Caribbean Premier League 2023, the 11th edition of the tournament, is set to commence on August 16, and will feature 34 T20s across five weeks.

As always, the franchises boast of several big names – the South Africans Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir, and Rilee Rossouw; Alex Hales of England; Mohammad Amir and Imad Wasim of Pakistan; Zimbabwean Sikandar Raza; and Ambati Rayudu of India, who announced his retirement earlier this year.

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Sri Lankan Maheesh Theekshana will be unavailable during the Asia Cup, and Barbados Royals will replace him with Afghanistan’s Qais Ahmad for that period. Similarly, St Lucia Kings will replace Scotsman Chris Sole with Theekshana’s compatriot Bhanuka Rajapaksa after five matches.

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Barbados Royals: Sri Lanka – Maheesh Theekshana (unavailable for Asia Cup). Afghanistan – Qais Ahmad (to replace Theekshana for the Asia Cup). England – Laurie Evans. Netherlands – Roelof van der Merwe. South Africa – Donovan Ferreira.

Guyana Amazon Warriors: South Africa – Imran Tahir, Dwaine Pretorius. Afghanistan – Rahmanullah Gurbaz. Pakistan – Azam Khan.

Jamaica Tallawahs: Pakistan – Imad Wasim, Mohammad Amir. England – Alex Hales. Australia – Chris Green. USA – Steven Taylor.

St Kitts & Nevis Patriots: South Africa – George Linde, Corbin Bosch, Dewald Brevis. Afghanistan – Izharulhaq Naveed. India – Ambati Rayudu.

St Lucia Kings: South Africa – Faf du Plessis. Zimbabwe – Sean Williams, Sikandar Raza. Australia – Peter Hatzoglou. Scotland – Chris Sole (first five games). Sri Lanka – Bhanuka Rajapaksa (to replace Sole).

Trinbago Knight Riders: South Africa – Rilee Rossouw. Afghanistan – Noor Ahmad. Sri Lanka – Matheesha Pathirana. New Zealand – Martin Guptill.