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Caribbean Premier League Putting Pressure On English Cricket With Asian Expansion

As English cricket "goes through a divisive debate over the future of its Twenty20 tournament its main rival is looking to expand with the Caribbean Premier League eyeing a move into the Asian market with matches in Singapore or Hong Kong," according to Nick Hoult of the London TELEGRAPH. The CPL is the "only other domestic tournament played during the English summer" and starts its fourth season Wednesday night in Trinidad. It is "offering an alternative to county cricket for overseas players and by the time any new English Twenty20 tournament is set up the CPL will have matured and consolidated its place in the market." The England & Wales Cricket Board is "expected to inform the counties next month at the earliest about what options for Twenty20 they will discuss in September at the next meeting of the 18 county chairmen." Finding a common ground and agreement between the ECB and the counties "will define the reign" of Chair Colin Graves and CEO Tom Harrison. Meanwhile in the Caribbean, the CPL "will be breaking into the American market holding six games of this year’s tournament in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, next month as it looks to build the brand." CPL CEO Damien O'Donohoe said, "The interest locally has been great with the baseball team the Miami Marlins reaching out to us. They want to get Chris Gayle to do the first pitch at one of their games which is great and it is exciting to see a baseball team like that engage with us and their excitement at promoting us is really encouraging." The Caribbean is a small market and the "need to expand is why the CPL is looking at Asia." Playing matches in Hong Kong or Singapore "would also put them on a better timezone for India." The league "already has close ties to the IPL with the owners of the Kolkata Knight Riders having a stake in the Trinidad franchise is limited by the fact its matches are on during the middle of the night in India" (TELEGRAPH, 6/28).

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