Caribbean Premier League 2014

[Kippax]

Friday 11 July - Guyana Amazon Warriors v Antigua Hawksbills National Cricket Stadium, Grenada, 2pm.

Saturday 12 July - The Red Steel v Barbados Tridents National Cricket Stadium, Grenada, 10.30am.

Saturday 12 July - St Lucia Zouks v Jamaica Tallawahs National Cricket Stadium, Grenada, 2.30pm.

Thursday 17 July - Antigua Hawksbills v Jamaica Tallawahs Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua, 3.30pm.

Thursday 17 July - Guyana Amazon Warriors v The Red Steel Providence Stadium, Guyana, 7.30pm.

Saturday 19 July - Antigua Hawksbills v Barbados Tridents Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua, 12noon.

Saturday 19 July - Guyana Amazon Warriors v St Lucia Zouks Providence Stadium, Guyana, 4.00pm.

Sunday 20 July - Antigua Hawksbills v The Red Steel Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua, 12noon.

Sunday 20 July - Guyana Amazon Warriors v Jamaica Tallawahs Providence Stadium, Guyana, 4.00pm.

Wednesday 23 July - Barbados Tridents v St Lucia Zouks Kensington Oval, Barbados 4.00pm.

Thursday 24 July - The Red Steel v Guyana Amazon Warriors Queen's Park Oval, Trinidad 8.00pm.

Friday 25 July - Barbados Tridents v Antigua Hawksbills Kensington Oval, Barbados, 4.00pm.

Saturday 26 July - The Red Steel v Jamaica Tallawahs Queen's Park Oval, Trinidad, 12noon.

Saturday 26 July - Barbados Tridents v Guyana Amazon Warriors Kensington Oval, Barbados, 4.00pm.

Sunday 27 July - The Red Steel v St Lucia Zouks Queen's Park Oval, Trinidad, 4.00pm.

Thursday 31 July - Jamaica Tallawahs v Antigua Hawksbills Sabina Park, Jamaica, 2.00pm.

Thursday 31 July - St Lucia Zouks v Barbados Tridents Beausejour Stadium, St Lucia, 8.00pm.

Saturday 2 August - Jamaica Tallawahs v Guyana Amazon Warriors Sabina Park, Jamaica, 11.00am.

Saturday 2 August - St Lucia Zouks v The Red Steel Beausejour Stadium, St Lucia, 4.00pm.

Sunday 3 August - Jamaica Tallawahs v Barbados Tridents Sabina Park, Jamaica, 11.00am.

Sunday 3 August - St Lucia Zouks v Antigua Hawksbills Beausejour Stadium, St Lucia, 4pm.

Thursday 7 August - Guyana Amazon Warriors v Antigua Hawksbills Warner Park, St Kitts, 4.00pm.

Thursday 7 August - The Red Steel v Barbados Tridents Warner Park, St Kitts, 8.00pm.

Saturday 9 August - Jamaica Tallawahs v St. Lucia Zouks Warner Park, St Kitts, 12noon.

Saturday 9 August - Antigua Hawksbills v The Red Steel Warner Park, St Kitts, 4.00pm.

Sunday 10 August - Guyana Amazon Warriors v St Lucia Zouks Warner Park, St Kitts, 12noon.

Sunday 10 August - Barbados Tridents v Jamaica Tallawahs Warner Park, St Kitts, 4.00pm.

Tuesday 12 August - Beefy Bash Charity Match Warner Park, St Kitts - 4.00pm.

Wednesday 13 August - Semi Final 1 - 3rd vs 4th Warner Park, St Kitts, 4.00pm.

Thursday 14 August - Semi Final 2 - 2nd vs Winner SF1 Warner Park, St Kitts, 4.00pm.

Saturday 16 August - Final - Group stage winner vs Winner SF2 Warner Park, St Kitts, 4.00pm.

Sunday 17 August - Reserve Day - Warner Park, St Kitts

 

[Kippax]

“James Franklin delivered the x-factor last season and I am very disappointed not to have him back. I do however believe that we have a squad capable of giving any team a hard time,” said Harper.

 

[Kippax]

Ah good, Pooran's there. At an attractive $9 price.

 

[Kippax]

Please let the thread know if there's any hint of that $35 outsider Jason Holder being bumped right up the order, the way Otago used him.

 

[NUFAN]

Is Saeed Ajmal available for the entire tournament? If so, can't believe Antigua are last in the betting. Ben Dunk is class and I think Dussey is perfectly suited to these conditions too.

 

[Kippax]

Yep, Ajmal's available throughout -

McClenaghan will replace Ajmal at Worcestershire for a six-week period in July and August.

