ESPN snaps up Carribean T20
June 22, 2010 · 0 Comments
ESPN have agreed a deal with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) for exclusive UK broadcast rights for next month’s inaugural Carribean T20 Tournament.
The event runs from July 22 to July 31 and features eight West Indian Twenty20 teams, Barbados, Combined Campuses and Colleges, Guyana, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago and Windward Islands.
The format will involve two groups of four teams in a round-robin format, with the top two sides going forward to the semi-finals. Opening ties will be played in Barbados between July 22 and July 25, with the latter stages shifting to Trinidad from July 28.
The winner of the tournament will move a step closer to representing the West Indies at the Airtel Champions League in South Africa in September.
Dr Ernest Hilaire, chief executive officer of the WICB, says: “This is a very exciting time for cricket in the West Indies. We just staged the hugely successful ICC World T20 Tournament and now we have the inaugural Caribbean T20 Tournament. We expect to see superb action on the field, from the region’s best players, and great excitement off the field, from the lovely Caribbean people in the stands. Cricket fans all across the world have fallen in love with the short version of the game and we know they will be thrilled with what they see during the Caribbean T20.”
Jeroen Oerlemans, vice-president TV channels, ESPN EMEA, adds: “We continue to expand our cricket offering in the UK and we’re delighted to add the West Indies Cricket Board Caribbean T20 cricket tournament to our summer schedule. Through ESPNCricinfo.com and other media around the world, ESPN has a long association with cricket that we will enhance in the UK.”
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