Afridi chosen first in CPL Draft

Feb 06, 2015 Sports

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The Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2015 Draft took place yesterday in Kingston, Jamaica. Amid exciting scenes, the 6 CPL 2015 coaches and their captains took turns selecting the world’s best cricket players.
Pakistan star Shahid Afridi was chosen by St Kitts and Nevis as the first pick in the draft for the 2015 Limacol Caribbean Premier League. The CPL’s newest team were the only side to have a pick in the opening round after the other five decided to retain their number one choice from last year and they used it to pick the Pakistan batsman, who is known as ‘Boom Boom’ for his huge hitting.
Other internationals stars Lasith Mailinga, Jacques Kallis, Ross Taylor and Mahela Jayawardena were picked in the second round, along with Marlon Samuels, who was picked up by St Kitts and Nevis.
Barbados skipper Kieron Pollard said the reigning champions were delighted with the line-up they finished up with. “We got what we wanted,” he said. “We retained the core of our team and tried to go for a different direction, looking for more hungry players, and we did exactly what we wanted to do. We knew we wanted Jason Holder on the fifth pick and we got him.
Trinidad and Tobago captain Dwayne Bravo was at the draft and was pleased with their selection, which includes South African all-rounder Kallis. He said: “We are very happy. Last night we discussed it and went through all the options, and everything went according to plan.
“We are very happy to get Jacques Kallis – he was the main main pick for us. We have a very exciting opener in Cameron Delport, and a great wicket keeper and batter in Kamran Akmal. The CPL is a great tournament. We have been in the semi finals two years in a row so hopefully we can go one further this year.”
St Lucia Zouks team ambassador Sir Andy Roberts said they were happy with their selection. He said: “The St Lucia pitch is the most fast bowling of the pitches, so we stocked up on good quality fast bowlers.
“In 2013 and 2014 we didn’t draft as well – this year we tried to cover every angle as well as possible. We would have liked to have got Afridi but were pipped by St Kitts – who also pipped us to Sohail Tanvir. We were also at a disadvantage because of the retained players so we had to choose from the rest.”
Here are your CPL Teams for 2015! Who will you be supporting?
Guyana Amazon Warriors – PLAYING SQUAD
Round 1 Sunil Narine $150,000
Round 2 Lasith Maliga $100,000
Round 3 Tilakaratne Dilshan $80,000
Round 4 Lendl Simmons $70,000
Round 5 Denesh Ramdin $50,000
Round 6 Thisara Perera $40,000
Round 7 Christopher Barnwell $30,000
Round 8 Brad Hodge $20,000
Round 9 Veerasammy Permaul $15,000
Round 10 Ronsford Beaton $10,000
Round 11 Shivnarine Chanderpaul $10,000
Round 12 Devendra Bishoo $5,000
Round 13 Trevon Griffith $5,000
Round 14 Assad Fudadin $5,000
Round 15 Paul Wintz $5,000
St Kitts
Round 1 Shahid Afridi $150,000
Round 2 Marlon Samuels $100,000
Round 3 Sohail Tanveer $80,000
Round 4 Sheldon Cotterell $70,000
Round 5 Martin Guptill $50,000
Round 6 Carlos Brathwaite $40,000
Round 7 Evin Lewis $30,000
Round 8 Devon Thomas $20,000
Round 9 Raymon Reifer $15,000
Round 10 Tabraiz Shamsi $10,000
Round 11 Orlando Peters $10,000
Round 12 Tonito Willett $5,000
Round 13 Nicholas Pooran $5,000
Round 14 Jacques Talyor $5,000
Round 15 Justin Athanaze $5,000
Barbados Tridents
Round 1 Kieron Pollard $150,000
Round 2 Shoaib Malik $100,000
Round 3 Dwayne Smith $80,000
Round 4 Ravi Rampaul $70,000
Round 5 Jason Holder $50,000
Round 6 Rayad Emrit $40,000
Round 7 Dilshan Munaweera $30,000
Round 8 Jonathan Carter $20,000
Round 9 Justin Ontong $15,000
Round 10 Ashley Nurse $10,000
Round 11 Robin Peterson $10,000
Round 12 Akeal Hosein $5,000
Round 13 Narvin Stewart $5,000
Round 14 Shai Hope $5,000
Round 15 Kyle Corbin $5,000
Jamaica Tallawahs
Round 1 Chris Gayle $150,000
Round 2 Mahela JayaWardene $100,000
Round 3 Andre Russell $80,000
Round 4 Chris Lynn $70,000
Round 5 Daniel Vettori $50,000
Round 6 Jerome Taylor $40,000
Round 7 Nikita Miller $30,000
Round 8 Chadwick Walton $20,000
Round 9 Krishmar Santokie $15,000
Round 10 Rusty Theron $10,000
Round 11 Narsingh Deomarine $10,000
Round 12 David Bernard Jnr $5,000
Round 13 Nkrumah Bonner $5,000
Round 14 Jermaine Blackwood $5,000
Round 15 Horace Miller $5,000
St Lucia Zouks
Round 1 Darren Sammy $150,000
Round 2 Ross Taylor $100,000
Round 3 Kevin Pietersen $80,000
Round 4 Johnson Charles $70,000
Round 5 Shakud al Hasan $50,000
Round 6 Andre Fletcher $40,000
Round 7 Shannon Gabriel $30,000
Round 8 Henry Davids $20,000
Round 9 Fidel Edwards $15,000
Round 10 Kemar Roach $10,000
Round 11 Shane Shillingford $10,000
Round 12 Kyle Mayers $5,000
Round 13 Keddy LeSporis $5,000
Round 14 Liam Sebastien $5,000
Round 15 Delorn Johnson $5,000
Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel
Round 1 Dwayne Bravo $150,000
Round 2 Jacques Kallis $100,000
Round 3 Darren Bravo $80,000
Round 4 Samuel Badree $70,000
Round 5 Johan Botha $50,000
Round 6 Kevon Cooper $40,000
Round 7 Kamran Akmal $30,000
Round 8 Cameron Delpont $20,000
Round 9 Suliemann Benn $15,000
Round 10 Jason Mohammed $10,000
Round 11 Marlon Richards $10,000
Round 12 Miguel Cummins $5,000
Round 13 Jevon Searles $5,000
Round 14 William Perkins $5,000
Round 15 Derone Davis $5,000
The third staging of CPL will bowl off in June 2015 with full fixture details to be announced in due course.

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