MELBOURNE, Australia
Big Bash League’s (BBL) defending champions Melbourne Renegades will get the first pick in the BBL overseas player draft next month while Hobart Hurricanes will be the last to go in the opening round, media reports claimed. The order of the draft was determined through a weighted lottery which took place on Wednesday based on the finishing positions in last season’s BBL.
This is how the final draft order came out:
1. Melbourne Renegades
2. Melbourne Stars
3. Brisbane Heat
4. Sydney Sixers
5. Adelaide Strikers
6. Perth Scorchers
7. Sydney Thunder
8. Hobart Hurricanes
The first part of the lottery included the three teams to miss finals in the 2021-22 season: Renegades, Brisbane Heat and Melbourne Stars. Bottom-placed Renegades had three entries in the lottery, Heat two and Stars one. That meant that Renegades had a 50% chance of being drawn out as the first pick.
