Guyana Amazon Warriors

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.

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Guyana Amazon Warriors (WCPL).

Guyana Amazon Warriors
Personnel
CaptainImran Tahir
CoachRayon Griffith
Team information
Colours  Gold   Green   Red   Black   White
Founded2013 (2013)
Home groundProvidence Stadium
Capacity20,000
History
CPL wins1
6ixty wins0
Official websiteGuyana Amazon Warriors

T20 kit

The team plays 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. It has appeared in six CPL finals and eventually won its first tournament in 2023.

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.[1] 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.[2]

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.[3] 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.[4][5]

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.[6] 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.[7][8]

The 2023 Caribbean Premier League saw Imran Tahir stepping into the position of Captain with Romario Shepherd acting as Vice-Captain. Lance Klusener was also recruited as head coach. [9] After being runner ups five times, the Guyana Amazon Warriors secured their first championship title by defeating the Trinbago Knight Riders at the Providence Stadium in Guyana.[10][11]

Current squad
  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
As of 5 June 2023
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Year signed Notes
Batsmen
11Chandrapaul Hemraj Guyana (1993-09-03) 3 September 1993Left-handedLeft-arm orthodox2019
2Shimron Hetmyer Guyana (1996-12-26) 26 December 1996Left-handed—2016Vice-Captain
All-rounders
84Keemo Paul Guyana (1998-02-21)21 February 1998 (aged 23)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2022
—Mathew Nandu Guyana (2003-06-09) 9 June 2003Right-handedRight-arm off-break2022
—Junior Sinclair Guyana (1995-03-29) 29 March 1995Right-handedRight-arm off-break2022
Wicket-keepers
—Shai Hope Barbados (1993-11-10) 10 November 1993Right-handedLeft-arm medium2022
Spin bowlers
—Gudakesh Motie Guyana (1995-03-29) 29 March 1995Left-handedLeft-arm orthodox2021
Pace bowlers
—Romario Shepherd Guyana (1994-11-26) 26 November 1994Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2018
—Odean Smith Jamaica (1996-11-01) 1 November 1996Right-handedRight-arm medium2020

    Results summary
    As of 15 September 2021
    CPL summary of results
    Year Played Wins Losses Tied NR Win % Position
    2013 9630066.67%2/6
    2014 11740063.63%2/6
    2015 11550150%3/6
    2016 12840066.67%2/6
    2017 12660050%3/6
    2018 12750058.33%2/6
    2019 121110091.67%2/6
    2020 11650054.54%3/6
    2021 11650054.54%4/6
    2022 12 5 6 1 2/6
    Total 11367440262%
    • Source: ESPNcricinfo[12]
    • Abandoned matches are counted as NR (no result)
    • Win or loss by super over or boundary count are counted as tied.
    • Tied+Win - Counted as a win and Tied+Loss - Counted as a loss
    • NR indicates no result

    Administration and support staff
    Position Name
    Head coachRayon Griffith

    Statistics
    As of 26 August 2021

    Most runs
    Player Seasons Runs
    Lendl Simmons 2013–2015 1,029
    Shimron Hetmyer 2016–present 985
    Martin Guptill 2013–2017 862
    Jason Mohammed 777
    Chadwick Walton 2017–2018 625

    Most wickets
    Player Seasons Wickets
    Imran Tahir 2018–present 49
    Sohail Tanvir 2016–2018 49
    Rayad Emrit 2016–2018 39
    Veerasammy Permaul 2013–2018 37
    Krishmar Santokie 2013–2014 33

    Seasons

    Caribbean Premier League
    Year League standing Final standing
    2013 1st out of 6 Runners-up
    2014 2nd out of 6 Runners-up
    2015 2nd out of 6 Play-offs
    2016 1st out of 6 Runners-up
    2017 4th out of 6 Qualifier
    2018 2nd out of 6 Runners-up
    2019 1st out of 6 Runners-up
    2020 2nd out of 6 Semi-finalists
    2021 2nd out of 6 Semi-finalists
    2022 2nd out of 6 Qualifier
    2023 1st out of 6 Champion

    The 6ixty
    Season League standing Final position
    2022 6th out of 6 League stage

    See also

    References
    1. 2013 Caribbean Premier League - Final
    2. "Caribbean Premier League, 2013 / Records / Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
    3. 2014 Caribbean Premier League - Final
    4. "Tridents win rain-marred CPL final". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
    5. "Caribbean Premier League, 2014 / Records / Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
    6. 2015 Caribbean Premier League - semi-final
    7. "Caribbean Premier League squads finalised". Cricinfo. ESPN. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
    8. Guptill named captain of Guyana Amazon Warriors
    9. https://www.stabroeknews.com/2023/08/04/sports/guyana-amazon-warriors-announces-coaching-unit/
    10. https://www.cplt20.com/amazon-warriors-win-maiden-cpl-title
    11. https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/imran-tahir-thanks-r-ashwin-after-leading-guyana-amazon-warriors-to-cpl-title-1399957
    12. "Caribbean Premier League Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
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