The much-an­tic­i­pat­ed sched­ule for the in­au­gur­al Caribbean Pre­mier League (CPL) tour­na­ment has been an­nounced by CPL or­gan­is­ers, and as ex­pect­ed, match­es will be played in six fran­chise coun­tries–An­tigua & Bar­bu­da, Bar­ba­dos, Guyana, Ja­maica, St Lu­cia and Trinidad & To­ba­go–in the months of Ju­ly and Au­gust.

Kick­ing off in Bar­ba­dos on Tues­day, Ju­ly 30 with an open­ing cer­e­mo­ny fol­lowed by a Bar­ba­dos vs St Lu­cia match. Games will be played on var­i­ous days through­out the four-week pe­ri­od. There will be a three-day break be­fore the two semi­fi­nals, the fi­nal match and the clos­ing cer­e­mo­ny, which will take place in T&T on Sat­ur­day, Au­gust 24. Sun­days through­out the tour­na­ment will fea­ture a dou­ble-head­er with match­es tak­ing place at 3 pm and 7.30 pm.

CPL or­gan­is­ers em­pha­sised that in putting to­geth­er the sched­ule, the goal was to make it as fair as pos­si­ble for the fran­chise coun­tries but al­so en­sure that there would be many ex­cit­ing games be­tween neigh­bour­ing and ri­val coun­tries. In ad­di­tion, the fix­tures had to work lo­gis­ti­cal­ly in terms of el­e­ments such as trav­el for the teams and CPL staff and the trans­fer of TV equip­ment and crew from venue to venue. The re­sult is a sched­ule that is work­able and one where all teams will play three home games, three away games and one game in a neu­tral fran­chise coun­try, for ex­am­ple An­tigua vs Ja­maica in Guyana.

The CPL team is pleased to get the fix­tures out in just un­der three months in ad­vance, giv­ing both lo­cal fans and prospec­tive tourists the chance to plan their trips to and around the Caribbean to wit­ness what is ex­pect­ed to be the biggest and most ex­cit­ing sport­ing event in the re­gion. The 2014 and 2015 CPL tour­na­ments will take place from Ju­ly 5 to Au­gust 10 and June 21 to Ju­ly 26, re­spec­tive­ly.Next on the CPL agen­da is the an­nounce­ment of de­tails for the play­ers draft event, con­fir­ma­tion of which teams the fran­chise play­ers will be as­signed to and many more ex­cit­ing el­e­ments of the tour­na­ment.

Fix­tures

FIX­TURES

Jul 30 � B'dos vs St Lu­cia at Kens­ing­ton Oval, Bar­ba­dos

Jul 31 � Guyana vs T&T, Prov­i­dence Sta­di­um, Guyana

Aug 1 � B'dos vs An­tigua and Bar­bu­da, Kens­ing­ton Oval, Bar­ba­dos

Aug 2 � Guyana vs Ja­maica, Prov­i­dence Sta­di­um, Guyana

Aug 3 � B'dos vs T&T, Kens­ing­ton Oval, Bridgetown, Bar­ba­dos

Aug 4 � An­tigua and Bar­bu­da vs Ja­maica, Prov­i­dence Sta­di­um. Guyana vs St Lu­cia, Prov­i­dence Sta­di­um

Aug 6 � St Lu­cia vs An­tigua and Bar­bu­da, Beause­jour Sta­di­um

Aug 7 � T&T vs Ja­maica, Queen's Park Oval

Aug 8 � St Lu­cia vs B'dos, Beause­jour Sta­di­um, Gros Islet

Aug 9 � T&T vs Guyana, Queen's Park Oval

Aug 10 � St Lu­cia vs T&T, Beause­jour Sta­di­um, Gros Islet

Aug 11 � B'dos vs Guyana, Queen's Park Oval, T&T v An­tigua and Bar­bu­da, QP Oval

Aug 13 � An­tigua and Bar­bu­da vs B'dos, Sir Vi­vian Richards Sta­di­um

Aug 14 � Ja­maica vs Guyana, Sabi­na Park, Kingston

Aug 15 � An­tigua and Bar­bu­da vs St Lu­cia, Sir Vi­vian Richards Sta­di­um, North Sound

Aug 16 � Ja­maica vs T&T, Sabi­na Park, Kingston

Aug 17 � An­tigua and Bar­bu­da vs Guyana, Sir Vi­vian Richards Sta­di­um, North Sound

Aug 18 � St Lu­cia vs T&T, Sabi­na Park, Kingston

Aug 18 � Ja­maica vs Bar­ba­dos, Sabi­na Park, Kingston

Aug 22 � 1st Semi­fi­nal � TBC vs TBC, QP Oval

Aug 23 � 2nd Semi­fi­nal � TBC vs TBC, QP Oval

Aug 24 � Fi­nal � TBC vs TBC, QP Oval