Here is how it went down. The bottom-placed teams of 2018 were the first to select players from the draft; without any hesitation, they opted for the best players, the Allrounders. New Winthorpes was first up and selected the Windward Islands Fast Bowling Allrounder Kyle Mayers who represented last year’s runner up Bolans.
Pigotts went for last year’s MVP Shamar Springer, who ended with the most runs in the competition. It was then Rising Sun’s choice and they went for Wicket-keeper batsman, Anthony Bramble who captained the West Indies B team that were runner ups in the GT20 tournament in Canada last year. All Saints Pythons picked Barbadian Fast Bowler, Keon Harding to replace West Indies Fast Bowler, Alzarri Joseph who is currently representing the Mumbai Indians.
The Liberta Blackhawks decided not to select any players from the draft and picked West Indies Wicket-keeper Batsman, Jahmar Hamilton who has represented the club in previous competitions. Moreover, Defending Champions Bethesda Golden Eagles followed suit retaining Leeward Islands Batsman, Akeem Saunders.
The Bolans Cricket Club selected West Indies Fast Bowler Ronsford Beaton to bolster their attack after they lost Mayers and Springer to earlier draft selections. To round up the draft, Super 40 Over Champions Empire Nation also retained the skilful veteran Left-arm Medium Pacer, Krishmar Santokie.
With the participating teams completing their selection, there were a few quality players who were not selected. Here is a list of the players not drafted:
- Kesrick Williams (West Indies Right-Arm Fast Bowler)
- Obed Mccoy (West Indies Left-Arm Fast Bowler)
- Aaron Jones (USA/Barbados Batsman)
- Dominic Drakes (Barbados Left-Arm Fast Bowler)
- Roland Cato (Windward Islands Batting AllRounder)
- Dennis Bulli (Jamaica Left-Arm Spin Bowling Allrounder)
- Bhaskar Yadram (Guyana Batting AllRounder)