CPL 2022

IPL 2025 Auction: Sherfane Rutherford Sold to GT for INR 2.6 Crore at Indian Premier

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Gujarat Titans (GT) have signed West Indies batter Sherfane Rutherford for Rs 2.60 crore while Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) bagged Manish Pandey for Rs 75 lakh on the second day of the IPL 2025 Auction here at the Abadi Al Johar Arena in Jeddah on Monday.

In the accelerated auction, the bid for Rutherford started at Rs 1.5 crore from GT while Mumbai Indians also chipped in to raise the price beyond Rs 2.5 crore. Gujarat had the final say in the room sealing the deal for Rs 2.6 crore.

Rutherford’s T20 stats

In 153 matches, Rutherford owns 2,471 runs at 23.09. He has 12 fifties under his belt. Notably, 106 of his T20 runs have come in the IPL from 10 games. With the ball, Rutherford owns nine wickets in T20 cricket.

Meanwhile, Kolkata Knight Riders also made a wise move with the addition of experienced middle-order batter Manish Pandey in the squad. The defending champions bought the player at the base of Rs 75 lakh with no bidding to offer from other teams.

The other notable purchase in the accelerated auction was Tamil Nadu spinner M Siddharth, who was acquired by Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 75 lakh. Sunrisers Hyderabad secured the services of Uttar Pradesh legspinner Zeeshan Ansari for Rs 40 lakh after an early interest from Delhi Capitals.

Lucknow Super Giants also bagged offspinner Digvesh Singh at his base price of Rs 30 lakh.

International stars Finn Allen, Dewald Brevis and Ben Duckett remained unsold while domestic players Jhathavedh Subramanyan, Prashant Solanki, Rajan Kumar, Sakib Hussain and Vidwath Kaverappa also didn’t get the buyer in the accelerated auction.

The ten IPL franchises have submitted a shortlist of 143 players for the accelerated round. Notably, James Anderson, the oldest player in the auction pool, was not included. Glenn Phillips and Kane Williamson were the other notable omissions.

Among Indian players, prominent names like Prithvi Shaw, Shardul Thakur, Devdutt Padikkal and Ajinkya Rahane were absent from the accelerated round.

CPL 2023: Caribbean Premier League to kick off August 16, within 3 days after the end of India series

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The 11th edition of the Caribbean Premier League will kick off on Thursday, August 17, at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground in St. Lucia. The final match of the franchise T20 league is scheduled to be played on September 24. The tournament will start just three days after the India tour of the West Indies.

Like last year, this year also the Indian team is scheduled to play several Twenty20 International matches against the West Indies at the Central Broward Park & ​​Broward County Stadium in Lauderhill, Florida.

The two games are scheduled as additional matches to the originally planned eight-match series of the ICC-sanctioned Future Tours Program (FTP). Two Tests, three ODIs, and five Twenty20 Internationals will be played in July-August. A CWI member contacted Cricbuzz on Wednesday (April 5) and confirmed the Florida schedule.

“That is the plan. Unless there is an unavoidable situation, the two extra games will be played in Florida, like last year.”

The 2023 edition of the CPL will be played across five venues. Barbados is hosting the T20 tournament for the first time since 2019. The first six league-stage matches will be played at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground in St. Lucia, with the next six at Warner Park in St. Kitts.

The following six league stage matches will be played in Barbados and Trinidad, respectively, with Guyana hosting the last six matches. Guyana will also host the playoff matches, including Eliminator, Qualifier 1, Qualifier 2, and final. Guyana hosted the final match of the last edition as well.

CPL CEO Pete Russell said in a statement that he hopes to hold a world-class tournament this year as well. “We are very pleased that the tournament will be staged in five countries in 2023. As ever, the CPL is a chance for fans across the region and around the world to enjoy world-class cricket. And for the players from the Caribbean, it is an opportunity to showcase their skills and further their careers.”

CPL 2023 Schedule; Aug 16-20: Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, St Lucia / Aug 23-27: Warner Park, St Kitts, and Nevis / Aug 30-Sep 3: Kensington Oval, Barbados / Sep 5-10: TBC, Trinidad & Tobago / Sep 13 – Sep 24: Providence Stadium, Guyana

The new Major League Cricket will begin on July 13 in the United States and run until July 30. The CPL schedule overlaps with the Hundred, which runs from August 1 to August 27. Sunil Narine is the only West Indian player to feature in both competitions. Also, he is expected to play five games for the Oval Invincibles before leaving for the CPL.

