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The squads for the 2024 season of the Caribbean Premier League have been confirmed following the completion of the player draft today. There were a few surprises today with USA batsman Aaron Jones getting selected to St. Lucia Kings. The 2024 season gets underway on the August 29th with the Antigua and Barbuda Falcons taking on the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots.
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00:00Will the Guyana Amazon Warriors recapture the Caribbean Premier League title?
00:04Well, they've selected the team which they believe will go all the way once again and not just to the final.
00:10Raymond Rifa who played a T20 international cricket for West Indies as recently as last year will join them along with Ronaldo Ali Mohammed and
00:18Mathieu Nandou. Imran Tahir returns as well alongside stars like Saeem Ayub, Ramanullah Gurbaz and Dwayne Pretorius.
00:26For the St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots, Kyle Mayers was the first to be signed in today's draft.
00:32Mikel Lui, who made his Test debut at Lourdes last week, will also play for Patriots along with Ryan John and
00:40Verosamy Pomol.
00:41It was also an opportunity for players like fast bowler Isaiah Thorne who played for West Indies at the last two
00:49Under-19 World Cups to earn a contract for Barbados Royals.
00:53They have also drafted Kadeem Allen and Nathan Seeley.
00:57The St. Lucia Kings will be hoping to recapture the crown as they've drafted USA player Aaron Jones
01:03following his success for them at the T20 World Cup
01:072024. He reportedly qualifies as a local player through his Barbados passport
01:12and he has previously played in West Indies regional setup for Barbados and
01:17Combined campuses and colleges. Their team also includes a Cary Campbell,
01:22Johan Jeremiah, Mikkel Govaya and Akeem August.
01:27The Antigua and Barbuda Falcons which replaces Jamaica Taloas in CPL 2024,
01:32but they've signed Roshan Primus, Justin Greaves, Jamar Hamilton, Teddy Bishop and Kofi James.
01:39And as for the Trinbago Knight Riders, they have brought in 19-year-old Windy's bowler
01:45Nathan Edward and
01:4721-year-old batsman Shaqiri Paris to fill their emerging player spots.
01:52You can expect to the return of Kyron Pollard, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine,
01:56Nicholas Buran, Akeem Hossain and Dwayne Bravo.
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