Vipers Voices
This is the home of The Desert Vipers, the Twenty20 franchise side competing in the ILT20, the shortform tournament in the United Arab Emirates with its fourth edition in December 2025 and January 2026. For exclusive interviews and insight from the Desert Vipers camp, this is the place to be. This is Vipers Voices...
Vipers Voices
Vitel Lawes on life as a Viper - and much more besides!
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Ahead of the Vipers’ Qualifier in the ExxonMobil Guyana Global Super League against the San Francisco Unicorns on Friday night, the match to decide which team goes forward to face the Guyana Amazon Warriors in the Grand Final on Saturday, we hear from teenage spin sensation Vitel Lawes.
The 19 year-old, a late call-up for the squad, has featured in every match of the tournament for the franchise, bowling with impressive maturity and control but it was his batting that helped secure the latest win for Shadab Khan’s side, against the Perth Scorchers XI, a result that secured that Qualifier spot.
Vitel was in the midst of his debut international series, the five One-Day Internationals against New Zealand in Guyana and Barbados, when he was offered the chance to join the Vipers and in our chat he explains how that felt and also why he jumped at the opportunity.
Vitel also tells us about his cricketing journey – how it began in his native Jamaica, who his main mentor is and who he looks up to as a cricketing hero.
He also tells about his experience of playing in the GSL, his first franchise tournament, including his dramatic contribution to the win against the Perth Scorchers XI and why he always appears so positive on the field..
Vitel also explains why he’s hungry for more opportunities to ply his trade.
On top of all that, he discusses the Vipers’ prospects in the Qualifier against the San Francisco Unicorns, a match that is win or bust for both teams.
It’s a great introduction to a player who, if he maintains his current trajectory, is someone who will be around at the top level for many years to come.
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