz Rana, Mohammad Asad Malik Mohammad Salman, Momin Qamar, Mubasir Khan, Muhammad Hamza, Muhammad Salman, Muhammad Waleed, Muneeb Wasif, Munir Riaz, Mustafa Nasir, Naveed Ahmed Khan, Niaz Khan, Noman Ali, Obaid Shahid, Ourban Ali, Raja Hamza Waheed, Rasool Bakash, Riazullah Khan, Rizwan Mehmood, Romail Ahmed, Saad Asif, Saad Baig, Saad Masood, Saim Ayub, Sajiad Ali, Salman Ahmed, Salman Khan, Shuiah Zaheer, Wahaj Riaz, Samama Riaz, Siraj Mehboob, Wagar Ahmed, Sagib Jamil, Sirajuddin, Wagas Abbas, Saaib Ullah, Sudais Ulfat, Wazdan Khan, Saalain Nawaz, Syed Faridoun, Yahva Shah, Saria Khan, Syed Hanzla, Yasir Ahmed, Shahabuddin, Sved Hasan Gillani, Yasir Khan, Shahid Ali, Syed Rehan Ali Shah, Yasir Khan, Shahid Aziz, Syed Tayyab Hussain, Zain ul Abideen, Shahmeer Ali, Syed Yasir Shah, Zeeshan, Shahmir Nisar Khan, Taha Masood, Zeeshan Zamir, Shahwaiz Yasir, Taha Shabbir, Ziad Khan, Shahzaib Aziz, Tahir Ali, Ziaullah, Shahzaib Khan, Tahir Hussain, Zohaib Khan, Shamraiz Khan, Talha Ahsan, Zoraiz Wafa Gill, Shamyl Hussain, Talha Mushtag, Zubair Jabbar, Sharieel Hasan, Tanveer Khan, Zubair Khan, Shawaiz Irfan, Tariq Jameel, Zubair Shinwari, Shehbaz Khan Huraira, Umar Habib, Sherdil Khan, Usman Ghani, Shiraz Khan, Usman Khan, Shoaib Aamir, Usman Shahid, Shoaib Ahmed, Uzair Mumtaz
Islamabad United: Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Azam Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Colin Munro, Paul Stirling
Karachi Kings: Haider Ali, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Amir, Shoaib Malik, Aamir Yamin, Mir Hamza, Sharjeel Khan, Qasim Akram
Lahore Qalandars: Rashid Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, David Wiese, Abdullah Shafique, Harry Brook, Kamran Ghulam, Zaman Khan
Multan Sultans: Mohammad Rizwan, Khushdil Shah, Rilee Rossouw, Shan Masood, Shahnawaz Dahani, Tim David, Abbas Afridi, Ihsanullah
Peshawar Zalmi: Babar Azam, Sherfane Rutherford, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Haris, Aamir Jamal, Salman Irshad, Tom-Kohler Cadmore
Quetta Gladiators: Mohammad Nawaz, Iftikhar Ahmed, Jason Roy, Mohammad Hasnain, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Naveen ul Haq, Umar Akmal, Will Smeed
Babar Azam has delivered the first major move of the 2023 Pakistan Super League, with the Pakistan skipper swapping Karachi Kings for Peshawar Zalmi.
Haider Ali and Shoaib Malik have headed in the opposite direction while Peshawar Zalmi have also received the first supplementary round pick as part of the trade.
Each team could retain up to eight players from last season's squad. Their squads for 2023 can contain a maximum of 18 players – three platinum, three diamond, three gold, five silver, two emerging and two supplementary – following the draft.
Babar Azam has swapped Karachi Kings for Peshawar Zalmi (Asif Hassan/AFP via Getty Images)
The draft is available to watch globally on the PSL YouTube channel and Facebook page.
Fans in Pakistan can tune in via PTV Sports, ASports or Daraz.
The 2023 season is set to start on February 9 across four venues – Lahore, Karachi, Rawalpindi and Multan – with the final on March 19.