CPL 2022 represents a 186% increase in overall economic impact to Guyana.

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The 10th season of the Caribbean Premier League came to an end at the end of September last year (2022) with Jamaica Tallawahs winning by 08 wickets against Barbados Royals.

Jamaica Tallawahs defeated Barbados Royals by eight wickets on Friday night in the final of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL 2022) at Providence Stadium in Guyana. This was Jamaica’s third CPL title as they won the title back in 2013 and 2016 as well.

picture source: CPL T20 via Getty Images

Brandon King scores 50-ball 83 not out as Jamaica Tallawahs chased down 162-run target with 23 balls and eight wickets to spare during CPL 2022 final against Barbados Royals in Guyana.

The 2022 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) had a combined broadcast and digital audience of 721.8 million. The total number of viewers exceeded half a billion, a new record for the tournament and for the third year in a row.

Accordingly, the 2022 viewership was a 39 percent increase on the 2021 viewership, making the Caribbean Premier League the second most-watched T20 league in the world.

2022 saw the return of fans to the biggest party in the game with full stadiums adding to the carnival atmosphere synonymous with Hero CPL. Matches were held in St Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Trinidad & Tobago, and Guyana and a large number of sports fans from all four countries came to experience the tournament.

Pete Russell, CEO of the CPL, says it’s a big step for the regional tournament to be able to surpass half a million spectators three times in a row.

“To have passed half a billion in viewership for the third year in a row, and to have taken a big step towards reaching one billion, is huge for Hero CPL.”

“2022 saw us celebrate ten years of this wonderful tournament and it was without question the best one yet. The rapidly increasing viewership number is just another indication of where Hero CPL sits, and we are delighted that we have been able to celebrate the success of this league with fans, governments, and commercial partners across the Caribbean.”

It is also reported that 84,425,587 million US dollars was earned for Guyana who hosted the final round of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2022 tournament. In a press release, CPL stated that the figure represents a 186% increase in overall economic impact to Guyana.

In addition, 25,783 hotel room nights were filled during the tournament and more than 50,000 fans attended tournament games alone.

The hotel figures for 2019 represent a 236% increase on the numbers when Guyana last hosted the tournament. The CPL said the figures were generated by research firm YouGov Sport.

Commenting further, Hero CPL Chief Executive Pete Russell was grateful for the continued amazing support from Guyana as well as Irfan Ali’s vision.

Pete Russell, CEO of the CPL- image courtesy: CPL

“The reception for the Hero CPL in Guyana last year exceeded anything we have seen before, and we are hugely grateful for the vision of His Excellency Irfaan Ali, who masterminded the Cricket Carnival concept and showed how cricket can deliver significant economic value when planned alongside other entertainment initiatives.”

“We are so grateful for the amazing support we continue to receive in Guyana and are thankful that we have been able to repay the country with these fantastic numbers. We can’t wait to make an even bigger impact in 2023.”

“I am a 360-degree player” Rahkeem Cornwall opens up about his confidence in Batting skills

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An all-rounder, Cornwall’s batting has become increasingly specialized in T20 cricket, but his approach is simple. Speaking to ESPNcricinfo, the Big Man stated that he is sticking to his game plan.

“I think I just stick to my game plan and once the ball is in my area, I tend to make sure I capitalise and put it away.”

picture source: Rakheem Cornwall, CPL T20/Getty Images

Commenting further, he mentioned that his shot is a natural shot and he is a 360° player.

“Not really – I haven’t done any range-hitting and I think that [six-hitting] is natural. I think I’m strong enough down the ground or any area – [I’m] a 360[-degree] player. So, I just have to focus on shot selection and wait till the ball is in my area to put it away.”

T20 is a very short format and many players don’t have consistent success. Cornwall is also a player who has embraced failure and learned to stay true to his role as a Hitter.

“As a player, once you back yourself, failure is going to come and there’s no doubt at it. It’s just how you bounce back from that failure. Yes, I may hit 11 sixes one day, but on another day, I may get holed out off the first one. So you have to just back yourself as a player and trust your skills and go for what you believe in.”

