De Villiers, Steyn and Parnell exit CPL 2016 to participate in CSA awards

AB de Villiers, Dale Steyn and Wayne Parnell are set to end their Caribbean Premier League 2016 stints after they were recalled by Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Monday (July 18) in order to participate in the annual awards function to be hosted by the board in Johannesburg later this month.


Barbados Tridents have replaced the duo of de Villiers and Parnell with Ahmed Shehzad, Pakistan's opening batsman, and Marchant de Lange, the tearaway South African fast bowler, respectively.
 
The 24-year-old Shehzad is expected to join the set-up for Tridents' next game against Jamaica Tallawahs on July 20. Incidentally, the dashing opener played for Tallawahs in 2013. On the other hand, de Lange was a part of Guyana Amazon Warriors last year. The 25-year-old fast bowler is scheduled to arrive ahead of Tridents' game against the struggling St. Lucia Zouks on July 23.
 
De Villiers has been in prime form for Tridents, having scored 234 runs at an average of 58.50, while Parnell has taken seven wickets in the six games he has played so far.
 
Steyn, the South African spearhead, has also made his presence felt in the tournament by snaring eight wickets for the table-toppers Tallawahs. He will be replaced by Dane Paterson, the Cape Cobras fast bowler. Paterson has played for South Africa 'A' and has been on the fringes of the national set-up for a while.