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Following the completion of the 2022 Hero Caribbean Premier League draft the teams for this year’s tournament have been confirmed.
The biggest move of the draft saw Shai Hope sign for the Guyana Amazon Warriors where he will join Ronsford Beaton and Veerasammy Permaul.
Rahkeem Cornwall has moved from the Saint Lucia Kings to join the Barbados Royals. The Royals also picked up exciting young batter Teddy Bishop and seamer Nyeem Young.
The Jamaica Tallawahs picked up Trinidadian batter Amir Jangoo and experienced Barbadian seam bowler Raymon Reifer.
The St Kitts & Nevis Patriots re-drafted Joshua da Silva and Jon Russ Jaggesar and they have brought in Keacy Carty and Jaden Carmichael.
Saint Lucia Kings have picked up Ackeem Auguste who captained West Indies at the 2022 Under-19 Cricket World Cup along with Preston McSween and Leroy Lugg.
Trinbago Knight Riders re-drafted the experienced Khary Pierre along with fellow Trinidadians Anderson Phillip and Terrence Hinds.
Saint Lucia Kings and St Kitts & Nevis Patriots each have one overseas spot yet to be filled, these players will be announced in the coming weeks.
With the draft now completed the teams for the 2022 Hero CPL are as follows:
| BARBADOS ROYALS | JAMAICA TALLAWAHS | GUYANA AMAZON WARRIORS |
| QUINTON DE KOCK (S) | ROVMAN POWELL (R) | IMRAN TAHIR (S) |
| JASON HOLDER (R) | SANDEEP LAMICHHANE (S) | SHIMRON HETMYER (R) |
| DAVID MILLER (S) | FABIAN ALLEN (S) | TABRAIZ SHAMSI (S) |
| MUJEEB UR RAHMAN (S) | IMAD WASIM (S) | ODEAN SMITH (R) |
| OBED MCCOY (S) | BRANDON KING (S) | ROMARIO SHEPHERD (R) |
| KYLE MAYERS (R) | KENNAR LEWIS (R) | COLIN INGRAM (S) |
| AZAM KHAN (S) | MOHAMMAD AMIR (S) | CHANDRAPAUL HEMRAJ (R) |
| HAYDEN WALSH (R) | SHAMARH BROOKS (R) | SHAI HOPE (D) |
| OSHANE THOMAS (R) | MIGAEL PRETORIUS (S) | PAUL STIRLING (S) |
| RAHKEEM CORNWALL (D) | CHRIS GREEN (S) | HEINRICH KLAASEN (S) |
| DEVON THOMAS (S) | RAYMON REIFER (D) | KEEMO PAUL (S) |
| JOSHUA BISHOP (D) | JAMIE MERCHANT (D) | JERMAINE BLACKWOOD (S) |
| JUSTIN GREAVES (D) | AMIR JANGOO (D) | GUDAKESH MOTIE (S) |
| CORBIN BOSCH (S) | SHAMAR SPRINGER (D) | VEERASAMMY PERMAUL (D) |
| NYEEM YOUNG (R) | NICHOLSON GORDON (D) | RONSFORD BEATON (D) |
| TEDDY BISHOP (D) | KIRK MCKENZIE (D) | MATTHEW NANDU (D) |
| RAMON SIMMINDS (D) | JOSHUA JAMES (D) | JUNIOR SINCLAIR (D) |
| ST KITTS & NEVIS PATRIOTS | SAINT LUCIA KINGS | TRINBAGO KNIGHT RIDERS |
| DWAYNE BRAVO (R) | FAF DU PLESSIS (S) | KIERON POLLARD (R) |
| EVIN LEWIS (R) | TO BE CONFIRMED | ANDRE RUSSELL (S) |
| ANDRE FLETCHER (S) | TIM DAVID (S) | SUNIL NARINE (R) |
| WANINDU HASARANGA (S)* | ROSTON CHASE (R) | NICHOLAS POORAN (S) |
| SHERFANE RUTHERFORD (R) | JOHNSON CHARLES (S) | COLIN MUNRO (S) |
| DWAINE PRETORIUS (S) | KESRICK WILLIAMS (R) | AKEAL HOSEIN (R) |
| DARREN BRAVO (S) | DAVID WIESE (S) | MAHEESH THEEKSHANA (S) + |
| SHELDON COTTRELL (R) | ALZARRI JOSEPH (R) | TIM SEIFERT (S) |
| DOMINIC DRAKES (R) | SCOTT KUGGELEIJN (S) | SEEKKUGE PRASANNA (S) |
| TO BE CONFIRMED | MARK DEYAL (S) | JAYDEN SEALES (R) |
| DEWALD BREVIS (S) | JEAVOR ROYAL (R) | ALI KHAN (S) |
| IZHARULHAQ NAVEED (S) | MATTHEW FORDE (D) | TION WEBSTER (R) |
| JOHSUA DA SILVA (D) | LEROY LUGG (D) | KHARY PIERRE (D) |
| JON RUSS JAGGESAR (D) | PRESTON MCSWEEN (D) | ANDERSON PHILLIP (D) |
| KEACY CARTY (D) | LARRY EDWARDS (D) | TERRENCE HINDS (D) |
| KELVIN PITTMAN (D) | ACKEEM AUGUSTE (D) | LEONARDO JULIEN (D) |
| JADEN CARMICHAEL (D) | RIVALDO CLARKE (D) | SHAARON LEWIS (D) |
| QASIM AKRAM (S) * | RAVI RAMPAUL (S) + |
* Qasim Akram will be with Patriots until 12 September when he will be replaced by Wanindu Hasaranga
+ Ravi Rampaul will be with the Knight Riders until 12 September when he will be replaced by Maheesh Theekshana
(R) RETAINED (S) SIGNED (D) DRAFTED
ABOUT THE HERO CARIBBEAN PREMIER LEAGUE:
First started in 2013, the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) is a franchise-based T20 format cricket tournament that combines two of the most compelling aspects of Caribbean life – dramatic cricket and a vibrant Carnival atmosphere. The broadcast and digital viewership has passed 500 million in both 2020 and in 2021 to make it one of the most watched leagues in world cricket. St Kitts & Nevis Patriots are the current Hero CPL champions and the other competing teams are Barbados Royals, Guyana Amazon Warriors, Jamaica Tallawahs, Saint Lucia Kings and Trinbago Knight Riders.
The 2022 men’s Hero CPL tournament will take place from 31 August to 30 September. The host countries for 2022 will be St Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Trinidad & Tobago and Guyana. In 2022 there will be the first running of the Women’s Caribbean Premier League (WCPL) which will feature Barbados Royals, Guyana Amazon Warriors and Trinbago Knight Riders. The WCPL will take place in St Kitts & Nevis from 31 August to 4 September.