Port of Spain, Trinidad. 3 July 2018 -- Current Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) champions, the Trinbago Knight Riders, will play their five home games at Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad during the Hero CPL 2018 tournament. They will get the season underway by taking on the St Lucia Stars in the opening fixture of the 2018 Hero CPL on Wednesday 8 August.
The Knight Riders fixtures will be split across two legs. Following their opening game against the Stars, they will play against the 2016 champions, Jamaica Tallawahs on Friday, 10 August. They will then face the team they beat in last year’s final, the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots, on Saturday, 11 August.
The Knight Riders will then go on the road to play away matches before returning to Queen’s Park Oval for huge fixtures against Guyana Amazon Warriors and Barbados Tridents on Wednesday, 5 September and Friday, 7 September respectively.
Speaking about the announcement of the venue for the 2018 home fixtures Paul Skinner, General Manager of TKR, said: “We are very pleased to have our home venue for 2018 confirmed and would like to express our gratitude to all those at the Queen’s Park Cricket Club that helped us to pull this together.”
Fixture dates:
Wed, 8 Aug – TKR vs. St Lucia Stars, Queen’s Park Oval, 8pm
Fri, 10 Aug – TKR vs. Jamaica Tallawahs, Queen’s Park Oval, 8pm
Sat, 11 Aug – TKR vs. St Kitts & Nevis Patriots, Queen’s Park Oval, 8pm
Wed, 5 Sept – TKR vs. Guyana Amazon Warriors, Queen’s Park Oval, 8pm
Fri, 7 Sept – TKR vs. Barbados Tridents, Queen’s Park Oval, 8pm
ABOUT THE HERO CARIBBEAN PREMIER LEAGUE:
First started in 2013, the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) is a franchise-based T20 format cricket tournament that combines two of the most compelling aspects of Caribbean life – dramatic cricket and a vibrant Carnival atmosphere. Combining broadcast and digital viewership over 197 million fans watched the 2017 season to make it one of the fastest growing leagues in world cricket. Trinbago Knight Riders are the current Hero CPL champions and the other competing teams are Barbados Tridents, Guyana Amazon Warriors, St. Kitts & Nevis Patriots, St. Lucia Stars and Jamaica Tallawahs. For further information visit www.cplt20.com.
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