The Caribbean Premier League (abbreviated to CPL or CPLT20) is an annual Twenty20 cricket tournament held in the Caribbean. It was founded by Cricket West Indies in 2013 to replace the Caribbean Twenty20 as the premier Twenty20 competition in the Caribbean. It is currently sponsored by Republic Bank Limited and consequently officially named the Republic Bank CPL. The inaugural tournament was won by the Jamaica Tallawahs who defeated the Guyana Amazon Warriors in the final.

History

Twenty20 domestic cricket first appeared in an organised manner in the West Indies in 2006 with the privately organised Stanford 20/20. The second and last edition of the Stanford competition was officially made part of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) calendar in 2008, after which the tournament ended when its sponsor Allen Stanford was charged with fraud and arrested in June 2009. The next organised Twenty20 competition came about with the creation of the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament by the WICB. The Caribbean Twenty20 was created to fill the gap left by the end of the Stanford 20/20 and to coincide with the 2010 Champions League Twenty20 tournament, which started less than two months after. The top domestic team from the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament qualified for the Champions League as the sole representative of the West Indies.

The WICB first announced the plans for the Caribbean Premier League in September 2012 when it was revealed that the board was "in the advanced stages of discussions to have a commercial Twenty20 league in the region" with an unnamed investor and hoped to conclude a deal before 30 September. On 14 September, the board met to make decisions on the structure and organisation of the Caribbean Twenty20 CPL Schedule in January; to discuss the governance structure of the board and also discuss the planned commercial Twenty20 league and to finalise its structure. The Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA) and the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) were also to be brought in to discuss issues pertaining to players in relation to the planned T20 league. On 13 December 2012, the WICB announced that they had finalised an agreement with Ajmal Khan founder of Verus International, a Barbados-based merchant bank, for the funding of the new franchise-based Twenty20 league to be launched in 2013. It was then expected that the new Caribbean Premier League was likely to comprise six Caribbean city-based franchises as opposed to the current territorial set-up with the majority of the players are to come from the West Indies. As part of the agreement, the WICB will receive additional funding from Verus International for additional retainer contracts for players in addition to the 20 annual retainer contracts the board currently funds.

Dates for the tournament were confirmed for the 2013 Caribbean Premier League as 29 July to 26 August. The 2014 and 2015 tournaments took place between 5 July to 10 August and 21 June to 26 July respectively and the 2016 tournament took place between 29 June to 7 August.

加勒比超級聯賽是一個備受期待的國際板球錦標賽,吸引了來自加勒比地區的頂尖板球隊伍參賽。這項比賽是加勒比地區最重要的板球賽事之一,也是板球愛好者們熱切期待的盛事。

加勒比超級聯賽的比賽形式採用Twenty20(20局)板球,這種形式的比賽以其快節奏和激烈的競爭而聞名。每支參賽隊伍都由加勒比地區最優秀的板球選手組成,他們將在比賽中展現出他們的技巧和才華。

這項比賽不僅僅是一場板球比賽,更是一個文化盛宴。觀眾們可以在比賽現場感受到加勒比地區獨特的音樂、舞蹈和美食。比賽期間,觀眾們將被帶入一個充滿活力和熱情的氛圍中,享受到板球運動的樂趣。

加勒比超級聯賽不僅僅是一個運動盛事,也是一個促進國際友誼和文化交流的平台。來自不同國家和地區的球迷們將聚集在一起,共同慶祝這個令人興奮的時刻。這項比賽將為加勒比地區帶來巨大的經濟效益和旅遊收入,同時也將提升該地區在國際板球舞台上的聲譽。

加勒比超級聯賽將成為一個難以忘懷的板球盛事,給予球迷們一個難得的機會,近距離欣賞到頂級板球選手的精彩表演。無論是板球愛好者還是普通觀眾,都將在這場比賽中獲得無與倫比的娛樂和激情。