Three territories submit bid to WICB

Antigua, Barbados, and Trinidad have submitted bids to host the Caribbean 20/20 Championships of 2011 and 2012.



The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) announced yesterday that the three venues will now be assessed by its Bid Review Committee headed by director Gregory Shillingford, the president of the Leeward Islands Cricket Association, and former chief executive officer.



The Bid Review Committee will have this weekend to consider seven key criteria in choosing the venues before the WICB makes the official announcement on Monday.



The WICB requires that venues must have international standard lightning to facilitate night matches and at least one replay screen to be favourably considered for hosting the tournament, which will be a live televised event.



The other members of the Bid Review Committee are WICB director Enoch Lewis, the chairman of the WICB’s Finance Committee, Steve Camacho, the WICB corporate secretary, Nelecia Yeates, the WICB commercial manager, and new WICB Event Manager Cindy McLean.



Next year’s tournament will be held from January 9 to 24.