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CPL organisers, stakeholders collaborate on youth thrust

Published:Tuesday | August 15, 2023 | 12:08 AM
Supporters of the Jamaica Tallawahs celebrate after their first win of the 2019 Caribbean Premier League campaign. They defeated the Barbados Trident at Sabina Park on Sunday, September 15, 2019.
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Supporters of the Jamaica Tallawahs celebrate after their first win of the 2019 Caribbean Premier League campaign. They defeated the Barbados Trident at Sabina Park on Sunday, September 15, 2019.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia (CMC):

Caribbean Premier League (CPL) organisers say they plan to collaborate with national stakeholders in several territories to ensure that young fans see 10 a.m. games in this year’s tournament free of cost.

A media release Monday said there would be ticket giveaways to “thousands of young people” in order for them to attend the early matches in St Lucia, St Kitts & Nevis, Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago, and Guyana in the tournament which gets under way here Wednesday.

The league said it would be working with government agencies, schools, cricket clubs, youth organisations, and foundations to ensure availability of tickets to the young fans.

“The young people of the Caribbean are the future life blood of our sport, and we want to ensure that we are investing in them and playing our part in helping them fall in love with our wonderful sport,” said CPL’s chief executive, Pete Russell.

“We are looking forward to welcoming thousands of young people to our 10 a.m. games, which will give them the chance to watch and enjoy some of the best cricketers from around the world and from across the Caribbean.”

Regional insurance giants Guardian Life have thrown their support behind the initiative and will also make tickets available through their Guardian Life Boundary Buddies scheme.

Six teams – Barbados Royals, Guyana Amazon Warriors, Jamaica Tallawahs, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, St Lucia Kings, and Trinbago Knight Riders – will contest the 11th season of the Caribbean premier Twenty20 tournament.

Tallawahs are the defending champions after beating Royals in last year’s final and will raise the curtain on this year’s showpiece with a clash against Kings at the Darren Sammy Cricket Ground.