Caribbean Air­lines has once again been des­ig­nat­ed the Of­fi­cial Air­line of the Hero’s Caribbean Pre­miere League’s (CPL) T20 crick­et Tour­na­ment, card­ed to take place from Au­gust 31 to Sep­tem­ber 30, 2022.

An of­fi­cial state­ment from the air­line says it is “de­light­ed to come on-board once again as the des­ig­nat­ed air car­ri­er keen to RE-con­nect the re­gion through crick­et.”  The air­line last part­nered with the CPL in 2019, be­fore the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic.

“As the of­fi­cial air­line of the Hero's Caribbean Pre­mier League 2022 (CPL T20), Caribbean Air­lines is hap­py to RE-unite the fans and of­fi­cials, for the re­gion's biggest sports par­ty,” said Caribbean Air­lines’ CEO Garvin Med­era, as he com­ment­ed on the part­ner­ship.

“With the lift­ing of trav­el re­stric­tions and the abil­i­ty to move freely, the ex­cite­ment around CPL 2022 is tremen­dous,” he not­ed.  “Caribbean Air­lines un­der­stands the val­ue of sport in unit­ing the re­gion and we look for­ward to shar­ing a re­al Caribbean ex­pe­ri­ence with the tal­ent­ed play­ers, en­thu­si­as­tic fans and all trav­ellers. "

He added: “Caribbean Air­lines fur­ther con­grat­u­lates the CPL fran­chise on cel­e­brat­ing their 10th an­niver­sary and ap­plauds their ef­forts in build­ing a tremen­dous lega­cy around this great sport, which many fans across the re­gion cher­ish and en­joy.”

Hero CPL’s Com­mer­cial Di­rec­tor, Jamie Stew­art, ex­pressed con­fi­dence in the re­newed part­ner­ship.

"It’s great to be mov­ing across the is­lands again in this, Hero CPL’s 10th year. Caribbean Air­lines is our trust­ed long-term part­ner in en­sur­ing that CPL play­ers and crew ar­rive safe­ly and on time, and we thank them once again for part­ner­ing with us,” Stew­art said.

The Caribbean Pre­miere League is an an­nu­al T20 crick­et tour­na­ment that si­mul­ta­ne­ous­ly of­fers fans in the re­gion a unique “Car­ni­val-like”, fes­tive ex­pe­ri­ence.

This year there are four host coun­tries for the 2022 League: St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lu­cia, Trinidad, and Guyana where the fi­nals will be played.

The 2022 Hero CPL T20 tour­na­ment can be viewed on CNC3 Tele­vi­sion, which has ex­clu­sive broad­cast rights.

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ABOUT THE HERO CARIBBEAN PRE­MIER LEAGUE:

The 2022 men’s Hero Caribbean Pre­mier League (CPL) tour­na­ment will take place from 31 Au­gust to 30 Sep­tem­ber. The host coun­tries for 2022 will be St Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lu­cia, Trinidad & To­ba­go and Guyana.

In 2022 there will be the first run­ning of the Massy Women’s Caribbean Pre­mier League (WC­PL), which will fea­ture Bar­ba­dos Roy­als, Guyana Ama­zon War­riors and Trin­ba­go Knight Rid­ers. The Massy WC­PL will take place in St Kitts & Nevis from 31 Au­gust to 4 Sep­tem­ber. For fur­ther in­for­ma­tion vis­it www.cplt20.com

First start­ed in 2013, the Hero Caribbean Pre­mier League (CPL) is a fran­chise-based T20 for­mat crick­et tour­na­ment that com­bines two of the most com­pelling as­pects of Caribbean life – dra­mat­ic crick­et and a vi­brant Car­ni­val at­mos­phere. The broad­cast and dig­i­tal view­er­ship has passed 500 mil­lion in both 2020 and in 2021 to make it one of the most watched leagues in world crick­et.

St Kitts & Nevis Pa­tri­ots are the cur­rent Hero CPL cham­pi­ons, and the oth­er com­pet­ing teams are Bar­ba­dos Roy­als, Guyana Ama­zon War­riors, Ja­maica Tallawahs, Saint Lu­cia Kings and Trin­ba­go Knight Rid­ers.