CPL to bowl off in St Vincent with first matches

The Caribbean Pre­mier League will be­gin on Au­gust 7 with match­es in St Vin­cent and the Grenadines for the first time.

Three fix­tures will be played at Arnos Vale Sta­di­um as part of the 2026 sea­son.

The or­gan­is­ers said the match­es form part of ef­forts to ex­pand host venues across the re­gion. Teams and play­ers will trav­el to St Vin­cent and the Grenadines for the fix­tures, which will be in­clud­ed in the tour­na­ment sched­ule.

Chief Ex­ec­u­tive Of­fi­cer Pe­te Rus­sell said the ad­di­tion of the venue forms part of plans to take match­es to new lo­ca­tions. He said Arnos Vale has host­ed crick­et and that sup­port­ers in St Vin­cent and the Grenadines fol­low the sport.

Min­is­ter of Youth, Sports, Cul­ture and Cre­ative In­dus­tries Kascha­ka Cu­pid said the match­es mark a step for the coun­try. The min­is­ter said the tour­na­ment brings play­ers, of­fi­cials and sup­port­ers from across the re­gion.

The match­es in St Vin­cent and the Grenadines will be held dur­ing the ear­ly stage of the tour­na­ment. Fix­tures, teams and match dates are to be con­firmed by the or­gan­is­ers.

The or­gan­is­ers said the event is ex­pect­ed to bring vis­i­tors to the coun­try. They said ac­tiv­i­ty is ex­pect­ed across ac­com­mo­da­tion, trans­port and small busi­ness­es dur­ing the pe­ri­od of the match­es.

The league said match op­er­a­tions, fan events and ven­dor ac­tiv­i­ty will take place around the fix­tures. Of­fi­cials said the sched­ule will in­clude trav­el across host coun­tries dur­ing the sea­son.

The tour­na­ment will run across mul­ti­ple Caribbean ter­ri­to­ries be­fore the fi­nal. Fur­ther de­tails on venues and fix­tures are to be re­leased.