Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2020 schedule announced
The fixtures for this year’s Caribbean Premier League (CPL 2020), which begins on the 18th of next month, has been released by the T20 League’s official website. A total of 33 matches will be played to determine this year’s champions, and all the matches will take place at the island of Trinidad & Tobago. The first 10 matches of the league will take place at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy at Tarouba. The Queen’s Park Oval at Port-of-Spain will be hosting the following 10 matches, following which the tournament will return to Tarouba for the remaining fixtures, including the finals.
Here are the fixtures for CPL 2020 (The Local Time has been mentioned in the schedule, which is 9 hours and 30 minutes behind the Indian Standard Time. The 10 am and 5:30 pm matches will begin at 7:30 pm IST and 3:00 am IST respectively):
| Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Tarouba |
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| Tuesday, 18 August, 10 am | Trinbago Knight Riders v Guyana Amazon Warriors |
| Tuesday, 18 August, 5:30 pm | Barbados Tridents v St Kitts & Nevis Patriots |
| Wednesday, 19 August, 10 am | Jamaica Tallawahs v St Lucia Zouks |
| Wednesday, 19 August, 5:30 pm | Guyana Amazon Warriors v St Kitts & Nevis Patriots |
| Thursday, 20 Aug, 10 am | St Lucia Zouks v Barbados Tridents |
| Thursday, 20 Aug, 5:30 pm | Trinbago Knight Riders v Jamaica Tallawahs |
| Saturday, 22 Aug, 10 am | St Kitts & Nevis Patriots v St Lucia Zouks |
| Saturday, 22 Aug, 5:30 pm | Guyana Amazon Warriors v Jamaica Tallawahs |
| Sunday, 23 Aug, 10 am | Trinbago Knight Riders v Barbados Tridents |
| Sunday 23 Aug, 5:30 pm | Guyana Amazon Warriors v St Lucia Zouks |
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| Tuesday, 25 August, 10 am | St Kitts & Nevis Patriots Barbados Tridents |
| Tuesday, 25 August, 5:30 pm | Jamaica Tallawahs v Guyana Amazon Warriors |
| Wednesday, 26 August 10 am | St Lucia Zouks v Trinbago Knight Riders |
| Wednesday, 26 August, 5:30 pm | Barbados Tridents v Jamaica Tallawahs |
| Thursday, 27 August, 10 am | St Lucia Zouks v St Kitts & Nevis Patriots |
| Thursday, 27 August, 5:30 pm | Guyana Amazon Warriors v Trinbago Knight Riders |
| Saturday, 29 August, 10 am | Barbados Tridents v Trinbago Knight Riders |
| Saturday, 29 August, 5:30 pm | St Kitts & Nevis Patriots v Jamaica Tallawahs |
| Sunday, 30 August, 10 am | Barbados Tridents v St Lucia Zouks |
| Sunday, 30 August, 5:30 pm | St Kitts & Nevis Patriots v Guyana Amazon Warriors |
| Brian Lara Cricket Academy |
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| Tuesday, 1 September, 10 am | Jamaica Tallawahs v Trinbago Knight Riders |
| Tuesday, 1 September, 5:30 pm | Guyana Amazon Warriors v Barbados Tridents |
| Wednesday, 2 September, 10 am | Trinbago Knight Riders v St Kitts & Nevis Patriots |
| Wednesday, 2 September, 5:30 pm | St Lucia Zouks v Guyana Amazon Warriors |
| Thursday, 3 September, 10 am | Jamaica Tallawahs v St Kitts & Nevis Patriots |
| Thursday, 3 September, 5:30 pm | Barbados Tridents v Guyana Amazon Warriors |
| Saturday, 5 September, 10 am | Trinbago Knight Riders v St Lucia Zouks |
| Saturday, 5 September, 5:30 pm | Jamaica Tallawahs v Barbados Tridents |
| Sunday, 6 September, 10 am | St Kitts & Nevis Patriots v Trinbago Knight Riders |
| Sunday, 6 September, 5:30 pm | St Lucia Zouks v Jamaica Tallawahs |
| Tuesday, 8 September, TBC | Semi final 1 (1st v 4th) |
| Tuesday, 8 September, TBC | Semi final 2 (2nd vs 3rd) |
| Thursday, 10 September, TBC | Final |
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All the matches will take place behind closed doors, in a bio-secure environment with a set of stringent protocols in place to protect those involved in the tournament, and the wider population from the spread the COVID-19 virus.
Damien O’Donohoe, chief executive of the Caribbean Premier League, said, “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.”
CPL 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.”