Cornwall suffered an ankle injury midway through CPL 2022, but he didn’t let it disrupt his rhythm with bat and ball. Royals are a little too big to pair a thrifty finger spinner with a more aggressive wrist spinner. Hayden and Cornwall grew up together, and communication between the two is very high.  He said about this,

“The communication has been very good [with the wristspinners]. Me and Hayden grew up [together] from childhood and we always share information between us on how the pitch is playing, what sort of length you need to bowl. And [I am] just getting to know Mujeeb. The conversations are going good with him too, and just trying to pick his brain to see what I can take from his game into my game.”

Last CPL Season (2022), Cornwall finally decided to take his carrom ball out with a variation in the first qualifier against the Guyana Amazon Warriors, and it worked very well.

picture source: Rakheem Cornwall, CPL T20/Getty Images

“I’ve been working on it [carrom ball] for a long period of time at the nets but didn’t really have the confidence [earlier] to bowl in the match itself. I gave it a try this time around and it worked out well for me.”

In the 10th season of the CPL, Cornwall has done their job quite well with the bat and the bowl. He emphasized his all-round playing style.

“Yeah, this year I’ve really shown what I can do with the ball and over the years I’ve been performing with the bat. So, I’m happy that my bowling is coming along this year and getting the opportunity to bowl. I grabbed it with both hands.”

In 66 T20s thus far, Cornwall has scored 1146 runs at an average of 20.46 and a strike rate of 147.49 with five half-centuries to his name. Cornwall has played nine Tests for the West Indies but is yet to don the national jersey in T20Is.

Super50 Cup 2022, Match 2, WV vs GHE; Possible Playing XI for Guyana Harpy Eagles

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The Windward Volcanoes vs Guyana Harpy Eagles, Match 2 of the Super50 Cup 2022 will be played in Trinidad and Tobago.

Guyana Harpy Eagles will be led by Leon Johnson in the Super50 Cup 2022.

Notably, Shimron Hetmyer hasn’t been given the captaincy due to his temperament despite possessing the stature that he does, not only in West Indies but around the cricketing world.

Sherfane Rutherford and Romario Shepherd are likely to go big with both bat and ball.

Windward Volcanoes will be led by Andre Fletcher in the Super50 Cup 2022.

Fletcher would be disappointed to not make the cut for the last World Cup despite some impressive performances in the lead-up to the event.

Sunil Ambris, Keron Cottoy, Tevyn Walcott, Ryan John, Shermon Lewis, Preston McSween and Johnson Charles are other well-known names in their squad.

Pacer Obed McCoy is on the verge of something expectational and this competition might just set the stage for it.

Possible Playing XI for Guyana Harpy Eagles;

Leon Johnson (captain), Shimron Hetmyer, Anthony Bramble, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Sherfane Rutherford, Quinton Sampson, Clinton Pestano, Kevin Sinclair, Veerasammy Permaul, Romario Shepherd, Nial Smith

Squads

GHE; Leon Johnson (Captain), Veerasammy Permaul (Vice-Captain), Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Gudakesh Motie, Shimron Hetmyer, Romario Shepherd, Kemol Savory, Sherfane Rutherford, Tevin Imlach, Quentin Sampson, Anthony Bramble, Nial Smith, Kevin Sinclair and Clinton Pestano.

The management staff: Albert Clements (Manager), Ryan Hercules (Head Coach), Garvin Nedd (Assistant Coach), Angelica Holder (Physiotherapist) and Kheshava Ramphal (Cricket Analyst).

Windward Volcanoes: Andre Fletcher (captain), Alick Athanaze, Johann Jeremiah, Kavem Hodge, Sunil Ambris, Justin Greaves, Keron Cottoy, Tevyn Walcott, Ryan John, Shermon Lewis, Preston McSween, Larry Edward, Kenneth Dember, Darel Cyrus, Johnson Charles, Obed McCoy

“Simple mistakes let me down but coming next year” – Allen dedicates CPL title to late father

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Jamaica Tallawahs were crowned the 2022 Caribbean Premier League (CPL) champions as they cruised to an eight-wicket win over the Barbados Royals at Providence Stadium, Guyana.

Picture source: CPL T20 via Getty Images

Brandon King (83), with the bat, and Fabian Allen (3 for 24), with the ball, were their star performers.

All-rounder Fabian Allen dedicated his team’s 2022 Caribbean Premier League T20 title-winning performance to his father, who died earlier this year.

