Watson, Hussey snapped up in CPL draft

Sydney Thunder teammates Shane Watson and Mike Hussey will be reunited in the Caribbean Premier League this year, after both were picked up by St Lucia Zouks in the player draft in Barbados on Thursday.

The pair, who helped guide the Thunder to their first KFC Big Bash League title last month, will join West Indies T20 captain Darren Sammy, South African paceman Morne Morkel and batsman David Miller at the franchise.

BBL|05 player of the tournament Chris Lynn's outstanding season for the Brisbane Heat saw the big-hitting batsman picked up by Guyana Amazon Warriors, where he will be joined by Australian World T20 squad member Adam Zampa.

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New Brisbane Heat recruit Alex Ross was snapped up by the Jamaica Tallawahs, while Brad Hodge was the other Australian drafted, the veteran joining the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots for the 2016 season, which will start in June.

Watson was picked in the second round of the draft, which has price tag of $130,000 USD, while Hussey, Hodge and Lynn were selected from the fourth round in the $90,000 USD category.

Zampa attracted $60,000 while Ross was picked up for just $7,500.

West Indies and Brisbane Heat batsman Lendl Simmons and South Africa's David Miller went first and second in the draft, each fetching A$160,000 contracts, while the six designated overseas marquee players were all selected in the second round, with Watson chosen alongside AB de Villiers (Tridents), Faf du Plessis (Patriots), Martin Guptill (Warriors), Brendon McCullum (Knight Riders) and Kumar Sangakkara (Tallahwahs).

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It will be Watson's first appearance in the tournament and the 34-year-old said he was looking forward to his CPL debut.

"It’s a tournament that I’ve always wanted to be a part of," Watson said.

"It looks very cool, awesome atmosphere and there are world-class players playing in the tournament as well, so I really can’t wait to be a part of it.

"It’s very special to be able to play in the Caribbean."

Former Australian wicketkeeper Brad Haddin was among those not picked up in the draft, alongside Tom Beaton, Michael Beer, Jason Behrendorff, Doug Bollinger, Ben Cutting, Ben Dunk, Cameron Gannon, Nathan Hauritz, Brad Hogg Ben Laughlin, Tim Ludeman, Tim Paine, Jimmy Pearson, Nathan Reardon, Ben Rohrer, Shaun Tait and Jonathan Wells.

CARIBBEAN PREMIER LEAGUE DRAFT

St Kitts and Nevis Patriots

Lendl Simmons, Faf du Plessis, Samuel Badree, Brad Hodge, Thisara Perera, Jonathan Carter, Krishmar Santokie, Evin Lewis, Tabraiz Shamsi, Kieran Powell, JJ Smuts, Devon Thomas, Shamarh Brooks, Tino Best, Jeremiah Louis, Nikhil Dutta

St Lucia Zouks 

David Miller, Shane Watson, Darren Sammy, Michael Hussey, Johnson Charles, Andre Fletcher, Morne Morkel, Fidel Edwards, Derone Davis, Eddie Leie, Keron Cottoy, Shane Shillingford, Delorn Johnson, Kyle Mayers, Keddy Lesporis, Nitish Kumar

Jamaica Tallawahs 

Chris Gayle, Kumar Sangakkara, Shakib Al Hasan, Andre Russell, Imad Wasim, Lasith Malinga, Rovman Powell, Chadwick Walton, Jon-Russ Jaggesar, Andre McCarthy, Jonathan Foo, Alex Ross, Kesrick Williams, Nkrumah Bonner, Garey Mathurin, Timroy Allen

Trinbago Knight Riders 

Dwayne Bravo, Brendon McCullum, Sunil Narine, Hashim Amla, Umar Akmal, Kevon Cooper, Sulieman Benn, Colin Munro, Anton Devcich, Ronsford Beaton, Nikita Miller, Javon Searles, William Perkins, Yannick Cariah, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Hamza Tariq

Guyana Amazon Warriors 

Sohail Tanvir, Martin Guptill, Dwayne Smith, Chris Lynn, Rayad Emrit, Adam Zampa, Jason Mohammed, Christopher Barnwell, Veerasammy Permaul, Orlando Peters, Assad Fudadin, Anthony Bramble, Paul Wintz, Steven Jacobs, Steven Katwaroo, Ali Khan

Barbados Tridents 

Kieron Pollard, AB de Villiers, Shoaib Malik, Nicolas Pooran, Ravi Rampaul, David Wiese, Robin Peterson, Raymon Reifer, Ashley Nurse, Wayne Parnell, Akeal Hosein, Imran Khan, Kyle Hope, Navin Stewart, Kyle Corbin, Steven Taylor