Supercoach Big Bash: International Player Availability, BBL16

Former Supercoach Big Bash champion Thommo Aitken shares his predicted availability for all international players in BBL16

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BBL franchises have gone back to the future this season, regaining the freedom to directly sign whoever they want as their international players.

The overseas draft was a short-lived experiment, and scrapping it is a welcome move after seeing number one picks like Liam Livingstone fail to play a single game for the Renegades—alongside plenty of other draftees who pulled out for a variety of reasons.

With the return to an open-market system, the great news for us SuperCoachers is that most imports are available for the entire tournament.

For the most part, you can lock in your international picks with certainty!

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PlayerClubPosition Availability 
Ben StokesStrikersBAT / BWLFull season
Mark ChapmanStrikersBAT Full season
Haris RaufStrikersBWLFull season
Tom CurranHeatBAT / BWLMissing first 3 matches, including round 1 Heat double game round. 
Bevon JacobsHeatBATFirst 3 games. Replacement player for Tom Curran. 
Tim RobinsonHeatBATFull season
Shai HopeHurricanes WKP / BATFull season
Rishad Hossain HurricanesBWLFirst 8 games
Jonny BairstowRenegadesWKP / BATFull season
Michael BracewellRenegadesBAT / BWLFull season  
Mustafizur RahmanRenegadesBWLMisses opening game
Finn AllenStarsBATFull season 
Jamie OvertonStarsBAT / BWLAt least 6 BBL games. Depends on international ODI selection for England, with the series starting on January 10. 
Craig Overton StarsBAT / BWLFull season
Calvin HarrisonScorchersBAT / BWLFull season
Zak CrawleyScorchersBATFull season
Aneurin DonaldScorchersWKP / BATFull season
Tim SeifertSixersWKP / BATFull season
Chris JordanSixersBAT / BWLFull season
Jafer ChohanSixersBAT / BWLFull season
Trent BoultThunderBWLFull season
Lockie FergusonThunderBWLFull season
Sam Billings ThunderWKP / BATFull season

Which of these players will make your Round 1 starting side, and who are you keeping on your watchlist as a trade-in option?

Jump into the Discord and let us know which international recruit will be a SuperCoach star!

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