ST JOHN'S-T&T will open their Super50 campaign on October 20 against the Combine Colleges at a venue to be announced in Guyana. Host Guyana will open their campaign against Windward Islands one day earlier. The other opening day match will be joint defending champions Barbados going up against the Barbadian based Sagicor High Performance Centre Team which beat the West Indies in Dubai yesterday.
The other joint defending champions, Leeward Islands, will commence the defence of their title in what is expected to be a tough match against the powerhouse Jamaican side on October 20. The final is slated for October 29 with the following day set aside as a reserve day.
The two semi finals will be played on October 26 and 27 after a one day break at the end of the preliminary round which will be completed on October 24. Guyana will face arch rivals Barbados in what is expected to be another major crowd pleasing match on October 23. The other major attraction will be the clash between two other arch rivals-Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica. This match will be played on October 23. Eight teams will participate in the 15 match tournament which will see two matches being played on each day of the preliminary round. The two teams have been placed in two groups based on their placement in the 2010 tournament. The venues for the matches will be announced at a later date.
Following is the schedule of matches.
October 19
Barbados v Sagicor HPC
Guyana v Windwards
October 20
T&T v CCC
Jamaica v Leewards
October 21
Windward Islands v Barbados
Guyana v Sagicor HPC
October 22
Jamaica v CCC
Leewards v T&T
October 23
Barbados v Guyana
Windwards v Sagicor HPC
October 24
Trinidad & Tobago v Jamaica
Leeward Islands v CCC
October 26
Semifinal 1: Group-A Winner v Group-B Runner Up
October 27
Semifinal 2: Group-B Winner v Group-A Runner Up
October 29
Final: Semifinal 1 Winner v Semifinal 2 Winner
