CWI launches new domestic red-ball tournament
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Cricket West Indies (CWI) announced a new triangular red-ball tournament which is set to start at the end of the West Indies Championship in April, next year.
The Headley-Weekes Series will feature three teams – Team Headley and Team Weekes – which will be selected from the best performers in the West Indies Championship and players outside the starting XI of the West Indies Test side.
The third team will consist of a squad from the West Indies Academy currently encamped in a high performance programme in Antigua.
The matches will be played April 19 and May 6 at the Coolidge Cricket Ground (CCG) in Antigua, where the corporate offices of CWI are now located.
“It (the Headley-Weekes Series) will also provide some strong competitive red-ball cricket for our new West Indies Academy players as we continue to try to ensure that the next generation of players are being prepared along the pathway to international cricket,” Grave added.
The first two rounds of the West Indies Championship featuring the six territorial franchise teams – defending champions– will be contested from February 1 to February 11 at the National Cricket Stadium in Grenada, and the CCG and Sir Vivian Richards Stadium (SVRS) in Antigua.
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