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Posted: Monday 2 February, 2015 at 1:08 PM

Six CPL teams announce retained players for 2015 tournament

By: CPL, Press Release

    -  Antigua Hawksbills will not field a team for 2015, meaning six teams to compete for the Champions crown, currently held by the Barbados Tridents

     

    Sunday 1st February 2015, Kingston, Jamaica  --  With the CPL Draft 2015 fast approaching, each of the six franchises participating in this year’s tournament has retained the maximum number of four players from the 2014 squads. The newly-formed St. Kitts and Nevis franchise will be taking over the players from the Antigua Hawksbills franchise, which will not be fielding a team for the 2015 season. 
     
    The selections of the six teams have been much anticipated, further adding to the excitement of the upcoming Draft, which takes place this Thursday 5th February in Kingston, Jamaica. Of the 24 retained players, 22 come from the Caribbean, with the big guns, Gayle, Pollard, Narine, Bravo and Sammy all retained. The two retained international players are England’s Kevin Pietersen, and Pakistan’s, Shoaib Malik.
     
    The St. Kitts and Nevis team will take over responsibility for the players from the Leeward Islands and has been permitted to retain any player who played for the Antigua Hawksbills during the 2014 season. Whilst it is disappointing that the Antigua Hawksbills will not be part of CPL 2015, it is hoped that the team will return for future tournaments. 
     
    CPL Operations Director, Michael Hall, said; “Looking at the list of retained players, you will see the strategy has been to retain the local stars. It will make for an absorbing draft as the heavyweight international players become available for selection. We are all excited to see how the squads shape up and no doubt there will be a few surprises when the coaches choose their picks on Thursday evening in Kingston.”
     
    The full list of retained players for CPL 2015 is as follows:
     

    Barbados Tridents

     

    Guyana Amazon Warriors

     

    Jamaica Tallawahs

     

    St. Kitts and Nevis [team yet to be named]

     

    St. Lucia Zouks

     

    Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel

     

    Kieron Pollard

     

    Sunil Narine

     

    Chris Gayle

     

    Carlos Brathwaite

     

    Darren Sammy

     

    Dwayne Bravo

     

    Shoaib Malik

     

    Lendl Simmons

     

    Andre Russell

     

    Devon Thomas

     

    Kevin Pietersen

     

    Darren Bravo

     

    Dwayne Smith

     

    Denesh Ramdin

     

    Jerome Taylor

     

    Orlando Peters

     

    Johnson Charles

     

    Samuel Badree

     

    Ravi Rampaul

     

    Christopher Barnwell

     

    Chadwick Walton

     

    Justin Athanaze

     

    Andre Fletcher

     

    Kevin Cooper

     

     


     
     
     
     
     
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