Tabraiz Shamsi, Anrich Nortje to play for St Kitts & Nevis Patriots In CPL 2024
Published - 10 Aug 2024, 02:49 AM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 01:17 AM
South African duo of Tabraiz Shamsi and Anrich Nortje will play for the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots in CPL 2024. The duo comes in as a replacement for Wanidu Hasaranga & Nuwan Thushara who have been ruled out of the season due to injury. The CPL 2024 season will be played from August 30-October 7, 2024.
Both the Sri Lankan bowlers missed the series against India due to injury. While Thusara injured fractured his left thumb during a fielding session before the start of the first T20I. Meanwhile, Hasaranga who played the T20I series and also the first ODI was ruled out of the final two games due to a hamstring injury.
Sri Lanka recently won the ODI series against India without their two prime bowlers. At home in turning conditions, Sri Lanka managed to get the better of India.
They managed to tie the first game and they won the second ODI by 32 runs and the final ODI by 110 runs. This was the first ODI series win for Sri Lanka against India in 27 years.
Skipper Charith Asalanka was all smiles after winning the ODI series as captain as he lauded his players and teammates for making this series win possible.
"I am a happy captain right now. The team did all things right throughout the series. We all knew they are a strong batting line up and we wanted to back our strength, spin was our strength and we backed it. They are in a good mood right now and our coach (Sanath Jayasuriya) is very active. The boys really enjoyed the team environment" he said.
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Tabraiz Shamsi and Anrich Nortje Set For Stint In CPL 2024
Shamsi has lots of CPL experience having played for the Patriots in 27 matches claiming 33 wickets with an outstanding economy rate of just 7.07. The left-arm wrist spinner has been ranked as the number-one T20 bowler in the world in the past and will add a lot of wicket-taking potential to the Patriots lineup.
Anrich Nortje brings a lot of pace to the Patriots lineup and with an outstanding record in T20 cricket around the world. Nortje has 167 wickets at an average of 21.64 in the format across his 129 matches. Speaking about the franchise they finished last in CPL 2023 with just one win in 10 games.
CPL 2024 is the 12th edition of the domestic T20 tournament in the West Indies. The matches are planned to be played across six countries in the Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Guyana, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Trinidad and Tobago. Guyana Amazon Warriors are the defending champions. The Jamaica Tallawahs were replaced by Antigua & Barbuda Falcons.
"We are tremendously excited to be able to begin offering fans travel packages so they can watch CPL teams in six wonderful locations across the Caribbean. We are blessed with hugely passionate fans and by employing a dedicated tourism manager who will work with hotels, airlines, and tourist boards, we will be making it easier than ever for fans to travel to watch CPL cricket.
"With the ICC T20 World Cup in the Caribbean, this year be a bumper year for sports tourism and CPL are looking forward to building on the momentum from that event" Pete Russell, Republic Bank CPL’s CEO, said.
West Indies and the USA recently hosted the T20 World Cup in June 2024
