England allrounder Moeen Ali is set for his maiden CPL stint after having been signed up by defending champions Guyana Amazon Warriors for the ongoing season. Moeen, 37, will slot in as a replacement for Pakistan opener Saim Ayub, who is unavailable for the entire season. Ayub's nonattendance is a huge blow for Amazon Champions, taking into account he was the breakout star in their race to their most memorable title in 2023. Ayub was the second-most elevated run-getter last season, with 478 runs in 13 innings at a normal of 43.45 and strike pace of 142.26. No one hit a greater number of sixes than Ayub's 28 in CPL 2023. This time, the CPL conflicted with Pakistan's two-match Test series against Bangladesh at home, where Ayub opened the batting for his group, and will likewise cover with the Bosses One-Day Cup, another variant of Pakistan's homegrown 50-over rivalry. Ayub is set to play for Pumas in that competition. Moeen's accessibility for Amazon Champions is dependent upon Birmingham Bears' movement in the T20 Impact in the UK, which is likewise conflicting with the CPL. Assuming that Bears win the quarter-last against Gloucestershire on Friday, they will arrive at the Finals Day on September 14. Until Moeen shows up for the CPL, New Zealand's hard-hitting opener Tim Robinson will go about as his brief substitution. Robinson is somewhat of a Finn Allen clone who "loves hitting sixes". In the 2023-24 Crush, he was the second-most noteworthy run-getter, with 298 runs in six innings at a normal of 59.60 and strike pace of 187.42. The count included 139 off 64 balls, with ten sixes, against Otago, the second-most elevated score throughout the entire existence of the Crush. Not long after the Crush, Robinson made his T20I debut for New Zealand. All the more as of late, during the New Zealand winter, he invested energy at the Super Lords Foundation in Chennai preparing against turn, something which could prove to be useful during the CPL. This will be Robinson's most memorable T20 competition beyond the Crush. Indeed, even after Moeen joins up with Amazon Heroes, Robinson will remain with the crew, filling in for Rahmanullah Gurbaz who will leave the CPL after the Barbados leg for worldwide obligation. Gurbaz isn't essential for the Afghanistan crew for the oddball Test against New Zealand one week from now yet is probably going to play the three-match ODI series against South Africa in the UAE. The Barbados leg of the CPL closes on September 17, with the ODI series in the UAE set to start a day later.