Four imports allowed per XI as well, so there's no problems there. PEWS tells us Laughlin's seen as a bit try-hard in Australia, but I think he might go really well against domestic Windies players tbh. NZ domestic players often had no idea.

 

[Kippax]

 

[GGG]

Can't get rid of Danny Morrison and now he has added "struth/strewth" to his vocabulary.

 

[superkingdave]

Narine 4-1-3-0 fair play

 

[Kippax]

Is Saeed Ajmal available for the entire tournament?

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Wed Aug 6 - Sun Aug 10
1st Test - Sri Lanka v Pakistan
Galle International Stadium

 

[Kippax]

 

[Kippax]

Haha, stupid Tridents. You at least batted Malik at 3. You'll come around to my idea of a Holder promotion next match.

 

[Beamer]

Interesting stuff so far. I wish they were playing at a better venue than Grenada but the pitches have been okish so far and there has been some decent cricket. Random thoughts:

- Chris Gayle has to be the best T20 batsman, at least domestically. What an outrageous record, 7 hundreds more than anyone else and he averages over 42. He looked back to his best today and slightly more pain free which is good to see.

- Really enjoyed watching Cotterell and Cummins with the new ball for Antigua. Seriously tasty stuff. Cummins hurried all the batsman and fizzed it by their noses whilst Cotterell got the new ball to swing into the right handers. If he continues to do that he will be deadly as he bowls at 85-92mph. Liking his progress.

- Sunil Narine's spell of 0/3 was absolutely outrageous. Must have been 2 overs worth of playing and missing. As Bish said on commentary, West Indies are very well set in terms of bowling talent for the next 5/6 years at least, we've just got to develop some batsmen,.

- Henry Davids is class, I love watching him bat. One shot over cover was just immense.

 

[Gowza]

with roach, holder, cummins and narine WI will have a very good bowling attack plus you've still got taylor, cotterrell seems to be coming on, gabriel, beaton and some youngsters in ray jordan, azzari joseph and keon harding. WI's pace attack looks like it will be strong for a good number of years. the batting rests on the 3 B's bravo, blackwwod and brathwaite.

 

[GGG]

...Chris Gayle has to be the best T20 batsman, at least domestically.

There is no question that he is the best when in form, until yesterday he had been going through a lean patch, good to see him back on song as he is wonderful to watch no matter who you support.

 

[jala]

best T20 league in the world

 

[GGG]

best T20 league in the world

Bit early but I must admit I enjoyed last years competition more than any other domestic 20/20 competition.

 

[Raghav]

Is there a rule in this tournament (like in IPL), that only 4 overseas players can play in the Playing XI?

 

[Kippax]

Yep, I've seen 4 confirmed -
http://twitter.com/nielsen514/status/485066566279524354

 

[Kippax]

T&T minister scolds Bravo for slamming name change | Cricketnmore

Port-of-Spain, July 16 (IANS/CMC) Trinidad and Tobago Sports Minister Anil Roberts has scolded Red Steel captain Dwayne Bravo for protesting a decision to change the name of the Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel in the Limacol Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

Following their opening victory over Barbados Tridents Zouks, Bravo criticised the decision to drop the words Trinidad and Tobago from the franchise which will now be known as Red Steel, reports CMC.

In a letter to the Red Steel manager Colin Borde, which was copied to CPL CEO Damien O'Donohoe and T&T Cricket Board president Azim Bassarath, Roberts called Bravo's outburst "disrespectful and improper".

"As an employee in a privately run tournament, it is improper and completely disrespectful for him to publicly challenge the rules and regulations regarding the use of a country's name and also publicly attempt to belittle the valid concerns and legal responsibilities of an elected representative of that nation's government," the Trinidad and Tobago sports minister wrote.

"Mr. Bravo's outburst suggests that either he is publically going against the mandates of his employer or the CPL is backtracking on its earlier agreement to respect the regulations surrounding the use of the name T&T."

Bravo referred to the decision makers of the name change as a "bunch of jokers" and told journalists in St. George's that he was prepared to deal with the consequences if his statements got him into trouble.

In his letter, Roberts said the onus was on CPL to inform Bravo of the name change.

"Based on what I have read in the press, it seems that Mr. Bravo only was informed that the name T&T could not be used just before the start of the Red Steel's first match," said Roberts.

"It was expected that you would have informed Mr. Bravo at his signing with the team of the mandated alteration to the team's name and advise him of all the necessary protocols involved in the use of the name of a sovereign nation."

CPL is yet to issue an official statement on the issue.