Pakistan Super League recruits 15 English players for 2022 tournament

After the Pakistan Super League draft was all said and done 15 English players had been contracted to play in the 2022 showpiece.

Six English stars were among the players retained by their franchises on 10 December.

Alex Hales (Islamabad United), Joe Clarke (Karachi Kings), Liam Livingstone, Saqib Mahmood, Tom Kohler-Cadmore (all Peshawar Zalmi), and James Vince (Quetta Gladiators) will all return having experienced the fractured 2021 edition.

The PSL has a tiered contract system with Platinum, Diamond, Gold and Silver contracts on offer, while there are also spots for emerging players and two supplementary draft picks.

Chris Jordan and England teammate Jason Roy were early picks bagging platinum tier contracts.

Jordan signed for the Karachi Kings who also recruited Tom Abell, Lewis Gregory and Joe Clarke.

Phil Salt, Harry Brook and Samit Patel will turn out for the Lahore Qalandars.

Roy and Ben Duckett have been added to the Quetta Gladiators alongside Vince.

Left-arm quick Reece Topley and Hales will be Islamabad United teammates in 2022.

In all 62 players from nine countries were selected for the 2022 PSL.

Full Pakistan Super League player lists

Islamabad United
Asif Ali, Hasan Ali, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Alex Hales, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Azam Khan, Paul Stirling, Colin Munro, Marchant de Lange, Muhammad Akhlaq, Reece Topley, Danish Aziz, Zafar Gohar, Mubasir Khan, M. Zeeshan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ather Mehmood
Karachi Kings
Babar Azam, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Nabi, Mohammad Amir, Joe Clarke, Sharjeel Khan, Aamer Yamin, Mohammad Ilyas, Chris Jordan, Lewis Gregory, Umaid Asif, Tom Abell, Rohail Nazir, Muhammad Imran, Faisal Akram, Qasim Akram, Talha Ahsan, Romario Shepherd
Lahore Qalandars
Shaheen Shah Afridi, Rashid Khan, David Wiese, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hafeez, Sohail Akhtar, Zeeshan Ashraf, Ahmed Daniyal, Fakhar Zaman, Phil Salt, Harry Brook, Abdullah Shafique, Kamran Ghulam, Dean Foxcroft, Zaman Khan, Maaz Khan, Samit Patel, Syed Faridoun
Multan Sultans
Mohammad Rizwan, Rilee Rossouw, Sohaib Maqsood, Imran Tahir, Shan Masood, Khushdil Shah, Shahnawaz Dhani, Tim David, Odean Smith, Rumman Raees, Asif Afridi, Anwar Ali, Rovman Powell, Imran Khan Sr., Abbas Afridi, Amir Azmat, Blessing Muzarabani, Ihsanullah
Peshawar Zalmi
Wahab Riaz, Liam Livingstone, Shoaib Malik, Sherfane Rutherford, Haider Ali, Saqib Mahmood, Hussain Talat, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Hazratullah Zazai, Usman Qadir, Salman Irshad, Arshad Iqbal, Sameen Gul, Kamran Akmal, Sirajuddin, Mohammad Amir Khan, Ben Cutting, Mohammad Haris
Quetta Gladiators
James Vince, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Jason Roy, James Faulkner, Umar Akmal, Sohail Tanvir, Ben Duckett, Khurram Shehzad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Abdul Wahid Bangalzai, Muhammad Ashar Qureshi, Noor Ahmad, Ahsan Ali