BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – THE St. Lucia Zouks have announced several changes to it playing roster for the upcoming Caribbean Premier League T20, including temporary replacements.
The replacements are for Lasith Malinga, Thisara Perera and Niroshan Dickwella.
According to the St. Lucia-based franchise, Malinga would be replaced by Krishmar Santokie for the first two games and by Colin de Grandhomme for the remainder.
Colin de Grandhomme was a member of the New Zealand squad that made it to the final of the recently concluded ICC Cricket World Cup in England.
Having scored 2,873 runs and taken 65 wickets in his 178 T20 appearances, de Grandhomme brings a huge amount of experience to the Zouks squad.
Both Perera and Dickwella have international commitments for Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka is currently involved in an international series with New Zealand.
Perera will miss the first two games and be replaced by Afghanistan international Najibullah Zadran for those matches.
On the other hand, Dickwella will miss the entire tournament and he will be replaced by Cameron Delport for the first two games and Hardus Viljoen for the remainder.
South African bowler Beuran Hendricks has international commitments and will not be available. He will be replaced by Dominican all-rounder Kavem Hodge.