Barbados Royals won the toss and chose to bat. They got off to a superb start with Rahkeem Cornwall (36) and Kyle Mayers (29) getting them 63 runs in the powerplay.

However, Fabian Allen removed both openers in successive overs to bring the Tallawahs back into the game.

In late August, Allen made himself available for West Indies selection, after he was previously unavailable for selection for six months owing to his father’s passing.

“It’s a great feeling,” said Allen. “I dedicate this one to my father who passed away a few months ago. It’s a good victory and I want to thank the fans and everyone who supported us.”

Fabian Allen added the valuable wicket of Azam for figures of three for 24.

Although He was not selected in the West Indies 15-man squad for this month’s ICC T20 World Cup in Australia. Allen pointed out,

“After six/seven months without cricket it’s tough to come back and blast into it. It’s a good finish for me and I’m grateful about that.”

“I feel good personally it’s just that simple mistakes let me down but coming next year, I’ll be working on that,” he added.

“We came out and played well”; Head Coach Shivnarine Chanderpaul expressed on his team’s Performance against Worries in the Second Qualifier

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The Jamaica Tallawahs earned a shot at the 2022 Caribbean Premier League Final after a 37-run Win over the Guyana Amazon Worries in the Second Qualifier.


The head coach of the Jamaica Tallawahs team, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, expressed his opinion about that match and the final.

Asked to bat first, the Tallawahs were in dire straits at 16 for 2 in the third over but everything that followed was table-turning. It began with a 55-run stand between Brooks and Rovman Powell off just 35 deliveries.

Once Powell was dismissed, Brooks strung together another big stand – this time with Raymon Reifer – worth 52 runs off 39 balls.

Reifer’s exit at the start of the 16th over too didn’t deter the batting side as the biggest batting carnage of the innings ensued.

All-rounder Imad Wasim walked out and scored 41 Runs off 15 balls including 4 fours and 3 sixes with Brooks as the pair hit 103 off the last 29 deliveries. With that, Tallawahs took their total to a whopping 226 for 4 in 20 overs.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul said that he was happy with his team for scoring 103 runs in the last 5 overs taking the team total to 227/4. But he also said that he was expecting about 150-160 runs in 20 overs.

“When we started we thought it was a good wicket and then we saw a bit up and down on the wicket and thought probably 150-160,” Chanderpaul told to Media.

Shamarh Brooks Scored 109 off 52 balls including 7 fours and 8 sixes.

“That Innings was amazing, It was proper cricket shots. He was fluent and the shots were really amazing. And that was really, really good for us.” Chanderpaul said.

“We came out and played as well as we can to make sure we win this match and the guys delivered tonight and we were able to come out on top.” he added

There they face off against Barbados Royals for the title showdown.

“Definitely. We just have to make sure that everybody is well and ready to get on the park when the time comes.”

Tallawahs’ bowling coach Curtly Ambrose opens up about Odean Smith and Romario Shepherd’s poor death bowling

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Jamaica Tallawahs bowling coach Curtly Ambrose believes Guyana Amazon Warriors pacers Odean Smith and Romario Shepherd have a lot of work to do to improve their death bowling.

Amazon Warriors won the toss and elected to field first in Qualifier 2 and it was a brilliant decision after they reduced Talawas to 37/2 in the powerplay. They maintained that advantage till the end of 15 overs but conceded 103 runs in the last 5 overs.

Smith and Shepard bowled the last three overs of the Tallawahs innings and they gave 66 runs. Smith bowled 18 and 20 overs he conceded 43 runs.

Ambrose, a West Indies legend and one of the greatest bowlers ever, said the two players must improve to help the Wet Indies side.

“We know that they haven’t been bowling well towards the back end of the innings. It’s not once or twice, it’s been happening for a little while. We knew that once we have wickets in hand for those last five, six, seven overs, we can get a big total.

“Quite frankly, for Odean Smith and Romario Shepherd – West Indian players – they need to do some work so they can be better in the back end. But for us, we’re happy to be in the final.” Said Former West Indies Fast Bowler at Press Conference after the Qualifier 2

West Indies legend also commented on the way the Tallawahs bowlers bowled to Guyana’s tailenders batsmen in the last few overs.

“The bowling was really good. I thought maybe the last couple of overs we eased up a bit and gave them a few runs because the game was already won, which I’m not happy about. I’ve always told my bowlers: whenever yuh have ah team to kill off, yuh kill them off. Don’t give them no chance to come back.” he added

Ambrose praised the batsmen for setting up the game perfectly to victory.

