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New season to usher in franchise system for Caribbean’s cricket

Sep 26, 2014 Peeping Tom

Guyana to play first three games at Providence

By Sean Devers
The upcoming season will usher in the franchise system for First-Class cricket in the Caribbean and will also see one winner being crowned after the round-robin phase. There will be no knockout for the next season.
Guyana oppose the Leewards Islands at Providence in their opening game in the next Regional First-Class season which is scheduled for November 14- 17 while they will again be at home to the Windwards Islands at Providence from November 21-24.
The Guyanese will then have their third home game at Providence when they clash with Barbados from November 28 – December 1 while their first ‘away’ match will be from December 5–8 when they face Trinidad & Tobago at the Queens Park Oval in Port-of-Spain.
At the end of the fourth round which is on December 8, there will be a break for the Christmas season.
The Nagico tournament follows from January 3 before another six rounds of matches will be played in the second phase when a winner will be crowned on March 19 as the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) moves away from the double crown format which existed last season.
There were two winners for 2014, as one champion was crowned after the round-robin phase and another of the knockout that involved the top four teams from the round robin.
In a bid to improve the standard of the game in the Caribbean, the WICB has adopted a new plan by its Cricket Operations Manager Richard Pybus. This plan will see an extension to the cricket season and each team will now play a total of ten matches with five being at home and five away.
Fixtures – First Round – November 14–17
T&T vs Barbados at Queen’s Park Oval
Jamaica vs Windwards at Sabina Park
Guyana vs Leewards at Providence
Second Round – November 21–24
Leewards vs T&T – TBA
Guyana vs Windwards at Providence
Barbados vs Jamaica at Kensington Oval
Third Round – November 28–December 1
T&T vs Jamaica at the Queen’s Park Oval
Windwards vs Leewards – TBA
Guyana vs Barbados at Providence
Fourth Round – December 5–8
T&T vs Guyana at Queen’s Park Oval
Barbados vs Windwards at Kensington
Jamaica vs Leewards at Sabina Park
Break for Nagico Super50
Fifth Round –  February 5–9
Windwards vs T&T – TBA
Jamaica vs Guyana at Sabina Park
Barbados vs Leewards at Kensington Oval
Sixth Round – February 13–16
Barbados vs T&T at Kensington Oval
Leewards vs Guyana – TBA
Windwards vs Jamaica – TBA
Seventh Round – February 20–23
Jamaica vs T&T at Sabina Park
Barbados vs Guyana at Kensington Oval
Leewards vs Windwards – TBA
Eighth Round – March 9–12
T&T vs Windwards at Queen’s Park Oval
Guyana vs Jamaica at Providence
Leewards vs Barbados – TBA
Ninth Round – March 16–19
T&T vs Leewards at Queen’s Park Oval
Jamaica vs Barbados at Sabina
Guyana vs Windwards at Providence
Tenth Round – March 23–27
Guyana vs T&T at Providence
Windwards vs Barbados – TBA
Leewards vs Jamaica – TBA

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