Con­tact sports have been put back on the bench as the gov­ern­ment rolled back on its re­open­ing on Sat­ur­day be­cause of the ris­ing cas­es of the coro­n­avirus (COVID-19) pan­dem­ic across T&T. The cas­es have been on the rise for the last three weeks. Se­peak­ing at a Min­istry of Health news con­fer­ence held at the Diplo­mat­ic Cen­tre in St Ann's, Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley said the re­stric­tion will take ef­fect from 6 am on Mon­day, Au­gust 17.

Well, 'the biggest par­ty in sport' bowls off next Tues­day at the Bri­an Lara Crick­et Acad­e­my (BLCA) in Tarou­ba, San Fer­nan­do. Yes, folks, the Caribbean Pre­mier League (CPL) T20 tour­na­ment is back but this year with­out the mu­sic, danc­ing, Tri­ni posse, Tas­sa, flags and most sig­nif­i­cant­ly - spec­ta­tors.

The fact that this year's Hero CPL will be played ex­clu­sive­ly in T&T and be­cause of the COVID-19 pro­to­cols, lo­cal crick­eters con­tin­ue to get chances at show­cas­ing their tal­ent.

PORT OF SPAIN – Caribbean Pre­mier League (CPL) or­gan­is­ers on Thurs­day con­firmed that the en­tire con­tin­gent ar­riv­ing here this week had all test­ed neg­a­tive for COVID-19.

All lo­cal crick­et play­ers and of­fi­cials will get to vote on Mon­day, day of the T&T Gen­er­al Elec­tions be­fore they en­ter in­to the bio-se­cure Bub­ble which is be­ing based at the Hilton Ho­tel, La­dy Young Road, for the up­com­ing Hero Caribbean Pre­mier League (CPL) tour­na­ment. The play­ers and of­fi­cials were await­ing di­rec­tions about when they would have to check-in and they got the in­for­ma­tion to­day from the CPL.

The three play­ers re­moved from the Hero CPL T20 tour­na­ment be­cause of COVID-19 is­sues did not leave Ja­maica and as such was not in con­tact with the con­tin­gent that flew in­to Trinidad and To­ba­go on Mon­day night and was tak­en to their Bub­ble based at Hilton Trinidad un­der Po­lice es­cort.

St. Kitts/Nevis Pa­tri­ots as a re­place­ment for Den­nis Bul­li who was struck down with the dread­ed Coro­n­avirus.

Three play­ers will miss out on the up­com­ing Hero Caribbean Pre­mier League (CPL) be­cause one of them has test­ed pos­i­tive for the coro­n­avirus (COVID-19) and the two oth­ers were in close con­tact with him.

Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice (CoP) Gary Grif­fith chaired a se­cu­ri­ty meet­ing of all stake­hold­ers in­volved in the 2020 edi­tion of the Caribbean Pre­mier League (CPL) T20 tour­na­ment which bowls off on Au­gust 18 in T&T. The en­tire com­pe­ti­tion will be played here and it ends on Sep­tem­ber 10.

Crick­eters com­ing in­to the coun­try to take part in the Hero Caribbean Pre­mier League (CPL) T20 tour­na­ment which bowls off on Au­gust 18, has been warned by Prime Min­is­ter Dr. Kei­th Row­ley that they must abide by the strict Covid-19 pro­to­col that they have signed be­cause they will not be able to leave the 'Bub­ble' and run away for a drink.

Trin­ba­go Knight Rid­ers (TKR) will open this year's Hero Caribbean Pre­mier League (CPL) cam­paign against the Guyana Ama­zon War­riors on Au­gust 18 at the Bri­an Lara Crick­et Acad­e­my (BLCA) in Tarou­ba, San Fer­nan­do.

The Caribbean Pre­mier League (CPL) of­fi­cials have de­cid­ed to stick with the COVID-19 pro­to­cols as out­lined by Trinidad and To­ba­go's Chief Med­ical Of­fi­cer (CMO) Dr Roshan Paras­ram and will be ar­riv­ing in the coun­try very soon to start putting things in place for the Au­gust 18 start.