The 2015 Cricket World Cup is in full swing Down Under, with a host of Caribbean Premier League stars representing their countries on the global stage in Australia and New Zealand.
But almost a week into the competition, how are our CPL boys faring? In the first of a weekly series, we take a look at who's hot and who's not...
BARBADOS TRIDENTS
The reigning CPL champions haven't set the World Cup on fire just yet - West Indies' young captain Jason Holder took 0-44 from his 9 overs in their defeat at the hands of Ireland, while Dwayne Smith scored 18 opening the innings.
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GUYANA AMAZON WARRIORS
Lendl Simmons was the West Indies' star performer against Ireland, helping them to recover from 87-5 to 304-7 courtesy of a brilliant 102 off only 84 balls, with 9x4 and 5x6. Denesh Ramdin fared less well with 1 but took two catches behind the stumps. The Warriors' Sri Lankans also struggled in their defeat at the hands of New Zealand as Lasith Malinga's 10 overs ended with 0-84 and Tillakaratne Dilshan took 0-35 from 5 and scored 24 from 41 balls.
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JAMAICA TALLAWAHS
The veteran Kiwi Daniel Vettori was the the stand-out performer, the 36-year-old taking 2-34 from 10 overs as New Zealand got off to a winning start, including taking the wicket of his Tallawahs' team-mate Mahela Jayawardene for 0. The three West Indies players had mixed days, with Chris Gayle hitting 36 off 65 and Andre Russell 27 not out from 13 before taking 0-33 from 6, while Jerome Taylor took wickets but proved expensive, ending with 3-71 from 8.5 overs.
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ST KITTS & NEVIS PATRIOTS
The CPL's new boys had three players in action, with New Zealand's Martin Guptill top-scoring with 49 from 62 balls for New Zealand. Marlon Samuels was out for 21 (41) for the Windies, while the Patriots' $150,000 star man Shahid Afridi bowled 8 overs taking 0-50 and then scored a run-a-ball 22 as Pakistan lost to arch-rivals and holders India.
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ST LUCIA ZOUKS
The Zouks stars are enjoying their World Cup experience so far, with captain Darren Sammy playing a fabulous innings in West Indies' defeat to Ireland as he smashed 89 off 67 balls - the highest score by a number seven in CWC history. Elsewhere, Shakib Al Hasan struck 63 off 51 balls and took 2-43 from 8.5 overs as Bangladesh beat Afghanistan, Ross Taylor scored 14 (28) for New Zealand, and Kemar Roach took 0-52 from 6 as the Windies struggled in the field against the Irish.
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TRINIDAD & TOBAGO RED STEEL
The Red Steel have two players at the World Cup: Sulieman Benn was left out of the West Indies' XI against Ireland, while Darren Bravo was run out for 0 without facing a ball after a mix-up with Chris Gayle.
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Of the CPL players out there in Australia and New Zealand, five players sat out their country's first match - Jonathan Carter, Nikita Miller, Sheldon Cottrell and Benn from the West Indies and Sri Lanka's Thisara Perera.
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