Six up-and-coming young cricketers, including USA international, Steven Taylor, and Canadian, Nikhil Dutta, will have the chance to play with and against some of the biggest names in world cricket after being added to the Hero CPL squads after impressing in training camp.
This announcement leaves Bermuda’s Christian Burgess on the outside looking in.
Each franchise welcomed four local under-19 players, and one young player from ICC Americas Associate nations, for training camp, with the incentive of a full CPL contract for one lucky player from each team. Amongst the players joining wicketkeeper-batsman, Taylor (Barbados Tridents), and off-spinner, Dutta (Zouks) are West Indies Under-19 player of the year, Shimron Hetmeyer (Guyana Amazon Warriors), and former West Indies Under-19 captain, Ramaal Lewis (Jamaica Tallawahs).
The six players that have been selected are:
Barbados Tridents: Steven Taylor – USA
Guyana Amazon Warriors: Shimron Hetmeyer, Guyana
Jamaica Tallawahs: Ramaal Lewis, Jamaica
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots: Nikhil Dutta, Canada
St Lucia Zouks: Gidron Pope, St Vincent
Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel: Mark Deyal, Trinidad
Tom Moody, CPL Director of Cricket, said: “Competition for a place in the CPL squads has been fierce. The coaches have been very impressed with the quality of young players on show, so it was hard to narrow it down to one player per squad. These six guys have a fantastic opportunity to make a name for themselves on the big stage, and we wish them all the best for CPL 2015.”
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