Melbourne Stars have finalised their international roster for KFC BBL|16 by signing England twins Craig and Jamie Overton on one-year deals. The Englishmen are set to become the first set of twins to play in the BBL. The pair join a long list of famous brothers who have played in the Big Bash, including Shaun and Mitch Marsh, Michael and David Hussey, and currently contracted Sydney Sixers, Ollie and Joel Davies. While identical twins Thomas and Corey Kelly have played together for South Australia and were both on Adelaide Strikers' list, Corey didn't play in the BBL.
Other brother pairs in the competition's history include Michael Hussey (Scorchers, Thunder) and David Hussey (Stars), Shaun Marsh (Scorchers, Renegades) and Mitchell Marsh (Scorchers), Alister McDermott (Heat) and Ben McDermott (Heat, Renegades, Hurricanes), Brendon McCullum (Heat) and Nathan McCullum (Sixers), Ashton Agar (Scorchers) and Wes Agar (Strikers, Thunder), Tom Curran (Sixers, Stars, Heat) and Sam Curran (Sixers), Ben Manenti (Sixers, Strikers) and Harry Manenti (Strikers), Ollie Davies (Thunder, Sixers) and Joel Davies (Thunder, Sixers), Jack Prestwidge (Heat, Renegades) and Will Prestwidge (Heat, Hurricanes), Jono Dean (Strikers) and Blake Dean (Thunder), Jake Doran (Thunder, Hurricanes) and Luke Doran (Thunder, Sixers), Jack Edwards (Sixers) and Mickey Edwards (Sixers), James Pattinson (Renegades, Heat) and Darren Pattinson (Renegades), and Jamie Overton (Strikers, Stars) and Craig Overton (Stars). Some of these pairings are international, including the McCullums, the Currans, and the Overtons.
The news comes after New Zealand power-hitter Finn Allen was signed by the Stars from six-time champions Perth Scorchers on what is understood to be a mammoth three-year deal.
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