Regional Super50 festival begins January 30
ST JOHN’S – Cricket West Indies revealed on Thursday the schedule of matches for the Regional Super50 Festival which opens on January 30 and will be contested in Barbados and Antigua.
The six CWI franchises and Combined Campuses & Colleges Marooners will be joined by English county sides Hampshire and Kent, as well as ICC Associate side, United States, for the #RS50 which concludes with the Grand Final on February 24 under the lights at the Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigua.
The ten teams have been divided into two groups with reigning champions Barbados Pride, along with Trinidad & Tobago Red Force, Marooners, Windward Islands Volcanoes and Hampshire forming Group “A” to be contest in Barbados, and last season’s runners-up Jamaica Scorpions together with Leeward Islands Hurricanes, Guyana Jaguars, United States and Kent in Group “B” to be played in Antigua.
Each team will play against every other team in their group twice with the top two qualifying for the semi-finals, also to be staged under the lights at the CCG.
Two matches will be played every other day at match venues in the two host territories: In Barbados, Three W’s Oval and Windward Cricket Ground will stage all the daytime matches and Kensington Oval will host all day/night matches; and in Antigua, the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground will stage all the daytime matches and the CCG all day/night matches.
SCHEDULE OF MATCHES
GROUP “A”
(IN BARBADOS)
Barbados Pride, Trinidad & Tobago Red Force, Combined Campuses & Colleges Marooners,
Windward Islands Volcanoes, Hampshire
• Matches starting at 9 am
Match Day 1
Tuesday, January 30
Volcanoes vs Marooners
Three Ws Oval
Match Day 2
Thursday, February 1
Pride vs Hampshire
Three Ws Oval
Match Day 3
Saturday, February 3
Red Force vs Hampshire
Windward
Match Day 4
Monday, February 5
Red Force vs Volcanoes
Three Ws Oval
Match Day 5
Wed, February 7
Pride vs Marooners
Windward
Match Day 6
Friday, February 9
Red Force vs Hampshire
Three Ws Oval
Match Day 7
Sunday, February 11
Volcanoes vs Marooners
Three Ws Oval
Match Day 8
Tuesday, February 13
Pride vs Hampshire
Windward
Match Day 9
Thursday, February 15
Red Force vs Volcanoes
Windward
Match Day 10
Saturday, February 17
Hampshire vs Volcanoes
Three Ws Oval
• Matches starting at 2 pm
Match Day 1
Tuesday, January 30
Pride vs Red Force
Kensington Oval
Match Day 2
Thursday, February 1
Marooners vs Red Force
Kensington Oval
Match Day 3
Saturday, February 3
Pride vs Volcanoes
Kensington Oval
Match Day 4
Monday, February 5
Marooners vs Hampshire
Kensington Oval
Match Day 5
Wed, February 7
Hampshire vs Volcanoes
Kensington Oval
Match Day 6
Friday, February 9
Pride vs Volcanoes
Kensington Oval
Match Day 7
Sunday, February 11
Pride vs Red Force
Kensington Oval
Match Day 8
Tuesday, February 13
Marooners vs Red Force
Kensington Oval
Match Day 9
Thursday, February 15
Marooners vs Hampshire
Kensington Oval
Match Day 10
Saturday, February 17
Pride vs Marooners
Kensington Oval
GROUP “B”
(IN ANTIGUA)
Jamaica Scorpions, Leeward Islands Hurricanes, Guyana Jaguars, United States, Kent
• Matches starting at 9 am
Match Day 1
Wed, January 31
Jaguars vs Kent
VRCG
Match Day 2
Friday, February 2
United States vs Jaguars
VRCG
Match Day 3
Sunday, February 4
Kent vs Scorpions
VRCG
Match Day 4
Tuesday, February 6
Hurricanes vs Kent
VRCG
Match Day 5
Thursday, February 8
Kent vs United States
VRCG
Match Day 6
Saturday, February 10
Hurricanes vs United States
VRCG
Match Day 7
Monday, February 12
United States vs Jaguars
VRCG
Match Day 8
Wed, February 14
Scorpions vs Kent
VRCG
Match Day 9
Friday, February 16
Kent vs United States
VRCG
Match Day 10
Sunday, February 18
Scorpions vs United States
VRCG
• Matches starting at 2 pm
Match Day 1
Wed, January 31
Hurricanes vs United States
Coolidge
Match Day 2
Friday, February 2
Hurricanes vs Scorpions
Coolidge
Match Day 3
Sunday, February 4
Hurricanes vs Jaguars
Coolidge
Match Day 4
Tuesday, February 6
Scorpions vs United States
Coolidge
Match Day 5
Thursday, February 8
Scorpions vs Jaguars
Coolidge
Match Day 6
Saturday, February 10
Jaguars vs Kent
Coolidge
Match Day 7
Monday, February 12
Hurricanes vs Scorpions
Coolidge
Match Day 8
Wed, February 14
Hurricanes vs Jaguars
Coolidge
Match Day 9
Friday, February 16
Scorpions vs Jaguars
Coolidge
Match Day 10
Sunday, February 18
Hurricanes vs Kent
Coolidge
Semi-final 1
Wed, February 21
Winner Zone “A” vs Runner-up Zone “B”
Coolidge
Semi-final 2
Thursday, February 22
Winner Zone “B” vs Runner-up Zone “A”
Coolidge
Grand Final
Saturday, February 24
Winner Semifinal 1 vs Winner Semifinal 2
Coolidge
Grand Final
Sunday, February 25
(Reserve Day)
Coolidge