Cutting earns big payday in CPL draft

Queenslander Ben Cutting has earned himself more than $AUD130,000 after he was one of just four Australians picked up in the Caribbean Premier League draft overnight.

The Brisbane Heat allrounder was picked up by the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots on a deal worth $USD110,000, the third-highest pay bracket, and will play alongside Caribbean T20 star Chris Gayle.

Heat teammate Chris Lynn was retained by the Guyana Amazon Warriors for $USD90,000 while Shane Watson will also retained by his franchise, the newly-branded St Lucia Stars, for $USD110,000.

Veteran spinner Brad Hogg was the only other Aussie picked up, signed by the Trinbago Knight Riders for just $USD4000.

Twenty-four of the 28 Australians registered for the draft were overlooked, including the likes of Adam Zampa, Brad Haddin, Nic Maddinson and Shaun Marsh.

Giant allrounder Rahkeem Cornwall, who used his monster frame to great effect in a recent tour game against England, will join Watson at the Stars after being signed for $USD10,000.

Among the international marquee players signed on are Kiwi stars Brendon McCullum, Kane Williamson and Martin Guptill, Sri Lankan legends Kumar Sangakkara and Lasith Malinga and South African Chris Morris.

English quick Tymal Mills, who was purchased for $2.3million in the recent Indian Premier League auction, was the most notable player not to earn a contract. Kiwi allrounder Jimmy Neesham and Corey Anderson were also not bought by any franchise.

Barbados Tridents

Kieron Pollard, Kane Williamson, Shoaib Malik, Dwayne Smith, Nicholas Pooran, Wayne Parnell, Ravi Rampaul, Wahab Riaz, Raymon Reifer, Christopher Barnwell, Imran Khan, Damion Jacobs, Akeal Hosein, Ryan Wiggins, Tino Best, Shamar Springer, Akeem Dodson

Guyana Amazon Warriors

Sohail Tanvir, Martin Guptill, Chadwick Walton, Chris Lynn, Rayad Emrit, Rashid Khan, Jason Mohammed, Steven Taylor, Veerasammy Permaul, Roshan Primus, Gajanand Singh, Assad Fudadin, Keon Joseph, Steven Jacobs, Steven Katwaroo, Shimron Hetmyer, Ali Khan

Jamaica Tallawahs

Lendl Simmons, Kumar Sangakkara, Shakib Al Hasan, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Sami, Rovman Powell, Gidron Pope, Kesrick Williams, Garey Mathurin, Jon-Russ Jaggesar, Krishmar Santokie, Jonathan Foo, Kennar Lewis, Andre McCarthy, Odean Smith, O'Shane Thomas, Timroy Allen

St. Lucia Stars

David Miller, Lasith Malinga, Shane Watson, Darren Sammy, Johnson Charles, Andre Fletcher, Jerome Taylor, Marlon Samuels, Kamran Akmal, Rakheem Cornwall, Kyle Mayers, Shane Shillingford, Eddie Leie, Keddy Lesporis, Sunil Ambris, Obed McCoy, Timil Patel

Trinbago Knight Riders

Dwayne Bravo, Brendon McCullum, Sunil Narine, Hashim Amla, Darren Bravo, Denesh Ramdin, Colin Munro, Shadab Khan, Khary Pierre, Ronsford Beaton, Javon Searles, Nikita Miller, William Perkins, Kevon Cooper, Brad Hogg, Anderson Phillip, Hamza Tariq

St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots

Chris Gayle, Chris Morris, Ben Cutting, Mohammad Nabi, Evin Lewis, Samuel Badree, Jonathan Carter, Tabraiz Shamsi, Brandon King, Devon Thomas, Sheldon Cotterell, Kieran Powell, Fabian Allen, Shamarh Brooks, Jeremiah Louis, Alzarri Joseph, Nikhil Dutta, Carlos Brathwaite