Franchises can retain up to 6 players for CPL2014

With the second Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) confirmed for July 10 to August 16 this year, the organisers have commenced work to ensure the region’s marque T20 event surpasses the resounding success it was in 2013.

During an exclusive interview with this publication on Thursday, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the LCPL, Pete Russel, announced that there will be several new dimensions to this year’s tournament, among them a large draft and the retention of players.

“There will be more players in the draft, there is no doubt about that, but each team will have the same amount of players, so you have 15 players….and the same rules appy as in four internationals and of course there is a quota that will come from the local region,” Russel outlined.

He added, “The one thing obviously that has changed is that teams will be able to retain players from last year. So what we’re saying is that six players can be retained from your last year team and two of those players can be internationals if you so desire. The draft process went well last year so we’re happy to stick with that…”