GAW cop 6 spots in CPL’s ‘Team of the Tournament’

The Guyana Amazon Warriors are definitely the team of the Hero Caribbean Premier League 2019 season, again proven by five Warriors players and the coach being named in the CPL Team of the Tournament.
The 13-member ‘Team of the Tournament’ was selected by the Hero CPL Director of International Cricket with help from this year’s commentary team: Mark Butcher, Danny Morrison, Dirk Nannes, Ian Bishop and Daren Ganga.
Having led the Guyana Amazon Warriors to a perfect record of 10 wins in the preliminary matches and a resounding playoff win, Shoaib Malik (313 runs) was the obvious choice for captain. He is joined by fellow Amazon Warriors players Brandon King (453 runs at 56.62) and Imran Tahir (15 wickets at 11.53), who have each played an integral part in the record-breaking tournament for the Guyana franchise.
The sole representative from the Jamaica Tallawahs is New Zealand ‘keeper-batsman Glenn Phillips (374 runs at 37.40), who has been selected as wicket-keeper for the team. Phillips has been the leading light for the Tallawahs team, which had a tricky season, but the Kiwi did brilliantly at the top of the order.
The Trinbago Knight Riders have two players in the team, Lendl Simmons and Kieron Pollard. Simmons (429 runs at 42.90), a late replacement in the Knight Riders squad, has done a superb job at the top or the order, as his team made the playoffs once again. Pollard (349 runs at 58.16 and 6 wickets at 29.66) stepped up to the captaincy after Dwayne Bravo had pulled out of the tournament with an injury, and he has led from the front with both bat and ball.
The Barbados Tridents have three players making the team. Jason Holder (14 wickets at 23.07) and Harry Gurney (10 wickets at 16.3) have both got the nod. They both have been superb with the new ball as their team finished second on the points’ table.
The other Tridents player selected is Hayden Walsh Jr of the USA (21 wickets a 12.19). This spinner has claimed five wickets in one innings and four in another, as he had a breakout season.
The St Kitts & Nevis Patriots are represented in Fabian Allen (218 runs at 27.25) and Sheldon Cottrell (12 wickets at 19.25). Allen has scored his 2019 Hero CPL runs at the remarkable strike rate of 177.23, and has also been one of the fielders of the tournament.
Cottrell has again been saluting his way to success, as he starred with the new ball and at the death for the Patriots.
The Head Coach of the Year is Johan Botha. He has taken Guyana Amazon Warriors into the CPL final with 11 straight wins. The 12th and 13th men are also from the Amazon Warriors: Chris Green (13 wickets at 20) and Chandrapaul Hemraj (298 runs at 27.09 and 5 wickets at 17.2). They make up the rest of the squad.