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Digicel partners again for CPLT20

As excitement heightens around the much-anticipated Caribbean Premier League, founding partner, Digicel, announced that it has re-signed a multi-year contract as official telecommunications sponsor of the League. The deal comes on the heels of Digicel’s new four-year agreement with the WICB and therefore represents a significant investment in and commitment to cricket in the region. […]

NARINE, POLLARD PROPEL WINDIES TO WIN

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Off-spinner Sunil Narine celebrated his return to international colours with a career-best six-wicket haul while Kieron Pollard smashed a bold half-century to mark his first One-Day International in nearly two years, as West Indies eased to a four-wicket victory over South Africa in the opening game of the Tri-Nations Series here […]

Legendary cricket commentator Tony Cozier dies at age 75

(BBC)  Legendary West Indian commentator Tony Cozier has died at the age of 75. A familiar and respected voice around the world, the Barbadian will be remembered for a career in TV, radio and journalism spanning 58 years. Born in Bridgetown in 1940, he made his BBC Test Match Special debut in 1966 and also […]

T&T reportedly offers US$1Million more than Guyana to host CPL Finals

After initially indicating no interest in hosting the CPL Finals, the Government of Trinidad and Tobago may have outplayed Guyana and could end up hosting the finals of the much-anticipated cricket tournament. Guyana’s Finance Minister Winston Jordan has expressed disappointment following reports that Guyana may have lost the bid to host the finals of the 2016 […]

Sir Viv Defends Sammy, West Indies Players Amidst ICC Criticisms

Former West Indies captain and one of two living national heroes, Sir Vivian Richards, has criticised the International Cricket Council (ICC) over its “reprimand” of Twenty20 captain Darren Sammy and the West Indies players. The ICC, on Monday, slammed the Caribbean team for comments from captain Darren Sammy following their Twenty20 World Cup victory over […]

Caribbean well represented in 2016 world’s top performers

(SportsMaxx) The Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil are fewer than 100 days now and track and field athletes from the Caribbean are only just now beginning to put their considerable talents on show. Athletes like Jamaica’s Fedrick Dacres and Grenada’s Kirani James lead the list of top-10 performances by Caribbean athletes so far this season […]

First batch of CPL tickets go on sale

The HERO Caribbean Premier League (CPL) are delighted to announce that the initial batch of tickets for the forthcoming season, which will be staged this year from 29 June – 7 August, are on sale now. In excess of 300,000 fans attended the biggest party in sport last year and tournament organisers are confident that […]