The T&T Red Steel will open their campaign in the 2015 Limacol Caribbean Premier League with a clash against St Lucia Zouks at the Beausejour Cricket Stadium in Gros Islet, St Lucia.
Red Steel, will be looking to begin with a victory just as they did when they beat the Tridents in the opening match of the 2014 event in Grenada. They will meet Zouks on June 21, however, the tournament gets underway on June 20, with a repeat of last year's final between Barbados Tridents and Guyana Amazon Warriors at Kensington Oval in Barbados.
Also night games will be making a return to the tournament, with 30 of the 33 games scheduled to be played under lights.
Six teams–Tridents, Amazon Warriors, Jamaica Tallawahs, St Lucia Zouks, Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel and, new boys, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots–are all set to play ten matches apiece in a quest for places in the semifinals, carded for July 23 and 25 at Queen's Park Oval.
"You can sense the excitement is already building. I am thrilled that so many quality players from within the Caribbean and around the world have been attracted to play in the CPL this season," said CPL CEO Damien O'Donohoe.
"Now that the schedule has been revealed, fans can start to plan a summer of unrivalled entertainment with the biggest party in sport taking centre stage.
"There will be something for everyone this year and the action will be non-stop from June 20 until the final on July 26."
Last year's edition featured primarily daytime fixtures, with games played at 10.30 am, midday, 2.30 pm and 4 pm. Low attendances marked several of these matches.
This year, however, only three matches will be played during the day with the bulk of games carded for 6 pm, and ten scheduled for 4 pm starts but finishing under lights.
Six matches will be played at 8 pm.
The first eight matches of the tournament will be played in Barbados and St Lucia with fixtures from June 20 to June 28 before attention switches to St Kitts and Jamaica.
In a return to the format of the inaugural CPL season in 2013, the semifinals and final will be hosted by Queen's Park Oval in Trinidad after being shifted to St Kitts last year. (VM)