The 2010 Caribbean Twenty20 season was the debut season of the Caribbean Twenty20, established by the West Indies Cricket Board in 2010. The season was held in Barbados and Trinidad between 22 and 31 July 2010. It featured all seven West Indies first-class cricket domestic teams and one overseas team – Canada.[1]
| Administrator(s) | WICB |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and knockout |
| Host(s) |  West Indies |
| Champions |  Guyana (1st title) |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches | 16 |
| Most runs |  Marlon Samuels (210) |
| Most wickets | Lennox Cush (11) |
| Official website | www.windiescricket.com |
The competition started with a group stage, in which the teams are divided into two groups of four. Each group competed in a round robin and those matches were followed by two semi-finals, a third-place playoff and a final.[2] The top domestic team from the tournament will qualify for the 2010 Champions League Twenty20.
Guyana won the tournament, defeating Barbados in the final by one wicket with one ball remaining. Trinidad and Tobago came third and Jamaica came fourth.[3] The tournament was greatly affected by the weather conditions at the venues. Out of the eight games played in Trinidad, three matches were abandoned and three matches – including a semi-final and the third-place playoff – were shortened due to heavy rain.[4]
Background edit
The previous domestic Twenty20 tournament held by the West Indies Cricket Board was the Stanford 20/20, which ended in 2008 after its sponsor Allen Stanford was charged with fraud and arrested in June 2009. The creation of the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament coincides with the 2010 Champions League Twenty20 tournament, which starts less than two months after. The top domestic team from the tournament will qualify for the Champions League as the sole representative of the West Indies.[5] They will be the tenth and last team to qualify, as all other teams qualified before May 2010.[6]
Cricket in the West Indies was at a time of decline, indicated by the criticism received when they hosted the 2007 Cricket World Cup and the failure of the Stanford 20/20. With the slogan "Bring It Back", the Caribbean Twenty20 was an attempt to revitalise interest in the sport with a focus on the Twenty20 format, which was popular amongst audiences in the 18–34 age-group. This follows the success of the Trinidad and Tobago national cricket team at the 2009 Champions League Twenty20, where they were runners-up, and the West Indies' successful hosting of the 2010 ICC World Twenty20.[7]
Venues edit
All matches were played at the following two grounds:
| Bridgetown, Barbados | Port of Spain, Trinidad |
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| Kensington Oval | Queen's Park Oval |
| Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 25,000 |
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Format edit
The tournament consisted of 16 matches, and was divided into a group stage and a knockout stage. If a match ended in a tie, a Super Over would have been played to determine the winner. The group stage had the teams divided into two equal groups, with each playing a round-robin tournament. The top two teams of each group advanced to the knockout stage. The knockout stage consisted of two semi-finals, a third-place playoff and the grand final. The semi-finals had the top team of one group facing the second from the other. The winners of the semi-finals played in the grand final to determine the winner of the competition, while the losers of the semi-finals played the third-place playoff.
Points in the group stage were awarded as follows:
| Results | Points |
|---|---|
| Win | 4 points |
| No result | 1 point |
| Loss | 0 points |
Prize money edit
The total prize money for the competition was US$53,000. The most man of the match in each of the 16 matches received $500 and a plaque. The prize money was distributed as follows:[8]
- $4,000 – Fourth place
- $6,000 – Third place
- $10,000 – Runners-up
- $25,000 – Winners
Teams edit
| Group A | Group B |
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 Canada *
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 Barbados
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| Jamaica
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Combined Campuses
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| Leeward Islands
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Guyana
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 Trinidad and Tobago
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Windward Islands
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* (overseas team)[9]
Results edit
- All times shown are in Eastern Caribbean Time (UTC−04).
Group stage edit
Group A edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1.869 |
| 2 | Jamaica
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0.318 |
| 3 | Leeward Islands
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | −0.730 |
| 4 | Canada
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | −2.565 |
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Group B edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | Barbados
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.975 |
| 2 | Guyana
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.361 |
| 3 | Combined Campuses and Colleges
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | −0.162 |
| 4 | Windward Islands
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | −1.185 |
Knockout stage edit
Bracket edit
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| A1 | Trinidad and Tobago
| 171 (18.5 ov) | |||||||
| B2 | Guyana
| 175/7 (19 ov) | |||||||
| B2 | Guyana
| 135/9 (19.5 ov) | |||||||
| B1 | Barbados
| 134/5 (20 ov) | |||||||
| B1 | Barbados
| 154/4 (18.5 ov) | |||||||
| A2 | Jamaica
| 153/9 (20 ov) | Third place | ||||||
| A1 | Trinidad and Tobago (D/L)
| 89/0 (10.1 ov) | |||||||
| A2 | Jamaica
| 94/7 (14 ov) | |||||||
Semi-finals edit
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- Trinidad and Tobago won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain reduced the match to 19 overs per side.
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- Jamaica won the toss and elected to bat.
Third-place playoff edit
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- Jamaica won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rain initially reduced the match to 14 overs per side. Rain further reduced Trinidad and Tobago's innings to 13 overs with a target of 89 runs according to the Duckworth–Lewis method.
Final edit
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- Barbados won the toss and elected to bat.
Television coverage edit
| Country/Continent | Broadcaster(s)[10][11] |
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 Africa
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ESPN |
 Australia
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ESPN |
| Caribbean
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ESPN, Caribbean Media Corporation |
| Middle East
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ESPN |
 New Zealand
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ESPN |
 United Kingdom
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ESPN |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Canada to participate in Caribbean T20 tournament". CricInfo. 13 June 2010. Archived from the original on 18 June 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
- ^ "Caribbean T20 2010 Fixtures". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 12 August 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
- ^ "All-round T&T crush Jamaica for third place". Cricinfo. 31 July 2010. Archived from the original on 4 August 2010. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
- ^ "League stage ends with third washout in four games". Cricinfo. 29 July 2010. Archived from the original on 31 July 2010. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
- ^ "WICB unveils domestic T20 tournament". CricInfo. 10 June 2010. Archived from the original on 13 June 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
- ^ Gautam Sheth (25 April 2010). "Ross Taylor's loyalty will be tested". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
- ^ Veera, Sriram (21 July 2010). "West Indian T20 game gets a reboot". CricInfo. Archived from the original on 24 July 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
- ^ "Caribbean T20 trophy – the big prize!". West Indies Cricket Board. 21 July 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Canada to participate in Caribbean T20 tournament". CricInfo. 13 June 2010. Archived from the original on 18 June 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
- ^ "ESPN to take Caribbean T20 to 61m households". The Trinidad Guardian. 17 June 2010. Archived from the original on 19 June 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
- ^ Perez, Antonio (6 July 2010). "WICB signs ESPN deal for regional T20". ESPN Latin America. Archived from the original on 23 July 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2010.