The ninth edition of one of the most popular T20 tournaments, the Caribbean Premier League (CPL), will begin on Thursday. World-class cricketers from the Caribbean and around the globe will feature in another season of the CPL. All the matches in the three-week-long tournament will take place at Warner Park Stadium in St. Kitts.
Schedule
Trinbago Knight Riders, the defending champions, will meet Guyana Amazon Warriors, who reached the semi-finals last season, in the league opener on August 26. The six teams will play each other twice, and the top four sides will make it to the knockout stage. The semi-finals will be played on September 14, while the final is on September 15.
| Date |
Match |
Timing |
| August 26 |
Guyana Amazon Warriors vs Trinbago Knight Riders |
7:30 PM |
| August 27 |
Barbados Royals vs St Kitts & Nevis Patriots |
4:30 AM |
| August 27 |
Jamaica Tallawahs vs Saint Lucia Kings |
7:30 PM |
| August 28 |
Trinbago Knight Riders vs Barbados Royals |
4:30 AM |
| August 28 |
Guyana Amazon Warriors vs St Kitts & Nevis Patriots |
7:30 PM |
| August 29 |
Jamaica Tallawahs vs Barbados Royals |
12:00 AM |
| August 29 |
Saint Lucia Kings vs Trinbago Knight Riders |
7:30 PM |
| August 30 |
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots vs Guyana Amazon Warriors |
12:00 AM |
| August 31 |
Trinbago Knight Riders vs Saint Lucia Kings |
7:30 PM |
| September 1 |
Barbados Royals vs Jamaica Tallawahs |
4:30 AM |
| September 1 |
Trinbago Knight Riders vs Guyana Amazon Warriors |
7:30 PM |
| September 2 |
Jamaica Tallawahs vs St Kitts & Nevis Patriots |
4:30 AM |
| September 2 |
Saint Lucia Kings vs Guyana Amazon Warriors |
7:30 PM |
| September 3 |
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots vs Barbados Royals |
4:30 AM |
| September 4 |
Saint Lucia Kings vs St Kitts & Nevis Patriots |
7:30 PM |
| September 5 |
Guyana Amazon Warriors vs Barbados Royals |
12:00 AM |
| September 5 |
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots vs Saint Lucia Kings |
7:30 PM |
| September 6 |
Trinbago Knight Riders vs Jamaica Tallawahs |
12:00 AM |
| September 7 |
Jamaica Tallawahs vs Trinbago Knight Riders |
7:30 PM |
| September 8 |
Barbados Royals vs Guyana Amazon Warriors |
4:30 AM |
| September 8 |
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots vs Jamaica Tallawahs |
7:30 PM |
| September 9 |
Guyana Amazon Warriors vs Saint Lucia Kings |
4:30 AM |
| September 9 |
Barbados Royals vs Trinbago Knight Riders |
7:30 PM |
| September 10 |
Saint Lucia Kings vs Jamaica Tallawahs |
4:30 AM |
| September 11 |
Saint Lucia Kings vs Barbados Royals |
7:30 PM |
| September 12 |
Jamaica Tallawahs vs Guyana Amazon Warriors |
12:00 AM |
| September 12 |
Trinbago Knight Riders vs St Kitts & Nevis Patriots |
4:30 AM |
| September 12 |
Barbados Royals vs Saint Lucia Kings |
7:30 PM |
| September 13 |
Guyana Amazon Warriors vs Jamaica Tallawahs |
12:00 AM |
| September 13 |
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots vs Trinbago Knight Riders |
4:30 AM |
| September 14 |
1st Semi-Final |
TBC |
| September 14 |
2nd Semi-Final |
TBC |
| September 15 |
Final |
TBC |
*TBC – to be confirmed
Squads
Chris Gayle returns to CPL after skipping the 2020 edition. The T20 legend will ply his trade with St Kitts & Nevis Patriots, who he guided to the final in CPL 2017. Veteran all-rounder Shoaib Malik, too, will be available for the new season. He has scored 1707 runs at an average of almost 40 in CPL.
Barbados Tridents and Saint Lucia Zouks changed their name to Barbados Royals and Saint Lucia Kings, respectively. The 2021 edition will see two changes at the helm as Nicholas Pooran will lead the Guyana Amazon Warriors, while Faf du Plessis, who didn’t play a single game in the Hundred tournament, is appointed the captain of Saint Lucia Kings.
Barbados Royals
Jason Holder (captain), Mohammad Amir, Thisara Perera, Shai Hope, Hayden Walsh, Oshane Thomas, Kyle Mayers, Glen Phillips, Raymon Reifer, Ashley Nurse, Jake Lintott, Justin Greaves, Joshua Bishop, Smit Patel, Azam Khan, Johnson Charles, Nyeem Young
Head coach: Daniel Vettori
Guyana Amazon Warriors
Nicholas Pooran (captain), Imran Tahir, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Hafeez, Shimron Hetmyer, Romario Shepherd, Brandon King, Kevin Sinclair, Naveen-ul-Haq, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Anthony Bramble, Ashmead Nedd, Odean Smith, Nial Smith, Gudakesh Motie, Waqar Salamkheil
Head coach: Rayon Griffith
Jamaica Tallawahs
Rovman Powell (captain), Andre Russell, Carlos Brathwaite, Fidel Edwards, Qais Ahmad, Chris Green, Haider Ali, Jason Mohammed, Shamarh Brooks, Joshua James, Migael Pretorius, Chadwick Walton, Veerasammy Permaul, Ryan Persaud, Kennar Lewis, Abhijai Mansingh, Kirk Mckenzie
Head coach: Floyd Reifer
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots
Rayad Emrit (captain), Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, Ravi Bopara, Evin Lewis, Sheldon Cottrell, Fabian Allen, Sherfane Rutherford, Fawad Ahmed, Joshua Da Silva, Asif Ali, Devon Thomas, Jon-Russ Jaggesar, Dominic Drakes, Colin Archibald, Mikyle Louis, Paul van Meekeren
Head coach: Simon Helmot
Saint Lucia Kings
Faf du Plessis (captain), Wahab Riaz, Andre Fletcher, Alzarri Joseph, Roston Chase, Keemo Paul, Obed McCoy, Kesrick Williams, Rahkeem Cornwall, Samit Patel, Usman Qadir, Keron Cottoy, Tim David, Mark Deyal, Jeavor Royal, Javelle Glen, Kadeem Alleyne
Head coach: Andy Flower
Trinbago Knight Riders
Kieron Pollard (captain), Sunil Narine, Lendl Simmons, Colin Munro, Tim Seifert, Darren Bravo, Yasir Shah, Isuru Udana, Jayden Seales, Denesh Ramdin, Ravi Rampaul, Ali Khan, Khary Pierre, Akeal Hosein, Anderson Phillip, Leonardo Julien, Tion Webster
Head coach: Imran Jan
Venue
Warner Park Stadium in St. Kitts will host the entire CPL 2021 season. The 8000-capacity stadium, which has hosted three Test matches and a couple of ODIs and T20Is, was St Kitts Nevis Patriots home ground ever since the franchise made their debut in the CPL. It also hosted both the qualifiers, eliminator, and final in the 2016 edition.
