Afridi top pick at Caribbean Premier League draft

Allrounders Shahid Afridi and Jacques Kallis, batsmen Mahela Jayawardene and Ross Taylor, and fast bowler Lasith Malinga were the highest-profile overseas players picked at the Caribbean Premier League 2015's players draft, in Jamaica. Afridi, in the top grade of the 11 payment brackets at the draft, was claimed by the league's new franchise from St Kitts and Nevis.Kallis went to Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel, Jayawardene to Jamaica Tallawahs, Taylor to St Lucia Zouks and Malinga to Guyana Amazon Warriors. Marlon Samuels was among the biggest local names in the draft - several others were retained by their franchises before the draft - and he was claimed by St Kitts and Nevis. The St Kitts and Nevis franchise, which replaces Antigua Hawksbills in the competition and were allowed to retain four of the Antigua squad, have also announced that they will be coached by South African Eric Simons, who has worked with Delhi Daredevils and the Indian team in coaching roles.

The teams have 24 hours after the end of the draft to exchange a player with another franchise, but they can indulge in only one such switch.

Squads

St Kitts and Nevis: Shahid Afridi ($150,000), Marlon Samuels ($100,000), Sohail Tanvir ($80,000), Sheldon Cotterell ($70,000), Martin Guptill ($50,000), Carlos Brathwaite ($40,000, retained), Evin Lewis ($30,000), Devon Thomas ($20,000, retained), Raymon Reifer ($15,000), Tabraiz Shamsi ($10,000), Orlando Peters ($10,000, retained), Tonito Willett ($5,000), Nicolas Pooran ($5,000), Jacques Talyor ($5,000), Justin Athanaze ($5,000, retained)

Barbados Tridents: Kieron Pollard ($150,000, retained), Shoaib Malik ($100,000, retained), Dwayne Smith ($80,000, retained), Ravi Rampaul ($70,000, retained), Jason Holder ($50,000), Rayad Emrit ($40,000), Dilshan Munaweera ($30,000), Jonathan Carter ($20,000), Justin Ontong ($15,000), Ashley Nurse ($10,000), Robin Peterson ($10,000), Akeal Hosein ($5,000), Navin Stewart ($5,000), Shai Hope ($5,000), Kyle Corbin ($5,000)

Guyana Amazon Warriors: Sunil Narine ($150,000, retained), Lasith Malinga ($100,000), Tillakaratne Dilshan ($80,000), Lendl Simmons ($70,000, retained), Denesh Ramdin ($50,000, retained), Thisara Perera ($40,000), Christopher Barnwell ($30,000, retained), Brad Hodge ($20,000), Veerasammy Permaul ($15,000), Ronsford Beaton ($10,000), Shivnarine Chanderpaul ($10,000), Devendra Bishoo ($5,000), Trevon Griffith ($5,000), Assad Fudadin ($5,000), Paul Wintz ($5,000)

Jamaica Tallawahs: Chris Gayle ($150,000, retained), Mahela Jayawardene ($100,000), Andre Russell ($80,000, retained), Chris Lynn ($70,000), Daniel Vettori ($50,000), Jerome Taylor ($40,000, retained), Nikita Miller ($30,000), Chadwick Walton ($20,000, retained), Krishmar Santokie ($15,000), Rusty Theron ($10,000), Narsingh Deonarine ($10,000), David Bernard Jr ($5,000), Nkrumah Bonner ($5,000), Jermaine Blackwood ($5,000), Horace Miller ($5,000)

St Lucia Zouks: Darren Sammy ($150,000, retained), Ross Taylor ($100,000), Kevin Pietersen ($80,000, retained), Johnson Charles ($70,000, retained), Shakib Al Hasan ($50,000), Andre Fletcher ($40,000, retained), Shannon Gabriel ($30,000), Henry Davids ($20,000), Fidel Edwards ($15,000), Kemar Roach ($10,000), Shane Shillingford ($10,000), Kyle Mayers ($5,000), Keddy Lesporis ($5,000), Liam Sebastien ($5,000), Delorn Johnson ($5,000)

Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel: Dwayne Bravo ($150,000, retained), Jacques Kallis ($100,000, Darren Bravo ($80,000, retained), Samuel Badree ($70,000, retained), Johan Botha ($50,000), Kevon Cooper ($40,000, retained), Kamran Akmal ($30,000), Cameron Delport ($20,000), Sulieman Benn ($15,000), Jason Mohammed ($10,000), Marlon Richards ($10,000), Miguel Cummins ($5,000), Jevon Searles ($5,000), William Perkins ($5,000), Derone Davis ($5,000)

• @ Brutal...good points too; particularly your last one. I would make no excuses for WICB but I suppose they (or the tournament holders) had to start somewhere. In essence they had to start small (manageable numner of teams) but at the same time attract some notable names to gain world credibility. One can only hope the planners have some foresight and use this as a platform to develop the infrastructure and players for the future, including more teams and, as a consequence more youngsters....maybe an American Collegiate Style system where young teams compete, then the best players are drafted to the main teams yearly?
• POSTED BY WPBUS13 ON | FEBRUARY 7, 2015, 21:05 GMT
  I am looking forward to this tournament...seems to be getting bigger and better every year! More Pakistani players should make themselves available for this tournament since they are not allowed to play in the IPL.
• POSTED BY TRUEF ON | FEBRUARY 7, 2015, 20:22 GMT
  Waste of money on Afridi. He will get out if bowler knows how to bowl. Instead they can put money on their bowlers.
• POSTED BY BRUTALANALYST ON | FEBRUARY 7, 2015, 17:27 GMT
  JoshFromJamRock & AvianRaptor you both make very important points I agree 100% on crowd and timing of games last year was not good. Avian I think having 4 overseas is too many also when there is just 6 teams WI T20 players are already the biggest stars 3 would of been my choice so there could be more local players as stated 6 teams is not very many teams. The WICB could maybe arrange a round robin style T20 knock out outside of CPL that could feed into it and give youngsters an promising players left out time to play.
• POSTED BY ON | FEBRUARY 7, 2015, 14:08 GMT
  It would have been terrific to have more WI youngsters (or even a young WI team [sponsored by Caricom?] - maybe for the future tournaments) attached to each franchise team, not only for the exposure, but the experience they would gain. WICB must do their utmost to plan future player professional development in the absence of "finishing schools" like County (Eng) or Grade (Aus) that previous great players were able to access.
• POSTED BY ON | FEBRUARY 7, 2015, 11:51 GMT
  well, is Jacques Kallis (100000) less worthy than bravo (150000) ?
• POSTED BY MAK_MAKKI ON | FEBRUARY 7, 2015, 11:45 GMT
  Congrats Boom Boom, You are the best of best in T20
• POSTED BY MARTINMOHA ON | FEBRUARY 7, 2015, 11:13 GMT
  Afridi is best and most talented player in pakistani crcicket team at present and he deserve this price undoubtedly and most devastating player against any attack if he is on song and excellent bowler in any format of game. Extremely valuable player. St. Kitts n Nevis decision to avail afridi is great doing.
• POSTED BY ON | FEBRUARY 7, 2015, 8:06 GMT
  The world knows shoaib malik is better than hafeez and kamran akmal is better than umar akmal but the selectors dont....
• POSTED BY ON | FEBRUARY 7, 2015, 5:48 GMT
  I am not amazed by Pakistani cricketers worth in the CPL 2015 because they have the potential and skill like other top international cricketers but they are not treated what they really deserves and they are provided less opportunities then other players playing in IPL but when ever they have played in other domestic other than IPL they have proved their worth. I must say that despite that they are unable to play international cricket at home and other circumstances in which these Pakistani players play in not easy and still their away record is much better than other top teams (specially India & England). So the world the world must respect them what they deserved! Pakistan don't need "home advantage", We carry our home advantage with us! Go Greens Go! Follow... Twitter: @ms_mirza || Facebook: msmirza1