Four uncapped players in USA squad for CPL invitational match

Arjun Thyagarajan, Nisarg Patel, Usman Rafiq and Prashanth Nair are the four new faces named in the United States of America squad for the invitational game against a Caribbean Premier League Invitational XI at the Central Broward Regional Park in Lauderhill, Florida on Friday (July 29).

Tom Evans, ICC Americas high performance consultant, revealed that the selectors wanted to analyse how some of the new faces perform against quality opposition. "The 12 for tomorrow is a bit of a combination," Evans said. "Twelve guys that we want to have a look at. Some guys who have played a bit, some guys who haven't. Twelve guys who we're keen to have a look at."

St Lucia Zouks and Barbados Tridents have the highest representation in the CPL squad with three players each. Australia's Alex Ross, who plays for the Tridents, is the only player in the squad who isn't from the ICC Americas members.

Shamarh Brooks will captain the team and the CPL international director of cricket, Tom Moody has been named the coach. St Lucia's assistant coach Trevor Penney will reprise the same role with the CPL XI on the night. The match will be played ahead of Friday night's clash between St Kitts & Nevis Patriots and Trinbago Knight Riders.

USA squad: Alex Amsterdam, Fahad Babar, Adil Bhatti, Akeem Dodson, Elmore Hutchinson, Prashanth Nair, Nisarg Patel, Usman Rafiq, Saqib Saleem, Jessy Singh, Nicholas Standford, Arjun Thyagarajan

CPL squad: Shamarh Brooks (C, Patriots), Steven Katwaroo (WK, Amazon Warriors), Kyle Corbin (Tridents), Nitish Kumar (Zouks), Jeremiah Louis (Patriots), Gidron Pope (Zouks), Kristopher Ramsarran (Zouks), Alex Ross (Tallawahs), Shemar Springer (Tridents), Hamza Tariq (Knight Riders), Steven Taylor (Tridents), O'Shane Thomas (Tallawahs)