CPL proposes playing
full tournament in T&T
Caribbean Life, June 12-18, 2020 29
By George Alleyne
She has done it again.
Barbados’ Squash sensation
Meagan Best has topped
the charts among international
boarding school students in the
USA by being named to the All-
American Squash list for the second
year running.
Best, 18, is among five persons
on that elite list.
She is a senior at Choate Rosemary
Hall in Connecticut and
has played unbeaten so far this
year in a season shortened by the
COVID-19 pandemic.
In the 2019 completed season
in the Americas and the Caribbean,
she joined with fellow Barbadian,
Khamal Cumberbatch,
for an upset mixed doubles title
victory at the Mayfair Lakeshore
Racquet Club in Canada.
In another excellent doubles
display, she hooked up with Barbadian
compatriot, Amanda Haywood,
take gold in the women’s
doubles at the Caribbean Squash
tournament in Guyana.
Meagan Best. George Alleyne
At that same tournament in
Guyana she challenged her seniors
for gold in the singles but
had to settle for silver.
Best walked away with another
silver last year, this time in
the US Junior Under-19 Open
competition.
“I am grateful and indeed
honoured to receive my second
consecutive All-American recognition,
said best, and added,
“when I started high school at
Choate Rosemary Hall, I never
dreamt that I would have been
recognised in such a distinguished
way, and not only once,
but twice.”
By Nelson A. King
The organizers of the Caribbean
Premier League (CPL)
have proposed that the entire
tournament be played in Trinidad
and Tobago and have made
a proposal in this regard to the
Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley,
according to reports.
“Only last week did Rowley
say that his government was
‘cautiously optimistic’ about
hosting the tournament, subject
to clearance from the country’s
health authorities,” said
Cricketnext on Wednesday.
As part of the proposal, the
CPL has said it would want
to host the entire tournament,
comprising 34 matches, at
Trinidad’s two main grounds,
the Queen’s Park Oval, in Portof
Spain, the capital, and the
Brian Lara Cricket Academy in
Tarouba, according to Cricketnext.
It said there are chances of
double headers every day at
10:00 am and 6:00 pm local
time, meaning the tournament
would be played over 25 days
rather than last year’s 39.
The tournament was initially
scheduled to take place from
Aug. 19 to Sept. 26.
According to Cricketnext,
tournament officials hope that
overseas players will be willing
to participate, with the first
round of international signings
expected to be announced next
week, and remain optimistic
that some fans will be able to
attend games while adhering to
social-distancing protocols.
The six teams that are part
of the CPL will all stay in the
same hotel and “being treated
as a single household,” Cricketnext
said.
“Within that household,
teams would be broken down
into ‘clusters’ of four or five,
where which social distancing
could be relaxed,” it said.
Pete Russell, CPL’s chief
operating officer, has said that
officials will hold a virtual
meeting with cabinet ministers
on Thursday, Jun. 4, in order
to talk through details such
as possible quarantine periods
upon arrival in Trinidad, health
protocols, and any assurances
that need to be given., according
to Cricketnext.
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