Former Australia skipper Steve Smith will play for the cricket club Barbados Tridents in the upcoming season of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL). The 29-year-old replaced Bangladesh cricketer Shakib Al Hasan in the team who is no longer available for the tournament.

This will be the second tournament for the right-hand batsman after being banned for a year from the Australian Cricket following his role in the ball-tampering scandal during the third Test of the four-match series against South Africa in March this year. Earlier this month, the Australian batsman played in Global T20 Canada tournament.