King and Allen among 9 players retained by Tallawahs for CPL 2023

Jamaica's Brandon King and Fabian Allen are among the nine players retained by defending champions the Jamaica Tallawahs ahead the Caribbean Premier League which gets underway on August 16.

The other seven are Shamarh Brooks, Raymon Reifer, Amir Jangoo, Shamar Springer, Nicholson Gordon, Kirk McKenzie and Joshua James.

The Tallawahs have also brought in Hayden Walsh Jr who was transferred from the Barbados Royals.

The overseas players and draft picks will be announced during the CPL draft show which will be broadcast at the end of June.

Earlier this month it was announced that last season's winning captain Rovman Powell was traded to the Barbados Royals for Walsh Jr.

There will be matches in Barbados, Guyana, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago.