Tallawahs Captain Rovman Powell on the go.
CPL 2020
Jamaica Tallawahs is not going to function within the 2024 Republic Financial institution Caribbean Premier League (CPL) T20 event.
An Antigua based mostly franchise will change the Jamaica Tallawahs within the Caribbean Premier League this yr.
A CPL assertion just lately mentioned, “The CPL have purchased the Jamaica Tallawahs franchise from the present homeowners. The homeowners had been left with no possibility however to promote the Tallawahs again to CPL as they might not discover a option to function the staff sustainably. The CPL stay dedicated to having a staff based mostly in Jamaican however this will likely be in 2025 on the earliest, In 2024 there will likely be six groups collaborating within the CPL with franchises based mostly in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Guyana, St Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia and TT.”
The Tallawahs have competed within the CPL because the event bowled off in 2013 and are the second most profitable staff within the historical past of the CPL profitable three titles. Solely Trinbago Knight Riders have gained extra titles than Tallawahs with 4.
In keeping with media studies, Kris Persaud, a Guyanese enterprise government based mostly in the USA, owned the Tallawahs, however he has bought it again to the CPL as a result of possession was unable to discover a sustainable working mannequin.
“The homeowners had been left with no possibility however to promote the Tallawahs again to CPL as they might not discover a option to function the staff sustainably,” a CPL spokesperson mentioned.
The Antigua Hawksbills performed within the first two seasons of the CPL in 2013 and 2014, profitable solely three matches, earlier than being changed by St Kitts & Nevis Patriots. Nevertheless, no identify has but been proposed for the brand new franchise.
Antigua & Barbuda minister of sport, Daryll Matthew mentioned: “We will count on very simply and conservatively to generate roughly US $6 million per yr by merely having a CPL franchise based mostly in Antigua & Barbuda.”
