GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – For the primary time since January 2020, Saint Lucia will host matches within the prestigious West Indies Championship, the area’s premier four-day males’s cricket event.
Following important upgrades to the Daren Sammy Cricket Floor (DSCG) for the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup final 12 months, the venue is about to stage two fixtures that includes the Windward Islands Volcanoes within the 2025 First-Class competitors.
The event begins on January 29 and can see eight groups, together with defending champions Guyana Harpy Eagles, contest 28 matches throughout seven rounds from January to April.
DSCG’s first match will probably be a Spherical 4 showdown between the Volcanoes and Leeward Islands Hurricanes, scheduled for March 5–8. The second fixture will probably be a Spherical 6 conflict towards the 2022 champions, Barbados Delight, from April 3–5.
Since internet hosting six matches throughout the 2024 T20 World Cup, DSCG has been a hive of exercise. It served as the house floor for Saint Lucia Kings within the Republic Financial institution Caribbean Premier League (CPL), hosted a bilateral collection between West Indies and England, and staged the Windward Islands Lottery Underneath-15 competitors.
The stadium additionally diversified its choices by internet hosting 4 Concacaf Nations League matches and occasions just like the Julien Alfred Homecoming live performance, making 2024 considered one of its busiest years since its inception 22 years in the past.
The Windward Islands Volcanoes will begin their 2025 marketing campaign towards the Jamaica Scorpions at Arnos Vale Cricket Floor on January 29.
