Caribbean Premier League 2019 start date announced

The seventh edition of the West Indies franchise-based T20 tournament is set to commence on August 21, with the final taking place on September 27

The dates for the 2019 Caribbean Premier League have been agreed with Cricket West Indies, with the tournament beginning on August 21.

The final is scheduled to take place on September 27, with the first round of matches being held in Trinidad & Tobago and Guyana.

It will then return to the two counties for the playoffs and final, with the majority of West Indies internationals available for the tournament.

^{The Trinbago Knight Riders won the 2018 CPL}

Pete Russell, COO of CPL said: "We are very pleased to be playing our tournament in August and September for the third successive year and we have now agreed that this will be the time of year that CPL takes place for the next five seasons.

"Fans now associate this time of year with CPL and we have already started work on bringing the party to life in 2019.

"Having the best Caribbean cricketers and the world’s best overseas players is what our tournament is all about, and this window gives us that."

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