Cricket West Indies has confirmed the fixtures for the Caribbean Premier League 2020. The season opener will be played between the Shah Rukh Khan co-owned Trinbago Knight Riders and Guyana Amazon Warriors on August 18 at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad and Tobago.
The Hero Caribbean Premier League fixtures for the 2020 season have been announced as the best cricketing talent, from across the Caribbean and from around the world, are set to be part of the Twenty20 tournament which will run from August 18 to September 10.
The 33-match season will be played in Trinidad & Tobago, with all matches taking place across two stadiums in that country. The Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba will host 23 games, including the semi-finals and final, and the Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain will have 10 matches.
The first match will see last year’s runners-up, Guyana Amazon Warriors, take on Trinbago Knight Riders, while the second game will be last year’s champions, Barbados Tridents taking on the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots. Fans will have to wait until game 22 for a repeat of last year’s final with the Tridents taking on the Amazon Warriors, Cricket West Indies has stated in a Press release.
Damien O’Donohoe, the Hero CPL’s CEO, is excited about the upcoming season. “This year will be a different CPL, but the standard will be higher than ever. We have seen the appetite for live sport since it has returned after a prolonged absence, and the interest in CPL will be higher than ever with it being the first franchise T20 tournament to return.”
Speaking about the announcement of the tournament fixtures Hero CPL’s COO, Pete Russell, said: “We would like to express our gratitude to the government of Trinidad & Tobago for helping us to put on this tournament in such difficult circumstances. We are delighted that we are able to deliver a tournament that is ensuring the safety of the public and the players and that will be of such a high standard.”
The tournament will take place behind closed doors in a bio-secure environment with a series of stringent protocols in place to protect those involved in the tournament and the wider population from the spread the COVID-19 virus.
Hero CPL 2020 Fixtures/All timings in IST
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Brian Lara Cricket Academy |
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| Tues 18 Aug, 7:30 pm | Trinbago Knight Riders v Guyana Amazon Warriors |
| Tues 19 Aug, 3:00 am | Barbados Tridents v St Kitts & Nevis Patriots |
| Wed 19 Aug, 7:30 am | Jamaica Tallawahs v St Lucia Zouks |
| Wed 20 Aug, 3:00 am | Guyana Amazon Warriors v St Kitts & Nevis Patriots |
| Thurs 20 Aug, 7:30 pm | St Lucia Zouks v Barbados Tridents |
| Thurs 21 Aug, 3:00 am | Trinbago Knight Riders v Jamaica Tallawahs |
| Sat 22 Aug, 7:30 pm | St Kitts & Nevis Patriots v St Lucia Zouks |
| Sat 23 Aug, 3:00 am | Guyana Amazon Warriors v Jamaica Tallawahs |
| Sun 23 Aug, 7:30 pm | Trinbago Knight Riders v Barbados Tridents |
| Sun 25 Aug, 3:00 am | Guyana Amazon Warriors v St Lucia Zouks |
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Queen’s Park Oval |
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| Tues 25 Aug, 7:30 pm | St Kitts & Nevis Patriots Barbados Tridents |
| Tues 26 Aug, 3:00 am | Jamaica Tallawahs v Guyana Amazon Warriors |
| Wed 26 Aug, 7:30 pm | St Lucia Zouks v Trinbago Knight Riders |
| Wed 27 Aug, 3:00 am | Barbados Tridents v Jamaica Tallawahs |
| Thurs 27 Aug, 7:30 pm | St Lucia Zouks v St Kitts & Nevis Patriots |
| Thurs 28 Aug, 3:00 am | Guyana Amazon Warriors v Trinbago Knight Riders |
| Sat 29 Aug, 7:30 pm | Barbados Tridents v Trinbago Knight Riders |
| Sat 30 Aug, 3:00 am | St Kitts & Nevis Patriots v Jamaica Tallawahs |
| Sun 30 Aug, 7:30 pm | Barbados Tridents v St Lucia Zouks |
| Sun 31 Aug, 3:00 am | St Kitts & Nevis Patriots v Guyana Amazon Warriors |
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Brian Lara Cricket Academy |
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| Tues 1 Sept, 7:30 pm | Jamaica Tallawahs v Trinbago Knight Riders |
| Tues 2 Sept, 3:00 am | Guyana Amazon Warriors v Barbados Tridents |
| Wed 2 Sept, 7:30 pm | Trinbago Knight Riders v St Kitts & Nevis Patriots |
| Wed 3 Sept, 3:00 am | St Lucia Zouks v Guyana Amazon Warriors |
| Thurs 3 Sept, 7:30 pm | Jamaica Tallawahs v St Kitts & Nevis Patriots |
| Thurs 4 Sept, 3:00 am | Barbados Tridents v Guyana Amazon Warriors |
| Sat 5 Sept, 7:30 pm | Trinbago Knight Riders v St Lucia Zouks |
| Sat 6 Sept, 3:00 am | Jamaica Tallawahs v Barbados Tridents |
| Sun 6 Sept, 7:30 pm | St Kitts & Nevis Patriots v Trinbago Knight Riders |
| Sun 7 Sept, 3:00 am | St Lucia Zouks v Jamaica Tallawahs |
| Tues 8 Sept, TBC | Semi-final 1 (1st v 4th) |
| Tues 8 Sept, TBC | Semi-final 2 (2nd vs 3rd) |
| Thurs 10 Sept, TBC | Final |