“It’s not just the bowlers. I thought it was a great team effort. Brilliant knock by Shamarh Brooks, and well supported by Imad Wasim.” he concluded

“Sad that we couldn’t get through to the final”; Shimron Hetmyer opens up about disappointing defeats in the playoffs

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Jamaica Tallawahs will contest the Caribbean Premier League (CPL 2022) final after a 37-run victory over the Guyana Amazon Warriors in Qualifier 2 on Wednesday (September 28).

There were a lot of people asking their questions at the toss when Shimron Hetmyer decided to field first.

Nothing much that happened in the course of this match changed that sentiment. But the Amazon Warriors didn’t do themselves any favors with some terribly sloppy fielding, most notably an edge behind dropped when centurion Shamarh Brooks was on 5.

It means Amazon Warriors don’t even get to the final this year. Instead, it will be the Tallawahs and Royals going for the title for two nights.

“The only thing is probably taking our chances. Taking your chances contribute to winning. That really summed it up for me today. If we had to do it all over again, I would have done the same thing (bowl first) really. The guys did well upfront. They put the ball in the correct areas and we got two early wickets as well. It’s all about taking the chances when we had them,” Hetmyer said after the second Qualifier.

Guyana Amazon Warriors have made it to the knockouts of all ten editions of the CPL so far but have never won the title.

Week Before Guyana Amazon Warriors is under pressure to make the playoffs. But they Done Well on Home soil by Win their Last Four League Matches.

Shimron Hetmyer leads the Guyana Amazon Warriors in this year’s Caribbean Premier League for First Time and he expresses his disappointment lose the knockout games.

“The guys should be commended. After the start that we had, being at the bottom of the table for majority of the tournament and then coming to Guyana and changing the entire approach, it was really commendable.” hetmyer added

“Sad that we couldn’t get through to the final this year but it was a really good job by the fellows and I would actually celebrate with them. The support was fantastic.” Warriors’ captain concluded.

“TKR deserved to finish last in CPL, We apologize to the TKR fans” – Kieron Pollard explained what TKR went wrong during the tournament

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In the 2022 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) T20 tournament, Trinbago Knight Riders missed out on a place in the playoffs for the first time in the tournament’s ten-year history. That’s because they finished the tournament at the bottom of the table.

TKR this season represented some big players like West Indies limited-overs captain Nicholas Pooran, former West Indies captain Kieron Pollard, all-rounder Andre Russell, mystery spinner Sunil Narine and Ravi Rampaul

However, four-time champion TKR, the most successful team in CPL history, finished last in the tournament with 7 points. It has been a tough season for them and the season ended with three wins, six losses and one draw.

St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots were the other teams that failed to qualify for the playoffs, finishing fifth with eight points.

TKR saw their slump with the bat as well as with the ball and when TKR allowed the hosts to score 173 for 6, those 37 runs came in the last two overs. On what went wrong for TKR this edition, Pollard said:

“When you look at it, I think the way we played throughout the entire tournament, we deserve to be in the place we are right now. To play ten games as a batting unit and not cross 160, I think that was disappointing.”

“From a bowling perspective, having teams on the back foot and giving it away in the back end more often than not, we deserve to be where we are at the bottom of the table.”

About the tournament, Pollard said he has repeatedly requested the organizers to host another tournament in the Caribbean to help develop the next generation of T20 stars. Former West Indies captain and current St. Lucia Kings head coach Darren Sammy had also made requests about this.

“Well done to them (the CPL organizers) but for me, it is all about West Indies cricket as well and I have been advocating that alongside this tournament, in order to unearth new talent, we need to have another tournament where the younger guys can get an opportunity.”

He continued,

“This tournament, obviously is money-making and guys want to win trophies and people invest a lot in it. We have done some great things here and well done to Guyana tonight. They qualified in front of their home crowd, so well done to them.”

Also, captain Kieron Pollard apologized to the TKR fans for the poor performance of TKR.

“We apologize to the TKR fans and the Trinidad fans back home. Obviously, myself as a batsman, I didn’t do what was actually needed but these things happen in cricket and if you want to play cricket for a long time, you have to go through the waves and this is one of the times we need to stand together and stay strong.”