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| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Captain |  Chris Green | |
| Coach |  Johan Botha | |
| Team information | ||
| Colours | Gold Green Red Black White | |
| Founded | 2013 | |
| Home ground | Providence Stadium | |
| Capacity | 15,000 | |
| History | ||
| CPL wins | 0 | |
| Official website | Guyana Amazon Warriors | |
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The Guyana Amazon Warriors is a franchise cricket team of the Caribbean Premier League based in Providence, Georgetown, Guyana. The team is the representative cricket team of Guyana in the Caribbean Premier League. It was one of the six teams created in 2013 for the inaugural season of the tournament.
The team will play its home games at Providence Stadium, located in Guyana and like the league's other franchises, draw the majority of its players from West Indian domestic teams. Former Guyanese cricket legend Roger Harper was confirmed as the franchise's inaugural coach in early February 2015.
History
The Guyana Amazon Warriors were one of the six teams created for the Caribbean Premier League's inaugural 2013 season. In 2013, they were runners up in the first tournament and were defeated by the Jamaica Tallawahs by 7 wickets at Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain, Trinidad. The team was captained by Ramnaresh Sarwan which included overseas star like Tillakaratne Dilshan, James Franklin, Lasith Malinga as well as West Indian stars Sunil Narine, Lendl Simmons, Denesh Ramdin etc. Krishmar Santokie was leading wicket-taker in the season.
In 2014, they finished second in the group stage behind the Barbados Tridents and were again defeated by the Barbados Tridents by 8 runs (D/L) in the final played at Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts. The team was captained by Sunil Narine which included overseas stars like Martin Guptill, Mohammad Hafeez, Jimmy Neesham as well as West Indian stars Krishmar Santokie, Lendl Simmons, Denesh Ramdin etc. Lendl Simmons with his 445 runs in the season was Player of the series.
In 2015, they again finished second in group stage behind Barbados Tridents but lost to Trinbago Knight Riders in semi-final by 6 wickets played at Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain, Trinidad. The team was captained by Denesh Ramdin which included overseas star like Lasith Malinga, Thisara Perera, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Brad Hodge, Marchant de Lange, David Wiese and Umar Akmal as well as West Indian stars Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Veerasammy Permaul, Lendl Simmons, Sunil Narine etc.
For 2016 Caribbean Premier League, Amazon Warriors roped in Martin Guptill as their captain replacing Denesh Ramdin and was joined by International cricketer like Sohail Tanvir, Dwayne Smith, Chris Lynn and Adam Zampa as well as some local star like Chris Barnwell, Jason Mohammed, Rayad Emrit etc.
Current Squad
- As of
| No. | Name | Nat | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Signed Year | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||||
| 93 | Jason Mohammed |  |
(1986-09-23) 23 September 1986 (age 38) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2017 | ||
| 3 | Shimron Hetmyer |  |
(1996-12-26) 26 December 1996 (age 28) | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2016 | ||
| 46 | Gajanand Singh | |
(1987-10-03) 3 October 1987 (age 37) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | 2017 | ||
| 89 | Cameron Delport | |
(1989-05-12) 12 May 1989 (age 35) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2018 | Overseas | |
| — | Akshaya Persaud | |
(1997-07-01) 1 July 1997 (age 27) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2018 | ||
| All-rounders | ||||||||
| 18 | Shoaib Malik |  |
(1982-02-01) 1 February 1982 (age 42) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | Overseas, Unavailable | |
| 33 | Sohail Tanvir | |
(1984-12-12) 12 December 1984 (age 40) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2017 | Overseas | |
| 84 | Keemo Paul | |
(1998-02-21) 21 February 1998 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2017 | ||
| 50 | Sherfane Rutherford | |
(1998-08-15) 15 August 1998 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | 2017 | ||
| 69 | Roshon Primus |  |
(1995-08-14) 14 August 1995 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2017 | ||
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||||
| 54 | Luke Ronchi |  |
(1981-04-23) 23 April 1981 (age 43) | Right-handed | — | 2017 | Overseas | |
| 56 | Chadwick Walton |  |
(1985-07-03) 3 July 1985 (age 39) | Right-handed | — | 2017 | ||
| Bowlers | ||||||||
| 99 | Imran Tahir | |
(1979-03-27) 27 March 1979 (age 45) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2018 | Overseas | |
| 51 | Rayad Emrit | |
(1981-03-08) 8 March 1981 (age 43) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2016 | ||
| 20 | Saurabh Netravalkar |  |
(1991-10-16) 16 October 1991 (age 33) | Right-handed | Left-arm fast medium | 2018 | Overseas | |
| 70 | Devendra Bishoo | |
(1985-11-06) 6 November 1985 (age 39) | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2013 | ||
| 94 | Veerasammy Permaul | |
(1989-08-11) 11 August 1989 (age 35) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2014 | ||
| 93 | Chris Green | |
(1993-10-01) 1 October 1993 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | Overseas, Replacement signee | |
| 48 | Romario Shepherd | |
(1994-11-26) 26 November 1994 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | ||
Results
References
- 2013 Caribbean Premier League - Final
- "Caribbean Premier League, 2013 / Records / Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
- 2014 Caribbean Premier League - Final
- "Tridents win rain-marred CPL final". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- "Caribbean Premier League, 2014 / Records / Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- "Caribbean Premier League, 2014 / Records / Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- 2015 Caribbean Premier League - semi-final
- "Caribbean Premier League squads finalised". Cricinfo. ESPN. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
- Guptill named captain of Guyana Amazon Warriors
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