The Hero Caribbean Premier League fixtures for the 2019 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 Biggest Party in Sport.
The 34-match season starts later this year, with the opening match happening on 4 September and the final on 12 October 2019. So far, games are confirmed in Barbados, Jamaica, St Lucia, St Kitts & Nevis and Trinidad & Tobago.
The first match will see last year’s winners, Trinbago Knight Riders, take on St Kitts & Nevis Patriots while the Guyana Amazon Warriors will get underway against St Lucia Stars. Fans will have to wait until game 27 for a repeat of last year’s final with the Knight Riders taking on the Amazon Warriors.
To coincide with the release of the schedule, CPL have made selected tickets available for sale online for this year’s tournament. This includes group games in Trinidad and Jamaica. These are available at www.cplt20.com.
Damien O’Donohoe, the Hero CPL’s CEO, is excited about the upcoming season. “We are delighted with how Hero CPL continues to grow. Last season we saw more than 200 million viewers watch the tournament and Hero CPL also made a huge impact on the economies of the countries we visited. We are certain that this year we will see those numbers grow once again.”
Speaking about the announcement of the tournament fixtures Hero CPL’s COO, Pete Russell said: “It is very pleasing to get the fixture list agreed for this year. It is always a challenge and we would like to thank everyone involved in helping to pull this all together.”
Hero CPL 2019 Fixtures
Wednesday 4 Sep
Trinbago Knight Riders v St Kitts & Nevis Patriots, Trinidad
Thursday 5 Sep
Guyana Amazon Warriors v St Lucia Stars, TBC
Friday 6 Sep
Trinbago Knight Riders v Jamaica Tallawahs, Trinidad
Saturday 7 Sep
Guyana Amazon Warriors v St Kitts & Nevis Patriots, TBC
Sunday 8 Sep
Trinbago Knight Riders v St Lucia Stars, Trinidad
Sunday 8 Sep
Guyana Amazon Warriors v Barbados Tridents, TBC
Tuesday 10 Sep
St. Kitts & Nevis Patriots v Jamaica Tallawahs, St. Kitts
Wednesday 11 Sep
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots v Barbados Tridents, St. Kitts
Thursday 12 Sep
Jamaica Tallawahs v St Lucia Stars, Jamaica
Friday 13 Sep
Jamaica Tallawahs v Trinbago Knight Riders, Jamaica
Saturday 14 Sep
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots v Guyana Amazon Warriors, St. Kitts
Sunday 15 Sep
Jamaica Tallawahs v Barbados Tridents, Jamaica
Sunday 15 Sep
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots v St Lucia Stars, St Kitts
Tuesday 17 Sep
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots v Trinbago Knight Riders, St. Kitts
Wednesday 18 Sep
Jamaica Tallawahs v Guyana Amazon Warriors, Jamaica
Thursday 19 Sep
Jamaica Tallawahs v St Kitts & Nevis Patriots, Jamaica
Friday 20 Sep
St Lucia Stars v Barbados Tridents, St Lucia
Saturday 21 Sep
St. Lucia Stars v Trinbago Knight Riders, St. Lucia
Sunday 22 Sep
Barbados Tridents v Guyana Amazon Warriors, Barbados
Monday 23 Sep
Barbados Tridents v Jamaica Tallawahs, Barbados
Tuesday 24 Sep
St Lucia Stars v St Kitts & Nevis Patriots, St Lucia
Wednesday 25 Sep
St Lucia Stars v Guyana Amazon Warriors, St Lucia
Thursday 26 Sep
Barbados Tridents v Trinbago Knight Riders, Barbados
Friday 27 Sep
St Lucia Stars v Jamaica Tallawahs, St Lucia
Saturday 28 Sep
Barbados Tridents v St Kitts & Nevis Patriots, Barbados
Sunday 29 Sep
Barbados Tridents v St Lucia Stars, Barbados
Monday 30 Sep
Trinbago Knight Riders v Guyana Amazon Warriors, Trinidad
Wednesday 2 Oct
Trinbago Knight Riders v Barbados Tridents, Trinidad
Thursday 3 Oct
Guyana Amazon Warriors v Jamaica Tallawahs, TBC
Friday 4 Oct
Guyana Amazon Warriors v Trinbago Knight Riders, TBC
PLAYOFFS
Sunday 6 Oct
Eliminator – 3rd v 4th, TBC
Sunday 6 Oct
Qualifier 1 –1st v 2nd, TBC
FINALS
Tuesday 8 Oct
Semi-final (Qualifier 2) -Winner Eliminator v Loser Qualifier 1, Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad
Saturday 12 Oct
Final – Winner Qualifier 1 v Winner Semi-final (Qualifier 2), Brian Lara Cricket Academy Trinidad
ABOUT THE HERO CARIBBEAN PREMIER LEAGUE:
First started in 2013, the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) is a franchise-based T20 format cricket tournament that combines two of the most compelling aspects of Caribbean life – dramatic cricket and a vibrant Carnival atmosphere. Combining broadcast and digital viewership over 200 million fans watched the 2018 season to make it one of the fastest growing leagues in world cricket. In 2018 the tournament made a positive economic impact across the Caribbean of US$127million. Trinbago Knight Riders are the current Hero CPL champions and the other competing teams are Barbados Tridents, Guyana Amazon Warriors, St. Kitts & Nevis Patriots, St. Lucia Stars and Jamaica Tallawahs. The 2019 tournament will take place between 4 September and 12 October. For further information visit www.cplt20.com.