The 43-year-old James Anderson has set his sights on the Big Bash League and has been nominated for the BBL draft, becoming the league’s oldest overseas signing.
He has been the headline of a list of 600 international games nominees revealed for the BBL and WBBL drafts. He will be joining England’s Jofra Archer, Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan and Shaheen Afridi.
England all-rounder Sam Curran is also one of the notable nominations that were previously confirmed.
James Anderson has went unsold during the IPL 2025 mega auction and in The Hundred too. However, he has been on stake with his nomination for the BBL draft.
Several names like England’s Zak Crawley and Liam Livingstone and New Zealand’s Kane Williamson are notable inclusions. New Zealand leg-spinner Ish Sodhi has made his availability for the full season.
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Check out the 600+ overseas players who have nominated for Thursday’s Big Bash Drafts right now on the Big Bash App! #BBL15 pic.twitter.com/Ze7kj0hqBa
— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) June 17, 2025
Despite not playing T20 regularly for over a decade and overlooked in recent IPL and Hundred drafts, James Anderson has picked 10 wickets in four T20 Blast matches for Lancashire this season after overcoming an early season calf issues.
If selected, he will become the second oldest BBL Player ever, behind only Brad Hogg (46 Y, 350D in 2018).
The Cricket Australia’s Executive General Manager, Alistair Dobson, said he was ‘absolutely thrilled by the quality of the players who have nominated’ for the drafts.
“The quality of the pool certainly vindicates our decision to bring this year’s draft forward to allow clubs to get a fast start on locking in overseas stars so they have certainty before they use the other mechanisms to build their teams,” said Alistair Dobson.
Oldest BBL Players
- Brad Hogg – 46y, 350d (2018)
- Shane Warne – 43y, 125d (2013)
- Brad Hodge – 43y, 24d (2018)
- Dan Christian – 41y, 258d (2025)
