The SA20 will once more considerably overlap with the BBL when it begins in early January, whereas the ILT20 begins earlier subsequent season so it creates an excellent larger conflict.
In return, underneath phrases of signing a three-year deal, a participant should decide to all the BBL together with the finals from the 2025-26 season, however Billings has gone a step additional and also will be out there all through subsequent season’s version.
“I like Sydney and particularly Western Sydney and the prospect to come back again to a household membership that’s so linked to their members and followers and the individuals from the world was too good a possibility to disregard,” Billings stated.
“On the sphere we’re pulling collectively a extremely good squad and the prospect to work with such an completed coach as Trevor Bayliss once more was very interesting.
“The BBL is in such a fantastic place today, it is properly run, properly supported and positively the perfect match on this planet staged at the moment of the 12 months. That is why I’ve dedicated long run and to be right here proper till the top of the match annually.”
“The fantastic thing about bringing a participant the calibre of Sam Billings to the membership is not only the elite skillset he brings to each side of the sport but additionally his management on and off the sphere,” Copeland stated.
The WBBL has the identical multi-year contract mechanism with New Zealand allrounder Amelia Kerr the primary signed underneath the settlement as she moved to Sydney Sixers from Warmth.
Sydney Thunder BBL squad 2024-25: Wes Agar, Cameron Bancroft, Sam Billings, Oliver Davies, Matt Gilkes, Chris Inexperienced, Liam Hatcher, Sam Konstas, Nathan McAndrew, William Salzmann, Daniel Sams, Jason Sangha, Tanveer Sangha
