The Limacol Caribbean Premier League (CPL) yesterday revealed four additional names who will be taking part in the high-octane T20 competition.
The quartet will be travelling this Friday to Grenada for the opening weekend of the tournament along with Jimmy Nesham and Daniel Vetorri. England international, Owais Shah, will link up with defending champions, Jamaica Tallawahs, while Ben Dunk, player of the tournament in this year’s Big Bash League, will bring his big hitting to the Antigua Hawksbills. West Indies batsman, Kirk Edwards, who played in all three Tests in the recent series against New Zealand, will join the Barbados Tridents, while batsman, Shacaya Thomas, will join Dunk at the Hawksbills.
Those standing aside for the newcomers are Thisara Perea, Antigua Hawksbills; Kieran Powell, Antigua Hawksbills; Ahmed Shezad, Jamaica Talawahs and Imran Nazir, Barbados Tridents. St Lucia Zouks are also in the market for a replacement international player, after experienced Australian batsman, Brad Hodge, unfortunately suffered a broken arm in a warm-up game.
CPL Cricket Operations Director, Michael Hall remarked that, “It goes to show the strength of the Caribbean Premier League that we are able to draft in such talented and popular replacements for those who are now unavailable. It is a tournament that is on this lips of every cricketer in the world at the moment, and although international commitments and injuries have taken their toll, we are always confident of having plenty of talented cricketers ready and willing to step in.â€
The Limacol Caribbean Premier League returns on July 11, as the Guyana Amazon Warriors take on the Antigua Hawksbills at the National Cricket Stadium, Grenada in the opening game of the tournament.
CPL II will take place from July 11 to August 16, 2014.
