Kamau Leverock and his ICC Americas teammates will play their first match against the Combined Campuses & Colleges Marooners in Barbados on January 26th, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) announced.
The match schedule for the upcoming 2017 WICB Regional Super50 tournament, which runs from Tuesday, January 24th to Saturday, February 18th.
The renovated Coolidge Cricket Ground will stage all the day/night matches in Group A, in addition to the Semi-Finals and the Grand Final on Saturday, February 18th – and will be the prime ground from which televised matches will be shown on ESPN.
The CCG, formerly known as Stanford Cricket Ground, will be one of five match venues used during the three-week event which also features matches in Barbados. The others are: the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground in Antigua, along with Kensington Oval, Windward Cricket Club and the 3Ws Oval in Barbados.
Zone A comprises Leeward Islands Hurricanes, defending champions Trinidad & Tobago Red Force, as well as Windward Islands Volcanoes, West Indies Under-19s and English county side, Kent Spitfires.
Zone B consists of last year’s runners-up Barbados Pride, along with Jamaica Scorpions, Guyana Jaguars, Combined Campuses & Colleges Marooners and a composite ICC Americas team.
The West Indies Under-19s, Spitfires, Marooners and Americas are all specially invited teams which will join the six WICB Professional Cricket League franchises for the tournament.
The West Indies Under-19s, the 2016 International Cricket Council Under-19 World Cup champions, are using the tournament as part of their preparations for the next ICC Under-19 World Cup to be played in January, 2018 in New Zealand.
The Americas are also a development side, drawing players from non-WICB territories, North, Central and South America.
The winners of the RS50 will be awarded the Clive Lloyd Trophy.
ICC AMERICAS MATCH SCHEDULE
Thursday, January 26th
Marooners vs ICC Americas – Windward, Barbados
Saturday, January 28th
Pride vs ICC Americas – 3Ws Oval
Monday, January 30th
Jaguars vs ICC Americas – Windward
Wednesday, February 1st
ICC Americas vs Scorpions – 3Ws Oval
Friday, February 3rd
Pride vs ICC Americas – Windward
Tuesday, February 7th
Marooners vs ICC Americas – Windward
Thursday, February 9th
Jaguars vs ICC Americas – 3Ws Oval
Pride vs Scorpions – Kensington Oval
Saturday, February 11th
Scorpions vs ICC Americas – Windward
FINAL FOUR
Semi-Finals
Wednesday, February 15
Zone A winners vs Zone B runners-up – CCG
Thursday, February 16
Zone B winners vs Zone A runners-up – CCG
GRAND FINAL
Saturday, February 18
Semi-Final 1 winners vs Semi-Final 2 winners – CCG
