Red Force start Super50 defence against Volcanoes
Published on Jan 7, 2017, 9:08 pm AST
Defending Super50 champions Trinidad and Tobago Red Force will open their quest for a third straight title against the Windward Island Volcanoes on January 27 at the renovated Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigua.
T&T, who will be captained by former West Indies Test skipper Denesh Ramdin, will be campaigning in Group A, along with the Volcanoes, English County side Kent Spitfires, the West Indies Under-19s and the Leeward Islands Hurricanes. Each team will play each other twice in the group stage with the top two teams advancing to the semifinals to play the winners and runners-up of Group B.
Group B consists of last year’s runners-up Barbados Pride, along with Jamaica Scorpions, Guyana Jaguars, Combined Campuses & Colleges Marooners and a composite ICC Americas team.
The West Indies Under-19s, Spitfires, Marooners and Americas are all specially invited teams which will join the six WICB Professional Cricket League franchises for the tournament.
The Coolidge Cricket Ground, formerly known as the Stanford Cricket Ground, will be one of five match venues used during the three-week event which also features matches in Barbados. The others venues to be used are the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground in Antigua, along with Kensington Oval, Windward Cricket Club and the 3Ws Oval in Barbados.
GROUP A MATCH SCHEDULE
Wednesday, January 25
Volcanoes vs West Indies Under-19s – Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground, Antigua (9 am)
Hurricanes vs Spitfire – Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua (1:30 pm)
Friday, January 27
Hurricanes vs West Indies Under-19s – SVRCG
Red Force vs Volcanoes – CCG
Sunday, January 29
Red Force vs Spitfire – SVRCG
Hurricanes vs Volcanoes – CCG
Tuesday, January 31
Red Force vs West Indies Under-19 – SVRCG
Volcanoes vs Spitfire – CCG
Thursday, February 2
West Indies Under-19s vs Spitfire – SVRCG
Hurricanes vs Red Force – CCG
Saturday, February 4
Volcanoes vs West Indies Under-19s – SVRCG
Hurricanes vs Spitfire – CCG
Monday, February 6
Hurricanes vs West Indies Under-19s – SVRCG
Red Force vs Volcanoes – CCG
Wednesday, February 8
Red Force vs Spitfire – SVRCG
Hurricane vs Volcanoes – CCG
Friday, February 10
Red Force vs West Indies Under-19s – SVRCG
Volcanoes vs Spitfire – CCG
Sunday, February 12
Spitfire vs West Indies Under-19s – SVRCG
Hurricanes vs Red Force – CCG
FINAL FOUR
Semi-finals
Wednesday, February 15
Zone A winners vs Zone B runners-up – CCG
Thursday, February 16
Zone B winners vs Zone A runners-up – CCG
GRAND FINAL
Saturday, February 18
Semi-final 1 winners vs Semi-final 2 winners – CCG
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