CPL 2023: Hetmyer among nine Caribbean players retained by Guyana Amazon Warriors

The Guyana Amazon Warriors on Wednesday confirmed their Caribbean player retentions ahead of the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League, with last year’s skipper Shimron Hetmyer being among the nine players.

Hetmyer, who had a decent season with the Rajasthan Royals in the just concluded TATA IPL, leads a pack that comprises Odean Smith, Romario Shepherd, Shai Hope, Keemo Paul, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Gudakesh Motie, Matthew Nandu and Junior Sinclair.

Hetmyer made 299 runs from 14 games for the Royals, averaging 37 and striking at 151. Notably, he struck 23 sixes.

CPL 2023 gets underway on August 16 with the final taking place on September 24.

There will be matches in Barbados, Guyana, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago.

The overseas players and draft picks will be announced during the Republic Bank CPL draft show, which will be broadcast at the end of June.