Shai Hope, the Player of the tournament in CPL 2023, and Shimron Hetmyer are among the nine Guyanese players the Guyana Amazon Warriors have retained ahead of the 2024 edition, the franchise confirmed on Thursday (June 6).
Romario Shepherd, Gudakesh Motie and Keemo Paul are other high-profile names retained, who will be playing for their home team next season as well.
The Warriors, however, have not made a single retention among the overseas players, even letting go of their captain Imran Tahir. Pakistan’s Saim Ayub and Azam Khan, Afghanistan’s Rahmanullah Gurbaz who was later replaced by Mohammad Haris, and South Africa’s Dwaine Pretorius were the other foreign players on GAW’s roster.
The franchise can now sign up to five overseas players for the 2024 seasons, whereas the remaining three slots will be filled at the CPL draft, due in July.
Guyana confirmed the development via press release and stated that the remaining three players will be filled at the CPL draft, which will take place in July.
“The Guyana Amazon Warriors have confirmed the players they have retained ahead of the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) draft. They have nine players confirmed for the 2024 season and they can sign up to five overseas players. The remaining three squad members will be filled at the CPL draft which will take place in July,” the press release read.
“The Amazon Warriors won their maiden CPL title in 2023 and they have retained the core of the team that helped them secure the trophy last year. Guyanese players Shimron Hetmyer, Romario Shepherd, Gudakesh Motie and Keemo Paul will all be part of their home franchise this season. The 2023 Player of the Tournament Shai Hope will also be back for this year’s event along with exciting quick bowler Shamar Joseph,” the release read further.
Retained players for CPL 2024: Shimron Hetmyer, Shai Hope, Romario Shepherd, Keemo Paul, Gudakesh Motie, Kevin Sinclair, Shamar Joseph, Kevlon Anderson, Junior Sinclair.