The An­tigua & Bar­bu­da Fal­cons have been an­nounced as the newest fran­chise in the Re­pub­lic Bank Caribbean Pre­mier League (CPL) dur­ing a launched at the Sir Vi­vian Richards Sta­di­um, on Tues­day, which will be the home of team for the 2024 edi­tion of the Re­pub­lic Bank CPL – the Biggest Par­ty in Sport.

The of­fi­cial un­veil­ing of the team took place dur­ing a gala open­ing cer­e­mo­ny host­ed by the fran­chise own­ers – World­wide Sports Man­age­ment Group. Pari­match, the num­ber one glob­al gam­ing plat­form will proud­ly serve as the Ti­tle Spon­sor of the team.

Kr­ish­na (Kris) Per­saud, founder and pres­i­dent of World­wide Sports Man­age­ment Group was thrilled as he show­cased the new team’s name and the col­or­ful and dy­nam­ic lo­go for the first time to ex­cit­ed guests. Per­saud al­so ex­pressed de­light in hav­ing the team of­fi­cial­ly on board for the re­gion­al event, which at­tracts sold-out au­di­ences for match­es.

Per­saud said: “We are brand new; we are here, we are ready, let’s get ready to play. The An­tigua & Bar­bu­da Fal­cons will bring a unique en­er­gy and vi­tal­i­ty to the Re­pub­lic Bank CPL. We are ready to fly high and con­quer what is be­fore us. We want to es­tab­lish a win­ner’s cul­ture with­in the team and al­so a cul­ture of win­ning and suc­cess off the field – among every in­di­vid­ual as­so­ci­at­ed with this fran­chise and the amaz­ing fans we will have at our spe­cial home base at the Sir Vi­vian Richards Sta­di­um in love­ly An­tigua.”

Per­saud added: “What you are wit­ness­ing to­day as we un­veil the An­tigua & Bar­bu­da Fal­cons, is some­thing tru­ly spe­cial and I want to thank the Gov­ern­ment of An­tigua & Bar­bu­da, who have worked close­ly with us to bring the An­tigua & Bar­bu­da Fal­cons to life. An­tigua is our home, this coun­try has a rich crick­et his­to­ry and the An­tigua & Bar­bu­da Fal­cons will cre­ate more great his­to­ry on these shores. It is now time for the Fal­cons to fly high.”

De­tails on the over­all struc­ture of the An­tigua & Bar­bu­da Fal­cons and the coach­ing and man­age­ment staff for the team will be an­nounced at a lat­er date.

The 2024 Re­pub­lic Bank CPL will take place from Au­gust 28 to Oc­to­ber 6 with games tak­ing place in An­tigua for the first time in 10 years.

The fi­nal will once again take place in Guyana at The Na­tion­al Sta­di­um in Prov­i­dence. The tour­na­ment will al­so plan to have match­es in Bar­ba­dos, Guyana, St Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lu­cia and Trinidad and To­ba­go.

Once again, the win­dow for the CPL will not clash with West In­dies fix­tures, so the best Caribbean tal­ent will be on show at the Biggest Par­ty in Sport.

Jeff Miller, CEO and Gen­er­al Man­ag­er of the Fran­chise said: “Wel­come back An­tigua & Bar­bu­da! This is where the ‘par­ty’ in crick­et start­ed, and we are de­light­ed to be back for this ex­cit­ing event. We plan to have a full house for every match with our An­tigua & Bar­bu­da Fal­cons on show. This is what we have been wait­ing for. It will be amaz­ing to see the Sir Vi­vian Richard Sta­di­um packed and our love­ly su­per fans en­joy­ing the ac­tion and the at­mos­phere, as well as see­ing great crick­et on the field, the non-stop par­ty in the stands, and all the fes­tiv­i­ties that come with crick­et in the West In­dies.”

(Cour­tesy CPL)