Sam Billings and Adam Lyth among Englishmen picked in Abu Dhabi T10 League draft

Billings has been drafted by Pune Devils for the competition. Meanwhile, Lyth will represent Delhi Bulls

Sam Billings and Adam Lyth are among the Englishmen to have been picked at the draft for the 2021 Abu Dhabi T10 League.

Billings has been drafted by Pune Devils for the competition. Meanwhile, Lyth will represent Delhi Bulls.

29-year-old Billings has played in previous editions of the Abu Dhabi T10 League for both Bengal Tigers and Northern Warriors. In 14 matches, Billings has scored 97 runs with a top-score of 35 not out.

Like Billings, Lyth also has experience in the Abu Dhabi T10 League, having represented Maratha Arabians – the reigning champions. In nine matches, the 33-year-old has scored 217 runs with a top-score of 52. 

Ben Cox, 28, has yet to feature in the Abu Dhabi T10 League but scored 1,785 runs in 120 T20s and has struck four fifties.

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Nottinghamshire's Alex Hales will also feature for Team Abu Dhabi. He represented Maratha Arabians in 2017 and 2018 and has a top-score of 87 which came off 32 balls.

Surrey's Laurie Evans has also been drafted to play in the competition. He will have another taste of action in Abu Dhabi representing Maratha Arabians, having played for Qalanders and Rajputs in previous years.

Warwickshire's Adam Hose will also feature having been picked by Bangla Tigers. He has scored 1,457 runs in 54 T20 matches.

Tom Banton retained by Qalandars for Abu Dhabi T10 

They are the latest Englishmen to join the competition after Tom Banton, Chris Jordan, Tom Moores, Samit Patel, Phil Salt and Luke Wright were all chosen to represent various franchises prior to the draft.

The competition will run between January 28 and February 6. Eight franchises have been split into two groups – this will be followed by the knockout stages.

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