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Regional Super50 begins next month in Trinidad

Published:Friday | September 22, 2023 | 12:08 AM
Jamaica Scorpions fast bowler Nicholson Gordon in full flight against Ireland during a 50-over warm-up match at Sabina Park last year.
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Jamaica Scorpions fast bowler Nicholson Gordon in full flight against Ireland during a 50-over warm-up match at Sabina Park last year.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC):

Jamaica Scorpions will open their defence of the Cricket West Indies Super50 League against Leeward Islands Hurricanes on October 18 at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy (BLCA) in Trinidad, where the tournament will be staged.

CWI announced on Wednesday that the Super50, the premier List A One-day, 50 overs-a-side tournament in the Caribbean, will begin on October 17 and will feature eight teams playing under a non-elimination format in the preliminary stage followed by semi-finals and the final to determine the champions.

CWI director of cricket Miles Bascombe hailed the tournament as “a crucial stage” in the organising body’s planning for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2027.

“We see the upcoming Super50 Cup as the perfect platform to establish and incentivise a West Indies brand of play in the 50-over format and for the emergence of new talent,” he said.

“The introduction of the round robin format will provide players with more playing time in the middle as well as a balanced way of gauging individual and team performances.

“We are pleased to again have CCC and the West Indies Academy participating at the senior level as they join the other six franchise teams as we look to widen the pool of players.”

The West Indies Cricket Academy and the composite Combined Campuses & Colleges (CCC) will again join the six territorial franchises of Scorpions, Barbados Pride, Guyana Harpy Eagles, Leeward Islands Hurricanes, Trinidad & Tobago Red Force, and Windward Islands Volcanoes in the tournament.

The top four in the league will qualify for the semi-finals that will feature first against fourth, and second against third, which are set for the BLCA on Wednesday, November 8, and Thursday, November 9.

The final will be at the same venue on Saturday, November 11, when the winners will lift the Clive Lloyd Trophy.

Scorpions’ match schedule

OCTOBER

18: Leeward Islands Hurricanes vs Jamaica Scorpions at BLCA

20: Barbados Pride vs Jamaica Scorpions at UWI SPEC

25: West Indies Academy vs Jamaica Scorpions at QPO

27: Jamaica Scorpions vs CCC at UWI SPEC

29: Jamaica Scorpions vs Windward Islands Volcanoes at BLCA

NOVEMBER

2: Trinidad & Tobago Red Force vs Jamaica Scorpions at QPO

4: Jamaica Scorpions vs Guyana Harpy Eagles at BLCA

8: Semi-Final 1 at BLCA

9: Semi-Final 2 at BLCA

11: Final at BLCA