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Southern Brave's leading wicket-taker Jake Lintott among many drafted into fresh CPL 2021 squads

Abhishek Singh

The Caribbean Premier League is all set to begin from August 26, however, due to the rescheduling of many international series and the change of status quo in Afghanistan, teams were forced to change their squads just ahead of the start of the tournament. 

While Jamaica Tallawahs signed Afghanistan spinner Qais Ahmad after they were denied the services of another Afghan Ibrahim Zadran, the Guyana Amazon Warriors took in the Afghan pair of Naveen-ul-Haq and Waqar Salamkheil. Another player stuck in Kabul due to the Taliban takeover of administration, Shafiqullah Ghafari, will miss the CPL. He was signed by Barbados Royals. 

The Barbados team were forced to make another change as South Africa allrounder Chris Morris opted out of the tournament for personal reasons. New Zealand batter Glenn Phillips has been signed as his replacement. The high octane cricketer, known for his great outfield display and hitting abilities with the bat is currently representing Welsh Fire in The Hundred. He has regularly been part of the CPL, playing for Jamaica Tallawahs and has remained their leading scorer for three consecutive seasons since 2018. 

Due to the rescheduling of South Africa’s Sri Lanka tour, Proteas players Anrich Nortje and Rassie van der Dussen will miss out on this edition of the tournament and so would Sri Lanka's leg spin-bowling all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga. World's 2nd ranked T20I bowler, Hasaranga, was supposed to be this year's star attraction for St Kitts and Nevis Patriots.

Similarly due to Zimbabwe’s tour of Ireland being rescheduled, all-rounder Sikandar Raza has been replaced by New Zealand wicketkeeper Tim Seifert in the Trinabago Knight Riders set up. The franchise also replaced Nepal’s Sandeep Lamichhane with Pakistan’s Yasir Shah.



Jake Lintott, the leading Southern Brave wicket-taker in The Hundred along with Trent Rockets’ Samit Patel and London Spirit’s Ravi Bopara have won late contracts for Barbados, St. Lucia and St. Kitts respectively as well. 

In another replacement, Singapore’s Tim David’s good run is continuing as after his outing with Hobart Hurricane in the Big Bash League, followed by the one with Lahore Qalandars in PSL, he will now replace his Hurricane skipper Matthew Wade at the St. Lucia Kings after his season with Surrey in the English Blast and Royal London Cup. 

Another English domestic star, Netherlands' Paul van Meekeren will fill in for Nortje at the Patriots.

The 33-match tournament will be played at Warner Park in St. Kitts and Nevis and fans will be allowed to fill up to 50% capacity of the 8,000-seat venue if they are able to furnish proof of vaccination against Covid-19. 

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