2022 Hero Cpl

The team that was picked by the Hero CPL commentary team – Ian Bishop, Samuel Badree, Daren Ganga, Simon Doull and Danny Morrison, also includes South Africa’s Faf Du Plessis, who captained the Kings and Tallawahs’ captain Rovman Powell.

 In fact, players from the Kings and Tallawahs dominated the selection with only Sunil  Narine of four-time champions Trinbago Knight Riders among the selectees while other than Mayers, only Jason Holder was selected among the 11 from the Barbados Royals.

 However, the selection panel picked the Royals’ Ramon Simmonds as the 12^th man as a result of his impressive performances throughout the tournament.

 Simmonds is one of the 12 emerging players in the Hero CPL squads and has been an important part of the Barbados Royals team in 2022. 

 The 2022 Hero CPL Team of the Tournament: Johnson Charles (Saint Lucia Kings), Kyle Mayers (Barbados Royals), Faf Du Plessis (Saint Lucia Kings), Rovman Powell (Jamaica Tallawahs), Raymon Reifer (Jamaica Tallawahs), Imad Wasim (Jamaica Tallawahs), Jason Holder (Barbados Royals), David Wiese (Saint Lucia Kings), Alzarri Joseph (Saint Lucia Kings), Mohammad Amir (Jamaica Tallawahs) Sunil Narine (Trinbago Knight Riders) and 12^th man – Ramon Simmonds (Barbados Royals).

The Tallawahs began the season well winning their first three matches but ended the preliminary round with four wins, five losses and one no-result. To make matters worse, their match against the St Lucia Kings on Sunday was abandoned without a ball being bowled.

Notwithstanding, their recent form, Powell has expressed confidence in his team ahead of their clash against the Kings on Tuesday.

“We had two very good training sessions leading up to the game yesterday (Sunday). It was just unfortunate that we didn’t get to play but such is the nature of the sport,” said Powell during a press conference with the four captains in the playoffs on Monday.

“The guys are rested and ready to go for the big weekend that is coming up.”