ST JOHN’S, Antigua – President of Cricket West Indies, Ricky Skerritt, has confirmed that Cricket West Indies (CWI), the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) engaged in talks for a tweaked CPL schedule to accommodate the second phase of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
In a recent interview Skerritt noted: “Both IPL and CPL are important to CWI, to our cricketers and to fans. CWI’s role was to facilitate arrangements for a non-overlapping and smooth transition from one tournament to the next. Cricket administrators must collaborate if cricket is to survive the risks and costs of Covid-19.”
All 33 matches of the 2021 Hero CPL will be played at Warner Park with a cap of 50 percent capacity for vaccinated spectators.
Meanwhile, former West Indies cricket Captain, Daren Sammy OBE, is the newest member of the Cricket West Indies (CWI) board of directors following his appointment as an independent non-member director, by the CWI Board at a meeting held last Thursday, June 17, 2021.
With over 14 years of international cricket experience, Sammy is celebrated by many in the region, and across the world, as a charismatic and inspirational figure, renowned for leading the West Indies to back-to-back ICC T20 World Cup titles in 2012 and 2016.
Sammy is the first international cricketer from his native Saint Lucia where the national stadium has been named in his honour. He has captained the Windward Islands cricket team in addition to several domestic T20 leagues both regionally and internationally. He is an awardee of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II, and a Goodwill ambassador for Saint Lucia. He is also the current head coach of Peshawar Zalmi in the Pakistan Super League and a Cricket Consultant for the St Lucia Zouks in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).
Sammy’s appointment to the CWI board of directors is in keeping with two of the fundamental principles which have guided CWI’s improvement strategy for the past two years – increased utilization of regional technical expertise and the implementation of a Cricket First Policy.
It is expected that Sammy’s appointment will add a fresh and more youthful perspective, as well as a high level of updated cricket know-how to enhance the existing expertise in the CWI board room.
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