Rayad Emrit has been named Captain of the Guyana Amazon Warriors for the remainder of the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) campaign.
Emrit replaces New Zealand’s Martin Guptill who has left to fulfill obligations for his country.
In-form Australian batsman Chris Lynn has been named vice captain.
The experienced Emrit, 35, has played 36 Hero CPL games since 2013.
He previously represented the Barbados Tridents.
This year, he has been a key performer for the Amazon Warrior with nine wickets from seven matches.
Capped twice for the West Indies at One-Day International level, the right-arm medium-fast bowler has displayed strong leadership skills this season.
“I am delighted and extremely honoured to be given this opportunity to lead the Guyana Amazon Warriors team for the rest of the tournament,” said Emrit.
“Martin did a fantastic job and I just want to continue in that vein by leading the team to more victories and consolidating our position on top of the table. I want to thank the franchise owner and management for having the faith in me to lead such a great group of players and our aim is to go all the way,” he added.
Lynn, meanwhile, has been in devastating form with the bat for the Amazon Warriors and has so far scored 246 runs from seven innings at an average of 49.2, and an impressive strike rate of 130.2. The 26-year-old Australian international captained the Brisbane Heat in last year’s Big Bash and was selected as the Player of the Tournament having finished the competition as the tournament’s leading run-scorer and six-hitter.
The Amazon Warriors will next face St. Lucia Zouks in the Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium on Sunday from 5pm.
Guyana Amazon Warriors: Sohail Tanvir, Nic Maddinson, Dwayne Smith, Chris Lynn (vice-captain), Rayad Emrit (captain), Adam Zampa, Devendra Bishoo, Jason Mohammed, Christopher Barnwell, Veerasammy Permaul, Orlando Peters, Assad Fudadin, Anthony Bramble, Paul Wintz, Steven Jacobs, Steven Katwaroo, Ali Khan and Shimron Hetmyer.
