David Willey and Dawid Malan are among the ten English players picked up in the draft ahead of the 2024 edition of the Pakistan Super League, which took place today (December 13).

Willey, who retired from international cricket at the end of the 2023 World Cup, was the first pick in the draft, selected in the Platinum category by Multan Sultans. Highly rated 23-year-old Jordan Cox was also picked in the same category, earning a bumper deal with Islamabad United. The other platinum players were Kieron Pollard, Daniel Sams and Mohammad Nawaz (Karachi Kings), Fakhar Zaman and Rassie van der Dussen (Lahore Qalandars) and Noor Ahmad (Peshawar Zalmi).

Two England players, Malan and Tymal Mills, were snapped up in the Diamond category. Malan will join Willey at Multan Sultans, while Mills will team up with Cox at Islamabad United. Further down, there was a Gold deal for Reece Topley (Multan Sultans), Silver deals for Dan Lawrence (Lahore Qalandars) and the uncapped Dan Mousley (Peshawar Zalmi), with Chris Jordan (Multan Sultans), Tom Curran (Islamabad United) and Jamie Overton (Karachi Kings) picked up in the supplementary bracket.

There were notable deals for some Pakistani youngsters. Hunain Shah will join his brother Naseem at Islamabad United, while Mohammad Zeeshan, the two-metre tall quick who has made waves for Pakistan in the U19 Asia Cup, will play for Peshawar Zalmi, each in the emerging category. Saad Baig, Pakistan U19 captain, went to Karachi Kings as a supplementary player.

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Among the most high-profile names overlooked are Ahmed Shehzad and Haider Ali.

Full list of signings in the 2024 PSL draft

Platinum category: David Willey (Multan Sultans), Kieron Pollard, Daniel Sams, Mohammad Nawaz (Karachi Kings), Fakhar Zaman, Rassie van der Dussen (Lahore Qalandars), Noor Ahmad (Peshawar Zalmi), Jordan Cox (Islamabad United).

Diamond category: Dawid Malan (Multan Sultans), Asif Ali (Peshawar Zalmi), Tymal Mills (Islamabad United), Tim Seifert (Karachi Kings), Sahibzada Farhan (Lahore Qalandars).

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Gold category: Reece Topley, Reeza Hendricks (Multan Sultans), Naveen-ul-Haq (Peshawar Zalmi).

Silver category: Sajjad Ali Jr., Saud Shakeel, Usman Qadir (Quetta Gladiators), Tayyab Tahir, Shahnawaz Dahani, Mohammad Ali, Usman Khan (Multan Sultans), Mohammad Imran Jr., Ahsan Bhatti, Dan Lawrence (Lahore Qalandars), Mohammad Amir Khan, Anwar Ali, Arafat Minhas (Karachi Kings), Arif Yaqoob, Umair Afridi, Dan Mousley (Peshawar Zalmi), Qasim Akram, Matthew Forde, Salman Ali Agha, Shahab Khan (Islamabad United).

Emerging category: Hunain Shah, Ubaid Shah (Islamabad United), Mohammad Zeeshan (Peshawar Zalmi), Yasir Khan (Multan Sultans), Syed Faraidoun Mahmood, Jahandad Khan (Lahore Qalandars), Adil Naz, Khawaja Nafay (Quetta Gladiators), Sirajuddin (Karachi Kings).

Supplementary category: Shai Hope, Kamran Ghulam (Lahore Qalandars), Chris Jordan, Aftab Ibrahim (Multan Sultans), Mehran Mumtaz, Lungi Ngidi (Peshawar Zalmi), Akeal Hosein, Sohail Khan (Quetta Gladiators), Tom Curran, Shamyl Hussain (Islamabad United), Saad Baig, Jamie Overton (Karachi Kings).