Campbell, Lewis join GAW for ‘The 6ixty’, as squads are announced

The official squads for the inaugural SKYEXCH 6ixty tournament have been announced, with a few tweaks being made to the original Caribbean Premier League (CPL) teams for the 2022 season.
The 6ixty will be played over four days, August 24th to 28th, in St Kitts and Nevis, and will bring a new format, new rules, and fresh excitement to the Caribbean region.
Closer to home, the Guyana Amazon Warriors (GAW) will retain the services of John Campbell and Shermon Lewis alongside the other Warriors.
The only two players the Amazon Warriors would be missing for The 6ixty are Imran Tahir and Tabraiz Shamsi, who will be joining the team later, for the start of the CPL on August 31st.
In regard to significant changes in other teams, the ‘Universe Boss’ Chris Gayle would turn out for the St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots in the absence of Captain Dwayne ‘DJ’ Bravo. Star spinner Wanindu Hasaranga would also miss out on the truncated version of the game.
The St. Lucia Kings will also miss their CPL Captain, Faf du Plessis, for The 6ixty tournament. Other International stars Tim David and David Weise would also go into action for the CPL only, from August 31.
The Trinbago Knight Riders team will miss out on the services of Colin Munro, Ali Khan and Maheesh Theekshana, as compared to their CPL squad.
Another CPL captain, David Miller, will miss out on the T10 action for the Barbados Royals, alongside Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Quinton de Kock.
However, the Jamaica Tallawahs are untouched, and will contest The 6ixty and the Hero CPL with the same team.
The SKYEXCH 6ixty is being seen as a revolutionary new format that would transform the T10 game. The rules of the SKYEXCH 6ixty include:
• Each batting team has six wickets – at the fall of the sixth wicket, they are all out
• Each batting team has two PowerPlay overs. They can unlock a third PowerPlay by hitting two sixes in the first 12 balls. This extra PowerPlay over can be taken at any time between overs 3-9
• There will be 30 balls bowled from one end before the action switches to the other end for the final 30 balls
• The 30 balls will be delivered as 5 separate overs, with no bowler being able to bowl more than 2 overs for the innings.
• If teams do not bowl their overs within the allotted time, a member of their team is removed from the field for the final six balls
• Fans will vote for the timing of a “Mystery Free Hit” wherein a batter can’t be dismissed by the bowler.
For the future, there are plans to expand the tournament from just one venue to multiple locations around the Caribbean.