Cottrell signs with UAE ILT20

Jamaican fast bowler Sheldon Cottrell and West Indies limited overs captain Nicholas Pooran  are the latest big names from the Caribbean to sign up for the UAE's International League T20.

Trinidadians Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard and Grenadian Andre Fletcher are also among the latest West Indian signings.

The league also said that its six franchises - owned by Reliance Industries, Kolkata Knight Riders, Capri Global, GMR, Lancer Capital, and Adani Sportsline, have finalized contracting players through the "directly acquire players" option, though the details of who has gone to which team is not yet known.

Sri Lanka's Dasun Shanaka, England's Ollie Pope and Afghanistan's Fazalhaq Farooqi have also signed on.

The ILT20 is set to begin in January next year in the UAE and is competing with South Africa's T20 league for players.

On August 8, the ILT20 had announced its first list of signed players which included Andre Russell, Moeen Ali, Wanindu Hasaranga, Alex Hales, Shimron Hetmyer.

Each squad of 18 will have two players from associate countries and four players from the UAE.

The 2023 edition of the ILT20 will have 34 matches.

All the teams will play each other twice, before four playoffs, including the final spread across Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah.