PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Windward Islands captain Shane Shillingford, Guyana Jaguars captain Leon Johnson, Trinidad & Tobago Red Force captain Denesh Ramdin and Windies “B” head coach Stuart Williams spoke to CWI Media on the eve of the 2018-19 Windies Super50 Cup which opens tomorrow here.
The tournament will be contested between 10 teams equally divided into two groups of five:
Group A: Windward Islands Volcanoes, Guyana Jaguars, Trinidad & Tobago Red Force, WINDIES “B”, Canada
Group B: Barbados Pride, Leeward Islands Hurricanes, Jamaica Scorpions, Combined Campuses & Colleges Marooners, United States
All matches will consist of one innings-a-side – each innings being limited to a maximum of 50 overs – and be of one day’s scheduled duration.
The first phase of the competition will be the Group Stage which will comprise a total of 40 matches with the teams playing under a non-elimination format.
Matches will be contested in Trinidad (at Queen’s Park Oval and Brian Lara Cricket Academy) and Barbados (at Kensington Oval, Three Ws Oval and Windward Cricket Ground).
Each team will play eight matches during the Group Stage. Each team in Group “A” will play each of the other teams in Group “A” twice and each team in Group “B” will play each of the other teams in Group “B” twice.
Following the Group Stage, the top two teams in each group will progress to the Final Four (“semi-finals”) as follows:
Semi-final #1 – Group A winner vs Group B runner-up
Semi-final #2 – Group B winner vs Group A runner-up
The winners of the semi-finals will contest the Grand Final on Sunday, October 28 at Kensington Oval.
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SHANE SHILLINGFORD AUDIO
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CUE OUT: . . .great thing for a team.
DURATION: 1 min, 51.312 secs
LEON JOHNSON AUDIO
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CUE OUT: . . .would mean success for us.
DURATION: 4 mins, 44.343 secs
DENESH RAMDIN AUDIO
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CUE OUT: . . .and have a fun day.
DURATION: 2 mins, 10.608 secs
STUART WILLIAMS AUDIO
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CUE OUT: . . .I happy with that.
DURATION: 3 mins, 05.339 secs
-ENDS-
MATCH SCHEDULE
GROUP “A”
(in Trinidad)
- Matches starting at 2 pm; Webcast available on www.windiescricket.com
| DATE | MATCH | VENUE |
| Wed, Oct 3 | Canada vs WINDIES “B” | Brian Lara Cricket Academy |
| Fri, Oct 5 | Volcanoes vs Canada | Brian Lara Cricket Academy |
| Sun, Oct 7 | Jaguars vs WINDIES “B” | Brian Lara Cricket Academy |
| Tue, Oct 9 | Jaguars vs Canada | Brian Lara Cricket Academy |
| Thu, Oct 11 | Volcanoes vs Jaguars | Brian Lara Cricket Academy |
| Sat, Oct 13 | Red Force vs Jaguars | Brian Lara Cricket Academy (11:30 am start) |
| Mon, Oct 15 | Volcanoes vs WINDIES “B” | Brian Lara Cricket Academy |
| Wed, Oct 17 | Red Force vs Volcanoes | Brian Lara Cricket Academy |
| Fri, Oct 19 | Red Force vs WINDIES “B” | Brian Lara Cricket Academy (11:30 am start) |
| Sun, Oct 21 | Guyana vs WINDIES “B” | Brian Lara Cricket Academy |
- Matches starting at 2 pm; Webcast available on www.windiescricket.com
| DATE | MATCH | VENUE |
| Wed, Oct 3 | Red Force vs Volcanoes | Queen’s Park Oval |
| Fri, Oct 5 | Red Force vs Jaguars | Queen’s Park Oval |
| Sun, Oct 7 | Red Force vs Canada | Queen’s Park Oval |
| Tue, Oct 9 | WINDIES “B” vs Jaguars | Queen’s Park Oval |
| Thu, Oct 11 | Red Force vs WINDIES “B” | Queen’s Park Oval |
| Sat, Oct 13 | Volcanoes vs Canada | Queen’s Park Oval (11:30 am start) |
| Mon, Oct 15 | Jaguars vs Canada | Queen’s Park Oval |
| Wed, Oct 17 | Canada vs WINDIES “B” | Queen’s Park Oval |
| Fri, Oct 19 | Volcanoes vs Jaguars | Queen’s Park Oval (11:30 am start) |
| Sun, Oct 21 | Red Force vs Canada | Queen’s Park Oval |
GROUP “B”
(in Barbados)
- Matches starting at 9 am; Webcast available on www.windiescricket.com
| DATE | MATCH | VENUE |
| Thu, Oct 4 | Marooners vs Scorpions | Three Ws Oval |
| Sat, Oct 6 | United States vs Marooners | Three Ws Oval |
| Mon, Oct 8 | Hurricanes vs Maroons | Three Ws Oval |
| Wed, Oct 10 | Pride vs Marooners | Three Ws Oval |
| Fri, Oct 12 | Hurricanes vs Scorpions | Three Ws Oval |
| Sun, Oct 14 | Marooners vs Scorpions | Three Ws Oval |
| Tue, Oct 16 | Pride vs United States | Three Ws Oval |
| Thu, Oct 18 | Hurricanes vs United States | Three Ws Oval |
| Sat, Oct 20 | Marooners vs United States | Windward Cricket Ground |
| Mon, Oct 22 | Scorpions vs United States | Three Ws Oval |
- Matches starting at 2 pm, except where indicated in brackets; Televised on ESPN Caribbean
| DATE | MATCH | VENUE |
| Thu, Oct 4 | Pride vs Hurricanes | Kensington Oval |
| Sat, Oct 6 | Pride vs Scorpions | Kensington Oval |
| Mon, Oct 8 | Scorpions vs United States | Kensington Oval |
| Wed, Oct 10 | Hurricanes vs United States | Kensington Oval |
| Fri, Oct 12 | Pride vs United States | Kensington Oval |
| Sun, Oct 14 | Pride vs Hurricanes | Kensington Oval (11:30 am start) |
| Tue, Oct 16 | Hurricanes vs Scorpions | Kensington Oval |
| Thu, Oct 18 | Pride vs Marooners | Kensington Oval |
| Sat, Oct 20 | Pride vs Scorpions | Kensington Oval (11:30 am start) |
| Mon, Oct 22 | Hurricanes vs Marooners | Kensington Oval |
THE FINALS
(in Barbados)
- Matches starting at 2 pm, except where indicated in brackets; Televised on ESPN Caribbean
| DATE | MATCH | VENUE |
| Thu, Oct 25 | SEMI-FINAL #1 – 1st Group “A” vs 2nd Group “B” | Kensington Oval |
| Fri, Oct 26 | SEMI-FINAL #2 – 1st Group “B” vs 2nd Group “A” | Kensington Oval |
| Sun, Oct 28 | GRAND FINAL – WINNER SF1 vs WINNER SF2 | Kensington Oval (11:30 am start) |
NOTES
- Visit the CWI website, www.windiescricket.com, for series and ticket information, “live” scoring and video highlights of matches
-CWI