2010 Caribbean Twenty20

Background

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. They will be the tenth and last team to qualify, as all other teams qualified before May 2010.

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.

Venues

All matches were played at the following two grounds:

Format

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:

Prize money

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:

• $4,000 – Fourth place
• $6,000 – Third place
• $10,000 – Runners-up
• $25,000 – Winners

Teams

***** (overseas team)

Results

:All times shown are in Eastern Caribbean Time (UTC−04).

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Bracket

|RD1-seed1=A1 |RD1-team1= |RD1-score1=171 (18.5 ov) |RD1-seed2=B2 |RD1-team2=**** |RD1-score2=175/7 (19 ov) |RD1-seed3=B1 |RD1-team3=**** |RD1-score3=**** |RD1-seed4=A2 |RD1-team4= |RD1-score4=153/9 (20 ov) |RD2-seed1=B2 |RD2-team1=**** |RD2-score1=**** |RD2-seed2=B1 |RD2-team2= |RD2-score2=134/5 (20 ov) |RD2b-seed1=A1 |RD2b-team1= |RD2b-score1=89/0 (10.1 ov) |RD2b-seed2=A2 |RD2b-team2= |RD2b-score2=94/7 (14 ov)

Semi-finals

Third-place playoff

Final

Television coverage

References

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