The Cricket West Indies (CWI) has finalized the dates for the upcoming ninth season of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL 2021), after having discussions with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
The upcoming season of the CPL 2021 has been squeezed into a 21-day itinerary in order to accommodate the second phase of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2021) which begins in the third week of September and will be played in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
On Thursday, July 15, the CWI announced that the CPL 2021 will kick start from August 26 in St Kitts and Nevis with all 33 matches to be played at the Warner Park this year with a capacity of 50 percent crowd for vaccinated spectators and final to be held on September 15.
The CWI stated an official release: “This year's tournament will be played in St Kitts and Nevis with all 33 matches taking place at Warner Park.”
CWI President Ricky Skerritt said in an official release by the West Indies board: “Both IPL and CPL are important to CWI, to our cricketers, and to fans. CWI's role was to facilitate arrangements for a non-overlapping and smooth transition from one tournament to the next. Cricket administrators must collaborate if cricket is to survive the risks and costs of Covid-19.”
Here’s the complete schedule and fixtures of the CPL 2021:
August 26 – Guyana Amazon Warriors vs Trinbago Knight Riders at 10:00 AM (local time)
August 26 – Barbados Tridents vs St Kitts and Nevis Patriots at 07:00 PM (local time)
August 27 – Jamaica Tallawahs vs St Lucia Zouks at 10:00 AM (local time)
August 27 – Trinbago Knight Riders vs Barbados Tridents at 07:00 PM (local time)
August 28 – Guyana Amazon Warriors vs St Kitts and Nevis Patriots at 10:00 AM (local time)
August 28 – Jamaica Tallawahs vs Barbados Tridents at 07:00 PM (local time)
August 29 – St Lucia Zouks and Trinbago Knight Riders at 10:00 AM (local time)
August 29 – St Kitts and Nevis Patriots vs Guyana Amazon Warriors at 07:00 PM (local time)
August 31 – Trinbago Knight Riders vs St Lucia Zouks at 10:00 AM (local time)
August 31 – Barbados Tridents vs Jamaica Tallawahs at 07:00 PM (local time)
September 1 – Trinbago Knight Riders vs Guyana Amazon Warriors at 10:00 AM (local time)
September 1 – Jamaica Tallawahs vs St Kitts and Nevis Patriots at 07:00 PM (local time)
September 2 – St Lucia Zouks vs Guyana Amazon Warriors at 10:00 AM (local time)
September 2 – St Kitts and Nevis Patriots vs Barbados Tridents at 07:00 PM (local time)
September 4 – St Lucia Zouks vs St Kitts and Nevis Patriots at 10:00 AM (local time)
September 4 – Guyana Amazon Warriors vs Barbados Tridents at 07:00 PM (local time)
September 5 – St Kitts and Nevis Patriots vs St Lucia Zouks at 10:00 AM (local time)
September 5 – Trinbago Knight Riders vs Jamaica Tallawahs at 02:30 PM (local time)
September 7 – Jamaica Tallawahs vs Trinbago Knight Riders at 10:00 AM (local time)
September 7 – Barbados Tridents vs Guyana Amazon Warriors at 07:00 PM (local time)
September 8 – St Kitts and Nevis Patriots vs Jamaica Tallawahs at 10:00 AM (local time)
September 8 – Guyana Amazon Warriors vs St Lucia Zouks at 07:00 PM (local time)
September 9 – Barbados Tridents vs Trinbago Knight Riders at 10:00 AM (local time)
September 9 – St Lucia Zouks vs Jamaica Tallawahs at 07:00 PM (local time)
September 11 – St Lucia Zouks vs Barbados Tridents at 10:00 AM (local time)
September 11 – Jamaica Tallawahs vs Guyana Amazon Warriors at 02:30 PM (local time)
September 11 – Trinbago Knight Riders vs St Kitts and Nevis Patriots at 07:00 PM (local time)
September 12 – Barbados Tridents vs St Lucia Zouks at 10:00 AM (local time)
September 12 – Guyana Amazon Warriors vs Jamaica Tallawahs at 02:30 PM (local time)
September 12 – St Kitts and Nevis Patriots vs Trinbago Knight Riders at 07:00 PM (local time)
September 14 – Semi-final 1
September 14 – Semi-final 2
September 15 – Final
(With ANI Inputs)
