The Hero Caribbean Premier League  (CPL) 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 18 August to 10 September.

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.

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 of the COVID-19 virus.

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 schedule

BRIAN LARA CRICKET ACADEMY

18 August, 10am – Trinbago Knight Riders v Guyana Amazon Warriors

18 August, 5:30pm – Barbados Tridents v St Kitts & Nevis Patriots

19 August, 10am – Jamaica Tallawahs v St Lucia Zouks

19 August, 5:30pm – Guyana Amazon Warriors v St Kitts & Nevis Patriots

20 August, 10am – St Lucia Zouks v Barbados Tridents

20 August, 5:30pm- Trinbago Knight Riders v Jamaica Tallawahs

22 August, 10am – St Kitts & Nevis Patriots v St Lucia Zouks

22 August 5.30pm – Guyana Amazon Warriors v Jamaica Tallawahs

23 August 10am – Trinbago Knight Riders v Barbados Tridents

24 August 5.30pm – Guyana Amazon Warriors v St Lucia Zouks

QUEEN’s PARK OVAL

25 August, 10am – St Kitts & Nevis Patriots Barbados Tridents

25 August, 5:30pm – Jamaica Tallawahs v Guyana Amazon Warriors

26 August 10am – St Lucia Zouks v Trinbago Knight Riders

26 August, 5:30pm – Barbados Tridents v Jamaica Tallawahs

27 August, 10am – St Lucia Zouks v St Kitts & Nevis Patriots

27 August, 5:30pm – Guyana Amazon Warriors v Trinbago Knight Riders

29 August, 10am – Barbados Tridents v Trinbago Knight Riders

29 August, 5:30pm – St Kitts & Nevis Patriots v Jamaica Tallawahs

30 August, 10am – Barbados Tridents v St Lucia Zouks

30 August, 5:30pm – St Kitts & Nevis Patriots v Guyana Amazon Warriors

BRIAN LARA CRICKET ACADEMY

1 September, 10am – Jamaica Tallawahs v Trinbago Knight Riders

1 September, 5:30pm – Guyana Amazon Warriors v Barbados Tridents

2 September, 10am – Trinbago Knight Riders v St Kitts & Nevis Patriots

2 September, 5:30pm – St Lucia Zouks v Guyana Amazon Warriors

3 September, 10am – Jamaica Tallawahs v St Kitts & Nevis Patriots

3 September, 5:30pm – Barbados Tridents v Guyana Amazon Warriors

5 September, 10am – Trinbago Knight Riders v St Lucia Zouks

5 September, 5:30pm – Jamaica Tallawahs v Barbados Tridents

6 September, 10am – St Kitts & Nevis Patriots v Trinbago Knight Riders

6 September, 5:30pm – St Lucia Zouks v Jamaica Tallawahs

8 September, TBC – Semi final 1 (1st v 4th)

8 September, TBC – Semi final 2 (2nd vs 3rd)

10 September, TBC – Final