CPL 2022 to have women's edition alongside men's tournament

The 2022 version of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) will include a ladies' competition with three groups seeking the debut release of the Women's CPL (WCPL) title, CWI reported on Monday (March 14).

The three groups will be Barbados Royals, Guyana Amazon Warriors and Trinbago Knight Riders and will be played during the men's competition which is planned between August 30 and September 30.

"Expanding the open doors for West Indian ladies and young ladies to engage in cricket is one of CWI's essential needs, and we are glad that we have had the option to collaborate with CPL to additional the development designs that we had first disclosed in 2019 preceding the appearance of the Covid Pandemic. We are sure that all CPL ladies' games will be exceptionally aggressive and will add quality amusement to our fans in the district and all over the planet," said Ricky Skerritt, the CWI President.

"The expansion of a ladies' occasion to the CPL is something that has been an aspiration for quite a while and we are extremely satisfied that it has turned into a reality," said Pete Russell, CPL's CEO. "We might want to say thanks to CWI for working with us to get this going. The Women's T10 Challenge which occurred during the 2019 CPL was an immense achievement and we are anticipating the following stage forward.

"We are extremely satisfied to affirm the dates for the 2022 competition and with movement all over the planet and locale becoming more straightforward CPL will actually want to visit more than one country this year, so fans can appreciate CPL in person indeed."

The competition will be played across four nations, a delivery said, with three facilitating the gathering stages and fourth for the finals, which could be a nor for the competition going ahead. All chose West Indies players will be accessible for the total of the competition across both the ladies' and men's competitions.