Jacobs, Hemraj and Beaton also part of sixth edition
EIGHT Guyanese are a part of a star-studded Guyana Amazon Warriors Unit for this year’s Hero Caribbean Premier League.
After the players draft yesterday in London, where the six franchises finishised their respective squad for the 2018 tournament, set to be played in August-September, the local franchise went ahead for a strong local-based set of players, with Sherfane Rutherford, Romario Shepherd and Akshaya Persaud being the local fresh faces in the squad.
Veerasammy Permaul, Shimron Hetmyer, Devendra Bishoo, Gajanand Singh and Keemo Paul, are the other Guyanese.
Guyana Amazon Warriors, one of the most consistent sides in the tournament, confirmed all-rounder Shoaib Malik, batsman Cameron Delport, leg-spinner Imran Tahir and ICC Americas player Saurabh Netravalkar as their international newcomers.
The Warriors have retained their best batsman and bowler from last season- Chadwick Walton and Sohail Tanvir.
Opener Walton had 458 runs, the most in the competition, while Tanvir had the most wickets (17) in the tournament.
All-rounder Rayad Emrit, Luke Ronchi, Jason Mohammed, Singh, Permaul, Paul and Roshon Primus were retained from last season.
Other Guyanese to be part of the sixth edition are Steven Jacobs (Jamaica Tallawahs), Chandrapaul Hemraj (St. Lucia Stars), and Ronsford Beaton (Trinbago Knight Riders).
The full squads are as follows:
GUYANA AMAZON WARRIORS: Sohail Tanvir, Shoaib Malik, Chadwick Walton, Cameron Delport, Rayad Emrit, Imran Tahir, Jason Mohammed, Luke Ronchi, Veerasammy Permaul, Roshon Primus, Shimron Hetmyer, Devendra Bishoo, Gajanand Singh, Sherfane Rutherford, Romario Shepherd, Keemo Paul, Saurabh Netravalkar and Akshaya Persaud.
BARBADOS TRIDENTS: Martin Guptill, Shakib Al Hasan, Hashim Amla, Dwayne Smith, Jason Holder, Nicholas Pooran, Wahab Riaz, Junaid Khan, Raymon Reifer, Ashley Nurse, Roston Chase, Shai Hope, Tion Webster, Imran Khan, Dominic Drakes, Shamar Springer, Sunny Sohal and Mark Deyal.
JAMAICA TALLAWAHS: Andre Russell, Shahid Afridi, Imad Wasim, David Miller, Ross Taylor, Rovman Powell, Samuel Badree, Kemar Roach, Glenn Phillips, Andre McCarthy, Krishmar Santokie, Johnson Charles, Steven Taylor, Kennar Lewis, Steven Jacobs, Oshane Thomas, Elmore Hutchinson and Kristian Kallicharran.
ST. LUCIA STARS: Lendl Simmons, Kieron Pollard, D’Arcy Short, Darren Sammy, Rumman Raees, Andre Fletcher, Mitch McCleneghan, Kesrick Williams, Niroshan Dickwella, Rakheem Cornwall, Qias Ahmad, Kaveem Hodge, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Dasun Shanaka, Christopher Lamont, Obed McCoy, Jaskaran Malholtra and Odean Smith.
TRINBAGO KNIGHT RIDERS: Dwayne Bravo, Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Brendon McCullum, Darren Bravo, Denesh Ramdin, Colin Munro, Shadab Khan, Khary Pierre, Ronsford Beaton, Junior Dala, Javon Searles, Terrence Hinds, Kevon Cooper, Nikita Miller, Anderson Phillips, Hamza Tariq and Amir Jangoo.
ST. KITTS AND NEVIS PATRIOTS: Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis, Ben Cutting, Carlos Brathwaite, Mahmadullah Reyad, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tom Cooper, Sheldon Cottrell, Brandon King, Devon Thomas, Graeme Cremer, Fabian Allen, Sandeep Lamichhane, Shamarh Brooks, Jeremiah Louis, Alzarri Joseph, Ibrahim Khalil and Javil Glenn.
The 2018 tournament will run from August 8 to September 16