… but good news in the coming days, says CPL

THE Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) announced fixtures yesterday with one notable absentee from the host venues – the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.
The biggest party in sport as it is dubbed by the marketing committee is set to begin on Wednesday August 8 in Trinidad and Tobago and while all the other venues have match days, Guyana is not listed.among them

There are seven fixtures with venues to be announced, five of which include the Guyana Amazon Warriors (GAW).
The first is GAW versus St Kitts and Nevis Patriots on August 9 with another, two days later, when GAW take on St Lucia Stars as well as one on August 12 where GAW play Barbados Tridents.

Just under a month later on September 8 and 9, GAW play the Jamaica Tallawahs and then Trinbago Knight Riders meet at unnamed venues.
The two play-off matches are also set for venues to be confirmed on September 11 and 12.
The other regular host countries already have their fixture dates and locations with Jamaica set to host two matches on August 14 & 15.

Trinidad and Tobago has three matches between August 8 and 11 and two matches on September 5 and 6 as well as the semifinal and final on September 14 and 16 while Barbados has four matches between August 25 and September 2.
The United States has three matches between August 18 and 22 while St Lucia hosts five matches between August 16 and 25 while St Kitts has five matches between August 28 and September 4.

Head of PR and Communications for the CPL, Peter Miller, confirmed the fixtures but stated that there is nothing to be worried about.
He said, “We are just waiting for all the boxes to be ticked as far as location is concerned, so as things stand at the moment, it is still to be determined as far as venue is concerned, but there should be good news in the next couple of days.”

“I’m sure it will be the good news that you would expect to hear,” he continued.
Meanwhile, in a release, CPL’s Chief Operations Officer, Pete Russell, said: “Moving the tournament between seven nation states always represents a huge logistical challenge and I would like to thank our operations team for pulling it all together for another year.”