Eurosport pick up Caribbean T20
November 22, 2010 · 0 Comments
Eurosport has further enhanced its portfolio of international cricket with the acquisition of the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament which begins early in 2011.
The Caribbean T20 2011 will will be played from January 10-23 and will feature Friends Provident T20 champions Hampshire Royals and runners-up Somerset. Also competing are Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Trinidad & Tobago, Windward Islands, Combined Campuses & Colleges and Canada.
The Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Grounds in Antigua will be the venue for the first round of Caribbean T20 matches with the final stages played at the Kensington Oval ground in Barbados. The inaugural tournament was broadcast by ESPN and took place in July and was won by Guyana, who beat Barbados by one wicket.
The tournament features two matches each day which will begin at approximately 8pm and midnight UK time. Eurosport will show at least 15 games exclusively live including all of the Hampshire and Somerset matches plus the semis and final live. Hampshire start their campaign on January 11 against Canada with Somerset facing Guyana the following day.
The acquisition of the Caribbean T20 2011 follows Eurosport’s foray into Test cricket this winter which has featured live coverage of both the Sri Lanka v West Indies series in November and Pakistan v South Africa series.
Tags: Caribbean T20, Eurosport, Hampshire Royals, Somerset
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