ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board has announced the schedule for the Regional 4 Day Tournament 2011.
The tournament begins on February 4th and ends on April 11th with a league phase followed by two semi finals and a final. The top four Caribbean teams in the league will compete in the semi finals.
The tournament will commence with four matches in Jamaica, Antigua, Trinidad and Barbados and then will progress throughout the region as each team will play each opposing team once in the league phase.
The tournament will take a break after the 4th round and resume on March 11th.
Seven regional teams will compete in tournament along with the England Lions who will participate in the league before returning to the UK on March 28th.
The Umpire Exchange Programme with England and Bangladesh will continue and Richard Illingworth of England will officiate in three matches and a Bangladeshi umpire (to be named) will also officiate in three matches.
WICB REGIONAL 4 DAY TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Round 1: February 4 – 7
Jamaica v Guyana in Jamaica (Vivian Johnson & Clancy Mack)
Leeward Islands v England Lions at Warner Park in St Kitts (Luther Kelly & Lennox Abrahams)
Trinidad & Tobago v Barbados in Trinidad (Joel Wilson & Nigel Duguid)
Combined Campuses & Colleges v Windward Islands at 3Ws Oval in Barbados (Gregory Brathwaite & Peter Nero.)
Round 2: February 11 – 14
Guyana v Leeward Islands at Guyana National Stadium in Guyana (Clyde Duncan & Vincent Bullen)
Trinidad & Tobago v Combined Campuses & Colleges at UWISPEC in Trinidad (Peter Nero & Richard Illingworth.)
Barbados v England Lions at Kensington Oval in Barbados (Goaland Greaves & Gregory Brathwaite.)
Windward Islands v Jamaica at Grenada National Stadium in Grenada (Lennox Abrahams & Clancy Mack)
Round 3: February 18 – 21
Barbados v Jamaica at Kensington Oval in Barbados (Vincent Bullen & Richard Illingworth.)
Leeward Islands v Combined Campuses & Colleges in Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground in Antigua (Luther Kelly & Vivian Johnson)
Windward Islands v Guyana at Arnos Vale in St Vincent (Goaland Greaves & Joel Wilson)
Trinidad & Tobago v England Lions at Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad (Norman Malcolm & Nigel Duguid)
Round 4: February 25 – 28
Leeward Islands v Jamaica at Warner Park in St Kitts (Clancy Mack & Peter Nero)
Barbados v Guyana at Guyana National Stadium in Guyana (Norman Malcolm & Nigel Duguid)
Combined Campuses & Colleges England Lions at 3Ws Oval in Barbados (Clyde Duncan & Gregory Brathwaite)
Windward Islands v Trinidad & Tobago at Arnos Vales in St Vincent (Lennox Abrahams & Richard Illingworth)
BREAK: March 1 – 10
Round 5: March 11 – 14
Jamaica v Combined Campuses & Colleges in Jamaica (Norman Malcolm & Joel Wilson)
Barbados v Windward Islands at Kensington Oval in Barbados (Nigel Duguid & Gregory Brathwaite)
Trinidad & Tobago v Leeward Islands at National Cricket Center in Trinidad (Peter Nero & Bangladeshi Umpire TBA)
Guyana v England Lions at Guyana National Stadium in Guyana (Clyde Duncan & Luther Kelly)
Round 6: March 18 – 21
Jamaica v Trinidad & Tobago in Jamaica (Vivian Johnson & Joel Wilson)
Windward Islands v England Lions at Windsor Park in Dominica (Goaland Greaves & Peter Nero)
Combined Campuses & Colleges v Guyana in Barbados (Norman Malcolm & Vincent Bullen)
Leeward Islands v Barbados at Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Grounds in Antigua (Luther Kelly & Bangladeshi Umpire TBA)
Round 7: March 25 – 28
*Jamaica v England Lions at Sabina Park in Jamaica (Clancy Mack & Vivian Johnson)
Guyana v Trinidad & Tobago in Guyana (Norman Malcolm & Clyde Duncan)
Windward Islands v Leeward Islands at Beausejour in St Lucia (Goaland Greaves & Vincent Bullen)
Combined Campuses & Colleges v Barbados at 3Ws Oval in Barbados (Lennox Abrahams & Bangladeshi Umpire TBA)
SEMI FINAL: April 1 – 4
SEMI FINAL 1: League Winner v League 4th Place
SEMI FINAL 2: League 2nd Place v League 3rd Place
FINAL: April 8 – 11
Winner SF 1 v Winner SF 2
Notes
*Match starts a day earlier – March 24 – 27
Semi finals will be hosted by the two higher placed regional teams.
The final will be hosted by the highest placed regional team competing in the final.
