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THE Caribbean Premier League (CPL) has confirmed a stellar line-up of international stars, but the Guyana Amazon Warriors will most likely give preference to the region-based players, according a top official within the Warriors management. The CPL player draft takes place on February 11 in Barbados where 289 players – 157 from West Indies and 132 from overseas – have been registered for the draft.
“We are still in discussion … we want the best players, but obviously we want to give preference to the players in the region,” the official said.
Further this publication was reliably informed that star batsman Lendl Simmons and skipper Denesh Ramdin are unlikely to be a part of the Warriors make-up.
Simmons, who has been the team’s highest run-scorer over the past three seasons, and Ramdin are locked in fee negotiations with the local franchise, but Chronicle Sport was reliably informed that no tenable resolution has been reached by the parties.This publication also understands that New Zealand star batsman Martin Guptill, who played for the Warriors during the first edition, is likely to return to the Warriors setup after representing the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots last season.

Yes bring back guppy

In reply to doosra

How will the league survive if an inferior product is pushed on the public? Or, is Uncle Bobby well running dry?

In reply to StumpCam

Well they didn't win with all the stars

And yes govt not paying any of the bill ...change has come lol

In reply to doosra

Doesn't the IPL reserve spots for Indians

In reply to sudden

Yes of course

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

Narine gone, and now Simmons and Ramdin on their way out...it seems that money is tight at the Amazon Warriors.

In reply to mikesiva
don't they have to spend a certain amount?

In reply to mikesiva

Don't think it has much to do with money.
Look at it this way, they've had basically the best batsman in Simmons, best bowler in Narine, and pretty good keeper in Ramdin and still haven't won for 3 years.
Time to move on.
A lot the TnT based players seems to want to go back, and that's what happens when you win a championship you see more players wanting to move there, especially if those players are from there.

Thing though is that if most of them go back and the team only allowed to keep 15 then some folks gonna lose their contracts.

Bring back Guptill

Get Wahab Riaz or another good left arm genuine quick

In reply to positiveg

What championship they won?

In reply to doosra

Get Kagiso Rabada!!!

In reply to sudden

Dude TT me mean didn't I say Narine?

In reply to Larr Pullo

someone very pacy and aggressive

we are short on that

In reply to positiveg

Still don't understand what you are trying to say

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

Good move dat

In reply to sudden

pg said demman nuh win nuh silva fuh warria

nah bad fuh leh dem guhweh

In reply to doosra

Haha I suppose they prefer to win fuh Knight Riders?

In reply to sudden

KKR paying sunil 1.4m without any guarantee of him playing ipl

Ramdin could do with a lil IPL gig

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

In my view, this approach seems to defeat the idea of the CPL. Each team should try and pick the best players available regardless of where they are from. We already have a four day and a 50 over tournament where all the players are from the Caribbean.

In reply to positiveg

Another factor to bear in mind is that this year's CPL may clash with a home Test series with India...I wonder how that's going to play out.

Listen closely to what newdread has to say

In reply to mikesiva

how many of the t20 players are in the test team?

not many i suppose

Chandrika
Hope
Kraigg
Blackwood
Warry
etc

In reply to doosra

Darren Bravo, Marlon Samuels, Jerome Taylor, Jermaine Blackwood, Denesh Ramdin, and even Jason Holder will not be pleased if their income's affected by being forced to play Tests instead of CPL....

In reply to mikesiva

sure the wicb and the franchises have that sorted out

5k a test is more than what many of the others get bought for entire CPL

In reply to doosra

We will find out on Feb 11 what kind of contracts the CPL are offering the likes of Lil Bravo, Samuels, Ramdin and Holder.


Last season, this is how much our Test players were paid in the CPL:

Shai Hope - 5k
Lil Bravo - 90k
Samuels - 100k
Blackwood - 5k
Ramdin - 50k
Carlos - 40k
Holder - 50k
Permaul - 15k
Taylor - 40k
Bishoo - 5k
Gabriel - 30k
Roach - 10k

More here

In bold are the ones who could be concerned about the timing of this Test series...it will be interesting to see if they get the same prices this auction.

In reply to mikesiva

read this headline

WI Players skip India Series for Caribbean Premier League

haha

Get Guptill, Wahab, Rabada, and Kemo!

Just go out there and kick butts seriously, Warriors!!!

In reply to Norm

They need to get Foo in there somehow too

In reply to mikesiva

Nah I think the CPL starts just befor ethe India series
Cause I know the Tri series is in June cause a week after the last match in St. Kitts we music festival starts. then following music fest is the CPL then soon as that done in late July is the India series which is late July to August.
so from bout early June straight through to the end of August will be cricket.
3 full months of non stop cricket

In reply to mikesiva

I'm not sure Marlon will be played so much I hope we, Patriots, gets someone like Shane Watson.

In reply to doosra

this gonna be de Warriors top three:

1. Fudadin
2. Cheesy
3. Shiv




hopefully they get Mohammed Amir and Guptill

In reply to anthonyp

Guppy and a quick

we sounding like a broken clock

hope we right at least once

Paul and Foo to bat down the order

down with Cheesy and the ole bai

Fuda might get a bligh

In reply to doosra

You ever saw Ricardo Adams play T20? That man is one d biggest hitters in Guyana.. Chine boy and Barnwell can't hit balls like him.. plus he bowls decent left arm spin..

Shurfane Rutherford
Kevon Boodie (WK)
Ricardo Adams
Anthony Adams
Foo
Barnwell
Bramble
Keemo Paul
Shepherd

Those guys should be in d draft instead of d like of Cheesy and Sarwan and old man Shiv.. Is time Guyana get ah T20 tournament..

In reply to anthonyp

Sarwan was the last one who got T20b tournament

Even this could get interesting...Michael Hall just said the West Indies centrally contracted players are only in the draft as potential replacement players.

In reply to mikesiva

This puts a whole new spin on club vs country rows!

In reply to anthonyp