On Monday West Indies Cricket announced the Caribbean Premier League 2020 schedule. It will be the first big franchise-based tournament to be run after the pandemic disrupted the cricket all over the world.
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CPL to be played in a bio-secure environment
CPL 2020 will be played behind closed doors this year in bio-secure environments in Trinidad and Tobago as announced by the West Indies Cricket on Monday. From August 18 the tournament will be played with the final scheduled for September 10. An official CPL release said, “The 33-match season will be played in Trinidad & Tobago, with all matches taking place across two stadiums in that country. The Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba will host 23 games, including the semi-finals and final, and the Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain will have 10 matches.”
Damien O’Donohoe, CPL’s CEO, opined, “This year will be a different CPL, but the standard will be higher than ever. We have seen the appetite for live sport since it has returned after a prolonged absence, and the interest in CPL will be higher than ever with it being the first franchise T20 tournament to return.”
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CPL 2020: Full schedule with local times
| Date | Match | Venue |
| Tue 18 Aug, 10 am | Trinbago Knight Riders v Guyana Amazon Warriors | Brian Lara Cricket Academy |
| Tue 18 Aug, 5:30 pm | Barbados Tridents v St Kitts & Nevis Patriots | Brian Lara Cricket Academy |
| Wed 19 Aug, 10 am | Jamaica Tallawahs v St Lucia Zouks | Brian Lara Cricket Academy |
| Wed 19 Aug, 5:30 pm | Guyana Amazon Warriors v St Kitts & Nevis Patriots | Brian Lara Cricket Academy |
| Thu 20 Aug, 10 am | St Lucia Zouks v Barbados Tridents | Brian Lara Cricket Academy |
| Thu 20 Aug, 5:30 pm | Trinbago Knight Riders v Jamaica Tallawahs | Brian Lara Cricket Academy |
| Sat 22 Aug, 10 am | St Kitts & Nevis Patriots v St Lucia Zouks | Brian Lara Cricket Academy |
| Sat 22 Aug, 5:30 pm | Guyana Amazon Warriors v Jamaica Tallawahs | Brian Lara Cricket Academy |
| Sun 23 Aug, 10 am | Trinbago Knight Riders v Barbados Tridents | Brian Lara Cricket Academy |
| Sun 24 Aug, 5:30 pm | Guyana Amazon Warriors v St Lucia Zouks | Brian Lara Cricket Academy |
| Tue 25 Aug, 10 am | St Kitts & Nevis Patriots Barbados Tridents | Queen’s Park Oval |
| Tue 25 Aug, 5:30 pm | Jamaica Tallawahs v Guyana Amazon Warriors | Queen’s Park Oval |
| Wed 26 Aug 10 am | St Lucia Zouks v Trinbago Knight Riders | Queen’s Park Oval |
| Wed 26 Aug, 5:30 pm | Barbados Tridents v Jamaica Tallawahs | Queen’s Park Oval |
| Thu 27 Aug, 10 am | St Lucia Zouks v St Kitts & Nevis Patriots | Queen’s Park Oval |
| Thu 27 Aug, 5:30 pm | Guyana Amazon Warriors v Trinbago Knight Riders | Queen’s Park Oval |
| Sat 29 Aug, 10 am | Barbados Tridents v Trinbago Knight Riders | Queen’s Park Oval |
| Sat 29 Aug, 5:30 pm | St Kitts & Nevis Patriots v Jamaica Tallawahs | Queen’s Park Oval |
| Sun 30 Aug, 10 am | Barbados Tridents v St Lucia Zouks | Queen’s Park Oval |
| Sun 30 Aug, 5:30 pm | St Kitts & Nevis Patriots v Guyana Amazon Warriors | Queen’s Park Oval |
| Tue 1 Sep, 10 am | Jamaica Tallawahs v Trinbago Knight Riders | Brian Lara Cricket Academy |
| Tue 1 Sep, 5:30 pm | Guyana Amazon Warriors v Barbados Tridents | Brian Lara Cricket Academy |
| Wed 2 Sep, 10 am | Trinbago Knight Riders v St Kitts & Nevis Patriots | Brian Lara Cricket Academy |
| Wed 2 Sep, 5:30 pm | St Lucia Zouks v Guyana Amazon Warriors | Brian Lara Cricket Academy |
| Thu 3 Sep, 10 am | Jamaica Tallawahs v St Kitts & Nevis Patriots | Brian Lara Cricket Academy |
| Thu 3 Sep, 5:30 pm | Barbados Tridents v Guyana Amazon Warriors | Brian Lara Cricket Academy |
| Sat 5 Sep, 10 am | Trinbago Knight Riders v St Lucia Zouks | Brian Lara Cricket Academy |
| Sat 5 Sep, 5:30 pm | Jamaica Tallawahs v Barbados Tridents | Brian Lara Cricket Academy |
| Sun 6 Sep, 10 am | St Kitts & Nevis Patriots v Trinbago Knight Riders | Brian Lara Cricket Academy |
| Sun 6 Sep, 5:30 pm | St Lucia Zouks v Jamaica Tallawahs | Brian Lara Cricket Academy |
| Tue 8 Sep, TBC | Semi-final 1 (1st v 4th) | Brian Lara Cricket Academy |
| Tue 8 Sep, TBC | Semi-final 2 (2nd vs 3rd) | Brian Lara Cricket Academy |
| Thu 10 Sep, TBC | Final | Brian Lara Cricket Academy |
